June 2012
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Anonymous asked: I meant "telling" more in the way of: "If he wasn't misogynistic, you wouldn't even feel the need to defend him during a public speech, but way to go with your suspiciously specific denial." But yes, it is very much expected for a cis straight man to protect another cis straight man. Unfortunately.
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oodlyenough asked: lol @ the tone argument. thanks anon.
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Anonymous asked: Hallor, I'm gonna be blunt with you. It seems to me that you have some sort of deep anger for anything that does not agree with your way of thinking how the world should work. I get that you're annoyed by the treatment of sexuality, gender and race out in the media, and believe me I am too. But you don't have to get so bitter and angry at anyone who says something you don't...
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Anonymous asked: How telling is it if an actor in one of the shows you've written goes up on stage and proceeds to explicitly say that you're not misogynistic when they present you for an award (aka what Benedict Cumberbatch did when presenting Steven Moffat)?
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Anonymous asked: Hi! I really like reading this blog it's very informative and (sadly) necessary. One thing about one of your posts about the Islamophobia and racism issues in "Sherlock": Christianity and Catholicism? I know the Catholic Church is often perceived as "different" and certainly does its fair share of lording it over other Christian denominations, but it's still a part of...
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doom-overlord asked: Regarding that Islamophobic post: As far as I know, in France any symbol of religion in public is forbidden, and since headwear is considered closely related to Islam as a religion, I think that's why they banned it. Also, Islam is both religion and culture.
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Anonymous asked: does it say it's in karachi or in the middle east in the episode? because i can't even remember it. is there a text on the screen that says the location or something?
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"Mr. Chatterjee" more ignorant racism or just...
For the numerous asks from followers who wondered what the race issue was in BASK. It’s one of those ‘pay close attention or you’ll miss it moments’ which I didn’t catch the first time myself. Mr Chatterjee was Mrs Hudson’s boyfriend in the beginning of the episode:
SHERLOCK: I wouldn’t pin your hopes on that cruise with Mr. Chatterjee. He’s got a wife in...
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(TW for Islamophobia on the ask)
Oh boy, I sure do love this game! Let’s see… Count How Many Offensive Things are in This Ask, Round 1!
1) You’re right. It’s not ‘Islamaphobia’, it’s ‘IslamOphobia’. To be fair, I got that wrong too earlier today.
2) I don’t know, are YOU aware what goes on in Middle Eastern countries? Because last time I checked, Islam was a religion, not a geographical...
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queerlitsuperhero:
it is never just a show
it is never just a book
it is never just a movie
it is never just a comic
The way we treat characters in media reflects the ideas we have about real people, and then our media goes on to enforce how we treat those real people.
I am all for enjoying the media I consume (and contrary to how it must look, I do enjoy a lot of media) but I am critical...
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Anonymous asked: Just to say - and I still fully believe that Moffat is an asshole - The Blind Banker was written by Steve Thompson, so the Yellow Scare was mostly him.
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Re: Firefly
Alright, I’ve come back to a crapload of things on this blog, but I just wanted to clarify some points that I’ve seen people reblogging on my Firefly answer.
1) I realise that the Chinese was used to circumvent TV censors. As I literally ran out of my room to get to work and didn’t think of it until I was in my car, there was no way for me to change my answer in that respect.
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Anonymous asked: I've been looking for a place like this for ages. Finally somewhere to discuss opression on DW and other Moffat shows! (I can't tell how much I longed for someone to discuss how Karen's character is objectified in the show)
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submission from cuddlywares:
wrt the post about River’s sexuality - true, as River’s life and identity revolve around the doctor, her bisexuality is irrelevant to the show. But as Moffat admits when he says he has no interest in contributing to bi-visibility, he’s using bisexuality as shorthand for ‘sexy sassy coquettish character’, just as he uses lesbianism as...
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rightnowbb asked: "Go on, give me one example of a bisexual ever who hasn’t been promiscuous, cheating or unreliable." River Song.
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Anonymous asked: I didn't actually intend on saying anything but your last post just really proved it to me. I really do think that Moffat has issues sometimes, as we all do, but I think your blog just goes looking for reasons to get mad at him sometimes, even for things that are out of context or a joke or not his fault at all, like that article. I don't really understand why your blog goes after him...
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I’m writing this in a Submit because it was a tad too long to fit in the ask. It may be a bit disjointed, so if you post it, please feel free to edit it / respond as you see fit.
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I’ve been thinking about this for awhile, the idea of River’s character / River’s bisexuality / etc.
1. Moffat says she’s bisexual, but we don’t see any evidence of it in...
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Anonymous asked: If Karen Gillan chooses her outfits, then she must have no problem with how she looks in them. There's nothing wrong with dressing /for/ the male gaze. She knows how the show is shot, and if she chooses to dress in a sexually appealing way, I see no problem with the way she is perceived. The fact of the matter is that the world is a certain way, and beautiful women who dress well /are/...
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RE: Karen Gillan Choosing Amy's Outfits
I actually think this is worse. Because Karen (very rightly) said that the vast majority of young women would wear short skirts or shorts with leggings or tights or boots. If you’re an attractive cis* woman of 20 or 21 then, yeah, that’s pretty much average girlwear. It makes total sense for Karen to have said, “Practically speaking, she’s a Scottish girl growing up in a...
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feministinthetardis asked: The thing about Karen Gillan choosing to wear short skirts therefore Amy can't possibly be appeasing the male gaze is kind of a pet hate of mine. Yes, Gillan may choose these outfits but that doesn't change the long camera shots panning up her legs in The Eleventh Hour or, as you pointed out, the debacle that was the Space/Time mini-episodes and her code name "The Legs"....
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Anonymous asked: About Amy being "male gaze" Karen Gillan herself chose to wear those outfits. Whether feminists like her choice of Amy's clothing or not isn't the problem. However, after I found out that Karen chose her outfits, a lot of the commentary on Amy's clothing is starting to sound like borderline slut shaming. I'm sure nobody is intending on doing such a thing but I think...
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Hello! I’m reading your posts with great joy and am really, honestly happy to have found someone who thinks alike! I’ve been wondering forever if no one who likes DW or Sherlock ever noticed the glaring problems. But a quick note about Firefly: It’s not dominated by a Chinese culture, but a mixture of Chinese-American which originates in an alliance and yadda yadda from the...
Anonymous asked: Do you realise that Moffat didn't write that article and that the article itself is from a gossip magazine? The article is incredibly wrong on so many levels, but Moffat has nothing to do with it.
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What are your thoughts on Moffat’s decision to “shake things up” with a “lesbian” character in Doctor Who series 6? (Madame Vastra x new companion.) Google “doctor-who-to-shake-things-up-with-a-lesbian-storyline” it’s at “The List” website (UK). Do I have some sort of right to be offended that he’s made the lesbian a lizard...
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Anonymous asked: Is it me or is Steven Moffat's answers always oddly dismissive of the question and he tries to crack silly jokes about everything
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Steven Moffat is a Douchebag - The Masterlist
feministwhoniverse:
I have created this list because, whilst the occasional quote here and there containing problematic statements is easy to write off as ‘words being taken out of context’, seeing all of these quotes, articles, tweets, as well as some meta on major characters written by Moffat together is a little harder to write off.
Three things before we begin. Firstly this is by no means...
oodlyenough asked: Just read the post about parental figures and paternal relationships and all that and thought it was great. I think it's also interesting that one of the guest stars they've announced for series 7 is Mark Williams playing Rory's father. So we finally get to see another Pond parental figure... and it's Rory's dad. I mean, maybe we'll see the other parents too, but it...
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Doctor Who and Families
Hope everyone had a good Father’s Day last weekend! Now here’s a post comparing the mothers and fathers in New Who.
As it has been said before, Moffat tends to turn his main female characters into mothers. He’s done it with Amy Pond several times in Amy’s Choice and the entire River Song arc. He’s done it with River herself at the end of Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead. Time...
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I read your post ‘Sherlock Women and Feminism: Irene Adler’, and I agree almost 100%. I’ve already ranted about it myself, so I won’t go into that here, but I’d just like to bring up one thing: River Song’s bisexuality. It shouldn’t /have/ to be stated. Sure, the only person we’ve seen her interact with ~sexually~ is the Doctor, a man [so far] but...
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Steven Moffat weirdly limits who can be a... →
‘It’s just a question of who credibly is going to agree to go in the TARDIS? Who’s going to do it? Is it going to be a mother of 15 children? No. Is it going to be someone in their 60s? No. Is there going to be a particular age range? I mean… who’s going to have a crush on the Doctor? You know, come on! It’s more than a format. It’s evolved from good, dramatic reasons.’
I...
invisiblecashews asked: I actually think in that instance it's more of Moffat playing to the children watching the show, particularly the children watching with their parents. He does it a lot, like in "Closing Time" when the Doctor's shown playing with the toys at the toy store and saying the kids might as well buy some because otherwise their parents will use the money on boring things like...
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innocence-ends:
Moffat is a tweet and a hissy fit away from saying “F**K THIS NOISE!! A GODDAMN WIZARD DID IT!! SUCK ON THAT FANDOM!!!”
“All stories have plot holes but they’re only visible to the bored” Well, by your weird troll logic, it means that you’re story has become so nonsensical that my suspension of disbelief imploded, I can no longer take your writing seriously, ended up shutting...
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“Yes, the female characters are secondary. But that’s a production decision. And...”
– Why do we watch Doctor Who?: A fan scholar’s perspective
(via feministfanfiction)
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Submission from innocence-ends:
As much as I hate Irene Adler and River Song, what I hate more is the precedent that they set: that a few clever lines and token badass moments is what passes for female empowerment, gratuitous fanservice will make up for the complete lack of substance and development, and that in the Moffat universe, the most a “strong” female character can aspire to is being...
Anonymous asked: I also noticed how in his earlier episodes he shoves aside Rose, Martha, and Donna pretty much out of the picture except for sideline plots. They seem somewhat out of character as well
idontbelieveanyoneisugly asked: The thing I find most tragic about Moffat's writing isn't just the feminism issues, but the fact that I LOVE so much of what he writes. I enjoy his RTD era episodes and Season 5/6 most of all the Who I have seen and it breaks my heart to know that there are underlying feminism issues with his writing. Especially when I feel strongly about feminist issues. It just makes me so conflicted.
Anonymous asked: Is it bad that I just can't bring myself to like River Song? I am unable to see her as someone other than to just be the Doctor's 'wife'. Am I the only one that finds her a horrible character?
Anonymous asked: Is it me or does Moffat seem to have two to three female characters that he uses over and over. There is "The Mother" and there is "The Sexy-Empowered Woman" and often either one is combined with "The Independent Snarker". Amy is all three even.
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Moffat in the RTD Era: The Empty Child and The...
I think you’ve written about how a big part of Amy’s character revolves around her being a mother, but have you said anything about Nancy from “The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances”? I personally think she’s written much better than Amy is, but do you have anything to say about her character?
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By looking back at the episodes of Who that Moffat wrote...
tell-him-youre-alive asked: Oh god... can I hug the runner(s) of this blog?? I am so tired of seeing everyone on tumblr glorify everything Moffat does, so you are like water in the freaking desert.
Anonymous asked: There are no words for how much it pisses me off that The Doctor had suspicions about Amy's disappearing pregnancy, explored them to the point where he was almost certain of what was happening, but at no point sees fit to tell Amy what's going on. Just rage.
orbitingasupernova asked: See: The Girl Who Waited. JFC it's a great episode, but she doesn't get to keep any of that development--which means that the Doctor doesn't have to face any real consequences for being a careless prick.
unendlicherache asked: Wouldn't the other statement part be "how can we make sure the Doctor ends up deeply emotionally scarred by his adventures?"
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Re: Moffat and the Fans Who Agree Asexuality is...
outlawroad:
I feel like I can actually back up my defense of asexual characters because not only am I a celibate asexual, I’m a writer who writes asexual characters. Even before I started doing that, I was writing nonsexual relationships only.
Moffat, I understand that you are a middle-aged heterosexual man who knows nothing about asexuality, like the vast majority of the world. I understand...
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jeyradan:
Let’s talk about asexuality, the BBC’s Sherlock, and today’s interview with Steven Moffat*.
*In a totally, completely non-ad-hominem kind of way, because that doesn’t get anybody anywhere.
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