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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2016-07-31 03:17 pm

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[personal profile] sarillia 2016-07-31 10:11 pm (UTC)(link)
I completely understand why it's a selling point. It just occurred me that I don't see a lot of things being described as feminist because of the way the male and female characters interact or anything like that. It's usually the lack of men. It's not that it's not positive in the context of all the other movies out there that are male-dominated, it's that there are other positives that I don't feel like I hear about as much.

(Anonymous) 2016-07-31 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I do hear about positive male/female interactions making for a feminist show on occasion. Such as with shows like The 100. When that started, I heard a lot about how the male and female characters seemed to be of equal agency and interacted well. But, again, we first need plenty of shows where the male and female characters are of equal agency and interact well. And that usually isn't the case. In the vast majority of shows out there, the male characters have much more agency. Just look how in fandom spaces the bromances and male slash ships are so celebrated. And that is a common complaint from people in fandom. That they can't ship female characters because there just aren't enough of them in most shows and movies.

I would love for a day when for every male-dominated show, there was a female-dominated one, and for there to be tons of shows like BSG, and The 100, and Warehouse 13 where the male and the female characters were of equal interest and agency. Instead I see a lot more Flashes, and Supernaturals, and Arrows, and Avengers, and Star Treks, and etc. etc. etc. continuing in the future, such that the shows with strong/predominant female characters are considered noteworthy and feminist.
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[personal profile] sarillia 2016-08-01 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
I hadn't heard that about The 100. I should probably put it higher up on my To-Watch list.