You know, I'm terribly sorry for men who are threatened by the fact that the SF Clubhouse is getting bigger. I understand clinging to your guns and your religion (guilty! myownself), but to dismiss other voices out of hand simply because they're Other strikes me as being
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Yee, thank you - I'd forgotten how Natalia Tena as Nymphadora Tonks carbonated my hormones. I had a lady friend tell me very seriously that Nymphadora would have been good for H Potter's first sexual experience. I know I'd sure have liked to spend a weekend with her in some out-of-the-way hotel...
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SF has always been my favorite genre. Girl Cooties. *snort*
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...that was painful to type.
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…No, I'll not comment, save for this: The original Starbuck was a laid-back, amiable antihero with an eye for a good card game and an aversion to risking his neck (though he would and did if his squadron mates were involved.) The aberrantly violent, hormonally deranged freemartin played by Katie Sackhoff is a complete departure - and the basis for some stinging criticism of R Moore, who, it has been said, seems to think that “permanent PMS” is the best way to depict strong women. (He's not unique; Seaquest DSV was nicknamed “Seaquest PMS” for the same reason - the chips on the shoulders of every female character were the size of 1980s shoulderpads. Bitchy & hostile = “empowered,” you see.)
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But if you gave her a penis instead of breasts, would you think that character was an asshole?
And is it easier for a male character to get away with being an asshole than it is for a female one to get away with being a bitch?
Which, I think, is an LJ entry all its own.
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By 'Hollywood logic,' yes. Ask my ROTC friend expectare what would happen to a flight officer who “punches superior officers in the face.” She'd tell you what is already obvious: That no amount of DACOWITS lobbying, affirmative action double standards or “feminist jurisprudence” would keep that officer from being court-martialled, cashiered, and never setting foot in a military cockpit again.
But in Hollywood, where “all the women are strong, and all the men are good-looking,” her sex is a built-in get-out-of-jail-free card for any insubordinate or irregular behavior she chooses, up to and including striking a superior officer. And knowing this, she behaves accordingly.
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What's interesting is that no one says "boo" about Boomer, even though the original Boomer was also male. But, then, she's more girly, isn't she?
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