Oh, I haven't seen Iron Man 2 either. I have a short attention span for some things. I enjoyed Iron Man, but not enough to be bothered to see the sequel. :P
I think Joss also falls into the manic-pixie-dream-girl trap, doesn't he? River was a little like that, at least.
But yeah, it's kind of sad that the guy who is best known for writing 'strong female characters' is actually not really the best at it. Though, I did think he did a good job with Zoe - but maybe that's just because the show ended before he could mess it up. :P
There's this weird tendency by a lot of writers to seem to regard female POVs as completely alien and unknowable.
It's funny, because I've always found other females to be completely alien and unknowable...I blamed my somewhat messed up gender identity. But sometimes I wonder if my messed up gender identity was influenced by the media I was consuming, which painted females as so different from me that I assumed I couldn't be one of them. Or maybe it's a weird cocktail of me being weird and inaccurate media portrayals of females not helping. :P
Anyway, yeah, I'm always of the opinion that we should support those who come closest to being feminists, even if even they don't necessarily get it right. I think a lot of people fall into the trap of attacking their allies for not being perfect, when they should be attacking those who don't even try to be an ally.
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Date: 2012-08-19 07:06 pm (UTC)I think Joss also falls into the manic-pixie-dream-girl trap, doesn't he? River was a little like that, at least.
But yeah, it's kind of sad that the guy who is best known for writing 'strong female characters' is actually not really the best at it. Though, I did think he did a good job with Zoe - but maybe that's just because the show ended before he could mess it up. :P
There's this weird tendency by a lot of writers to seem to regard female POVs as completely alien and unknowable.
It's funny, because I've always found other females to be completely alien and unknowable...I blamed my somewhat messed up gender identity. But sometimes I wonder if my messed up gender identity was influenced by the media I was consuming, which painted females as so different from me that I assumed I couldn't be one of them. Or maybe it's a weird cocktail of me being weird and inaccurate media portrayals of females not helping. :P
Anyway, yeah, I'm always of the opinion that we should support those who come closest to being feminists, even if even they don't necessarily get it right. I think a lot of people fall into the trap of attacking their allies for not being perfect, when they should be attacking those who don't even try to be an ally.