What @ironinkpen and @aflawedfashion said! šš
It really is the best WLW/queer representation ever not despite not being able to use sex as a shorthand.
BECAUSE they couldnāt use sex as a shorthand.
Liz Friedman said it really well in an After Ellen article:
āAs much as I would love to see it ā and Iām speaking as somebody who watches The L Word obsessively ā there was something really wonderful and romantic about the relationship between Xena and Gabrielle. And I think itās actually easier to have romance without sex.ā
So I guess Iāve got to do this again because people are still having trouble finding the links to everything on my Google Drive account that covers women-led and WLW TV shows. If any of the links donāt work, contact me via DMing me. I will reupload them as soon as I am aware.
Xena also includes the DVD featurettes and fans videos.
@raiphend Youāre very welcome. Preserving media and making it accessible to as many people as possible is my priority now since so many billionaire corporations and publishers want to take it away from us. I get there is copyright and legislation agreements that expire but there should be a way to preserve TV art/entertainment if that happens and if piracy is the only way to do it then so be it. Itās something that we have to consider doing if we still want to be able to access important information after itās no longer supported by the original publishers.
And as far as Xena goes, Rob Tapert knows that there is no financial benefit to him anymore with this, so he lets it happen because itās still emotionally beneficial to us.
So he is actually supportive of us sharing Xena around.
already this has tags in the notes like ā#anti aiā but... this is just real life with almost everything. this is like grifter 101 please donāt exceptionalize needing to be critical of chatgpt.
Itās also where we get ācon artistā, aka āconfidence artistā. Itās someone who dazzles you with the assurance that they know what they are talking about because they speak with absolute certainty despite not knowing anything. I dare say itās gotten worse with the internet because text and careful/exciting editing makes people seem more confident than before - and if you think youāre immune, you arenāt.
I'm a staunch believer of "if you say it with enough confidence people will believe you." With this principle, I got my mom, for a hot minute, to believe cats were exotherms.
"That's why they're always looking for sunny spots."
Pathologizing: Hey sorry I yelled at you. I have this ADHD symptom called RSD that makes me really sensitive.
Humanizing: Hey, Iām sorry that I blew up like that earlier. In the moment I felt really attacked and overwhelmed and I reacted badly, but I know you didnāt mean to offend me with what you said, so that behavior is on me.
Because I just saw a post bitching about this one, I want to add: this post is saying that you need to take accountability for the way you hurt other people, even if it happens because of a symptom of your disability/illness. It's also saying that using terms (especially acronyms) that aren't common knowledge isn't a helpful way to explain yourself. It is NOT saying that you need to let people walk all over you because "your disability isn't an excuse."
If you're diabetic, you don't have to eat the honey glazed ham that will send you into a coma (their example). But you also can't yell at the person offering it and accuse them of trying to kill you. You can just say "thanks, but my body can't handle that kind of sugar intake, so I'll pass"
I cant even go and see some street food trucks without their damn menus having AI images on it. you have a camera. take photos of your goddamn food. I would rather see a photo of the most weirdly lit burger than the fake monstrosity you're showing me.
[Image ID: The Destiel confession meme edited so that Dean answers 'JK Rowling posted upskirt photos of a woman on Twitter' to Cas 'I love you'. /End ID]
No one doing this should be allowed to call themselves a feminist.
The wealthy author escalated a social media spat that resulted in posting a photo from a 2023 event at the Institute of Economic Affairs in
Let's not beat around the bush: Children's author JK Rowling sexually harassed a woman. In some jurisdictions, this would count as sexual abuse. JK Rowling has committed a sex crime against a woman and fell back on the old rape apologist standby of "she was asking for it".
Itās called The Kaleidoscope, itās a novel, and the thing Iām personally most excited about is that itās actually written by Jo Martin!!!!
Fans with more knowledge will have to chime in but I donāt know if weāve ever had one of the Doctors write a full novel before, and the writing of Dr Who (both for the show itself and for extended universe material) has been so dominated by writers who are white men, so itās incredibly exciting to have a writer come from a different demographic. Black fans - and Ncuti Gatwa too - have been saying for years that we need more diverse storytellers, not just to combat racism but for the sake of the art itself!
Itās coming out 3 September!
When memories lie, the truth can be fatal.
In the aftermath of an improbable mission, the Fugitive Doctor and Martha realise that something is interfering with their minds. Something that doesnāt want to be found.
Their investigation leads to a curious artefact in the British Museum: an apparently medieval toy known as the Kaleidoscope. But the object refuses to stay in one place, one time ā or one identity. And when the Doctor is repeatedly mistaken for someone sheās never met, fragments of unfamiliar memories begin to surface.
Across the Earth, a hidden pattern emerges; evidence of a secret that someone has gone to extraordinary lengths to conceal. As ancient enemies close in and innocent lives are put at risk, the Doctor learns the hard way that some truths were buried for a reasonā¦
A key instalment of the Doctor Who transmedia event Circuit Breaker, this novel is written by the Fugitive Doctor herself, Jo Martin ā and also features Martha Jones (as played by Freema Agyeman) together with the Unified Intelligence Taskforce, or UNIT.
From https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/481708/doctor-who-the-kaleidoscope-circuit-breaker-by-martin-jo/9781911743101
When memories lie, the truth can be fatal.In the aftermath of an improbable mission, the Fugitive Doctor and Martha realise that something i
You can also go to this Cultbox article to see pictures of the sonic screwdriver they gave Fugitive Doctor.
The Fugitive Doctor wields a previously-eschewed sonic screwdriver as she teams up with Martha Jones in a new Doctor Who novel penned by Jo
Thereās also this really wonderful interview with Jo Martin where you can find out more about the premise. She talks about what it was like to be cast and how her son is a huge Whovian who helped give her pointers while writing the book. And this lovely bit:
I really did grow up with Doctor Who; I used to dress up my cousins in tin foil ā they had to be the Daleks! And I would fashion some kind of costume for myself and play the Doctor. And theyād be like, āOkay, now itās my turn to be the Doctor. You have to be a Dalek.ā And Iād always say, āNah, nah, nah! I want to be the Doctor.ā And theyād be like, āYou canāt be a doctor, youāre a girl.ā
Back then, the show had a long tradition of white males in that role, so it really was wonderful that we got Jodie. But, as you can imagine, I never saw myself represented ā and to be seen is so important. So to be standing on set the day when I had to say, āHello, Iām the Doctorā¦ā Well. I mean, we had to retake that a few times because Iād get really choked upā¦ I could see that little girl in me.
But now it is ā and, of course, the fans have always been very inclusive. So to have that acknowledgment from Brazil to America, from France to Australia ā from Aboriginal girls sending me a message ā means a lot. Itās great to be able to cosplay as someone without anyone look being able to look at them and say, āWell, you canāt be wearing that.ā You know? The girls can dress up as Jodie or anybody else; they can be who they like. And then, as a Black child, you can look on me and go, āYou know what? I could do this.ā Because Doctor Who is for everyone.
The thing Iām probably most excited about is that it sounds like the Fugitive Doctor being Black isnāt just ignored, there is some cultural diversity there or touching on how being Black might shape her experiences - and we are going to that written BY someone who is actually Black, which was one of the things I loved so much about The Storyteller and the Engine.
So we lean into a bit of the Fugitive Doctorās heritage; the fact that sheās a Black woman. Weāve gone into what happened when she left Gallifrey ā weāve also gone to Jamdown, my dear! So weāre in Jamaica in some of the story.
Doctor Who: Circuit Breaker and the Fugitive Doctor: In conversation with Jo Martin and James Page.
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