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excellently Bgrade SF telly

By On 17th March, 2011 · 4 Comments · In buffy and angel, dollhouse, fringe, sarah connor chronicles, smallville, stargate universe, television, veronica mars, wimminz

I will watch any SF or supernatural television program at least once. Some stick, some don’t. I favour programs with female protagonists. I like queer stories or subtexts because they tend to fuck up the gender norms.

Besides the usual big names (Buffy, Dr Who), I am also into Bgrade stuff. Mostly because Bgrade stuff [...]

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stargate university universe = failing gender

By On 20th October, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In stargate universe, television

Meredith Woerner’s story about the women characters in Stargate Universe covers many of the problems I’ve been having with the program.
Basically: the sisters in SGU are boring stereotypes. Sex on legs, angry lesbians, useless babies. Etcetera, etcetera. I want to love this program, but it’s not making it easy.
Also, the [...]

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