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[heatedrivalrysource]

Best of 2025: Performances - Lady Geeks Media

Best of 2025: Performances

The best of 2025 TV performances are stacked with some unforgettable gems.

[fluffycakesistainted]

[T]he dismissing of female audiences and fan culture...is certainly a big part of the issues plaguing TV today. Yet I’m old enough to remember when ABC was the buzziest network on TV, thanks to a brand of glossy, female-driven shows, from Grey’s Anatomy and, later, the rest of Shondaland, to Desperate Housewives, Ugly Betty, and more. Today that seems like it’s not a reputation TV makers want anymore. Is it a rehash of the old idea that “female-skewing” equals “shallow?” A lack of marketing creativity? The insistence on impossible, constant growth? All of the above?  

Even as studios talk a big game about creativity and innovation, when it comes to the big bucks, they seem more interested in courting “generic” audiences[.] Female audiences (and non-white audiences and queer audiences) are expected to find something to relate to in anything, but asking the demographics who are accustomed to being centered to tune into something that isn’t about them is a bridge too far. Ironically, that aversion to something different is behind so many of Hollywood’s cost-versus-returns problems.  [...]

Maybe these brands that are so worried about producing big-buzz, profitable new hits should be less concerned about shelling out ballooning budgets in attempts to astroturf their way into “global sensations” and pay more attention to what made their originals hits in the first place. [...] Heck, even traditionally “prestige” shows like Succession and The Bear have found their way into the land of fandom–because fandom isn’t about genre; it’s about connecting deeply with characters, their dynamics, and their journeys.

--Amanda Prahl - 'Fandom, Feminism, and TV’s Branding Problem' (Lady Geeks Media)

[fangirlfeministe]

Soooooo, last night was session zero of a new campaign I’m DMing. It’s set in Emon on the day of the CC attack. All the characters are adolescents. I’m pretty jazzed. All of us are female. We’re all Critters. And I’m pretty that majority of us, if not all of us, are queer. One person pulled out one of her two sets of rainbow dice and three more of us squeed because we too own rainbow dice. This campaign is gonna be wild, y’all.

[schoolbus-soul]

Every time I need a pick me up I think about my 57 year old mother learning to play D&D for the first time, and how she refers to one of her High Elf Cleric's spells as "#Bless"

[fluffycakesistainted]

It might never not be tiring to hear the words, “But they’re better off as friends,” and “Why can’t a man and a woman just be friends?” Followed by, “Why does everything have to be romantic?”[.] Well…it doesn’t, but we need to stop acting like romance is some foreign concept that only TV and film push down our throats when it’s a part of many lives in the real world. [...] And no, romance isn’t always necessary to equate to great storytelling, but we need to stop acting like “shipping” is ruining everything. [...] Why does it bother you what someone else desires? [...] Why is it so threatening that someone else watches TV differently than you? It’s bizarre to be so intimidated by someone else’s fictional opinions on social media. The next time you feel strongly about looking down on “shippers,” it’s time to check your internalized misogyny and question why you’re disturbed by people finding joy in the media they consume.

-- 'We Need To Stop Mocking Fans for Shipping' (Lady Geeks Media)

[dmgice]

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Lady Geeks Speak Geek Panel

Presented by Philip Wesley Some MORE Mile Hi Con content for your mind to consume! Geekdom, Women, Feminism, and more in a semi-heated conversation! So, get good by watching it!

[grrlinthefireplace]

My brother is out on a first date with a lady archaeologist who read The Lies of Locke Lamora in her book club called “Classy Drunk Fantasy Bitches” so basically I’ve already decided what I’m wearing to their wedding.

[theunicornfiles]

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