No interesting female characters, my ass

[darkemeralds]

Do yourself and your heart and mind a favor, and go take a look at this wonderful post by copracat, featuring icons of strong female characters.

Then peruse the comments, where lots more awesome women characters are represented. It made my day.

Comments

[darkemeralds]

Can't disagree with a word you say. My own reaction to the array of images in that post--being that they are explicitly journal icons and of a fannish nature--was to begin enumerating all the female characters I could think of. I looked through all the groupings and started spotting lots that weren't covered.

In short, the post oriented my mind and internal perceptions more clearly to the presence of excellent female depictions, even if they were minor roles, one-shot guest spots, or Red Shirts of various kinds.

It made me realize how much difference it makes (to me, personally) just to see women represented in media in ANY role that isn't as an object of the male gaze.

I was thinking this morning on my way to work (listening to an old BBC Radio dramatization of Fellowship of the Ring) about the first time I ever heard a woman's voice on the radio. When I was a little kid, I honestly believed that women simply couldn't talk on the radio--that it was not possible. I remember how startled I was to hear my first female DJ.

It's good to remember sometimes how much things have changed in my lifetime.

[executrix]

Even though there is no possible way I could care less about spectator sports, I still feel good when I see a woman sportscaster on TV.

[darkemeralds]

Precisely. (And I have to hand it to the kind of female sports interviewer who braves the locker room with aplomb...and a microphone)