Feminism: Doing it wrong

[lizbee]

With Amy gone, we can no longer argue whether or not wearing mini-skirts makes her a brazen hussy ... but don't worry, here's the argument about whether Clara's second job makes her a whore, or merely easy. Also, characterisation: what business does it have appearing in television?

Fandom: actually in fact the worst!

On an unrelated note: denizens of Tumblr! If you're about to claim that rape was unknown outside of Europe until it was introduced by colonisers, I strongly recommend first googling "noble savage stereotype", and then sitting very quietly and thinking about what you've done.

Comments

[kerravonsen]

Possibly not her dad, but definite family business/doting relation vibe coming off that last exchange there

I think Miss Montague also made reference to a "family emergency" when she returned to her governess position, didn't she?

[marymac]

She did, and had clearly given her employer notice that she had an invalid relative who might need attending to at intervals upon her employment, since he seemed perfectly unsurprised by the whole thing. I have begun working from an assumption that these people are a) not paying any attention to what they're watching and b) that specific kind of fundamentalist that makes my Brethren great-great-aunt's opinions about necklines and hems look positively Mary Quant.

Makes me much happier.