“You can play as Ophelia, but then it’s a pretty short book.”
Yanni mentions a fun kickstarter campaign. Dave goes on a feminist rant. Then we discuss good female characters in media and what makes a good character. Finally, Yanni brings up same-sex marriage and ultimately wins the evening.
Note: the cast of the cast is 100% supportive of LGBT rights and equality. Even when the context is humorous we take these issues very seriously, as they affect us and many people we care about.
Show notes – we got some stuff wrong; I’ve noted where below:
- To Be Or Not To Be: That Is The Adventure
- National Novel Writing Month
- One Reason Why
- Snow White and the Huntsman
- Resident Evil
- Game of Thrones
- Hark a Vagrant
- Escher Girls
- Tiger Beatdown
- The Actual “Strong Female Characters” Post at Overthinking It
- Babylon 5
- Fringe
- The Silence of the Lambs
- Castle
- Hard Candy
- American History X
- The X-Files
- Law and Order: SVU
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (the original film)
- Joss Whedon, who did actually write the original Buffy film