Spoilers for everything up to The Name of the Doctor. Since watching the wonderful series finale ,’The Name of the Doctor,’ I’ve been thinking a lot about Clara: who she is, and what implications the episode (and indeed the whole arc of the seventh series) has for her character. In doing so, I’ve stumbled … Continue reading »
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Taking Sheldon and Amy Seriously
I’ve watched The Big Bang Theory for a few years now, and while I loved the first three seasons (although not without reservations at some of the sexism and laughing-at-you-not-with-you mentality), I found that recent seasons have not been appealing to me as much. Season four – where my enjoyment of the show started to … Continue reading »
Finding Asexual Characters
There’s always a lot of discussion around of major TV characters (such as Sherlock and Sheldon Cooper, for example) being asexual. So I thought I’d put together a list of four other, perhaps lesser known characters – from books, movies, TV, web comics – who are either named as asexual (in one case), strongly implied … Continue reading »
The Tale of the Feminist and the Pop-Culture Convention
I am a huge Doctor Who fan. People who know me may have noticed this. It probably accounts for the fact that for my recent birthday, I received a huge TARDIS cutout, a TARDIS teapot, a Dalek book light, and some other things. So when I heard that Alex Kingston (otherwise known as the amazing … Continue reading »
Feminists in Fiction: Martha Jones (Doctor Who)
This post in the second in a series of posts on my favourite feminist characters and female role models in books and TV. You can find my first post on Katara from Avatar: The Last Airbender here. Martha Jones is easily the most under-appreciated character in the new series Doctor Who world. And yet, I … Continue reading »
Gender and Masterchef
I’ve been thinking about the gender politics of professional cooking lately, having spent a few weeks at home with my family and watching Masterchef with them. From a sample of two weeks’ worth of Masterchef episodes (plus a few backdated ones), it struck me that while the contestants seemed to be quite fairly balanced between … Continue reading »
Feminists in Fiction: Katara (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
This post in the first in a series of planned posts on my favourite feminist characters and female role models in books and TV. Check back during the next few months for other posts in this series! Earlier this year I was introduced to the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender by a friend. Since … Continue reading »
Being an Ace Feminist
I’ve been thinking about the way that my identity as a feminist and my identity as asexual intersect. Although I discovered feminism and asexuality around the same time, I’ve only started pondering their influence on each other over the last few weeks. One of the big, underlying feminist ideas (for me at least) is the … Continue reading »
