Though it's not where I always am, I come from England and I noticed something recently that bothers me. England is way behind when it comes to featuring strong women in the media.
This didn't even occur to me until we were talking about which strong women deserve a place on our new banner for this spot. Not one of us mentioned one from England. You could say Lara Croft, but I don't think she counts as an English example because it wasn't until production of Tomb Raider was handed over to an American company did she stop being a cartoonish big-boobed caricature of a woman and became a good and intelligent role model. It took being moved out of England for her to get a more realistically proportioned body, a deeper personality and finally find an outfit in her wardrobe that had actual pants instead of hotpants.
I have been racking my brains but I can't think of a single British show that featured a strong female lead. Sure there have been what you may consider tough women in supporting roles, but I cant think of even one show with a strong woman as the star.
Every tough woman in the media I have ever looked up to has been American. The USA has Buffy the vampire slayer, Sarah Connor chronicles, Alias and well, every woman from our current banner.
What happened to us England? how did we fall so far behind? We had a female prime minister decades before a woman had even considered running for president of the USA. We were ahead of the feminism curve! Where did we go wrong?
And do you women in America have any tips on how to get the british media off their out of date sexist arses and writing strong women? :)
This didn't even occur to me until we were talking about which strong women deserve a place on our new banner for this spot. Not one of us mentioned one from England. You could say Lara Croft, but I don't think she counts as an English example because it wasn't until production of Tomb Raider was handed over to an American company did she stop being a cartoonish big-boobed caricature of a woman and became a good and intelligent role model. It took being moved out of England for her to get a more realistically proportioned body, a deeper personality and finally find an outfit in her wardrobe that had actual pants instead of hotpants.
I have been racking my brains but I can't think of a single British show that featured a strong female lead. Sure there have been what you may consider tough women in supporting roles, but I cant think of even one show with a strong woman as the star.
Every tough woman in the media I have ever looked up to has been American. The USA has Buffy the vampire slayer, Sarah Connor chronicles, Alias and well, every woman from our current banner.
What happened to us England? how did we fall so far behind? We had a female prime minister decades before a woman had even considered running for president of the USA. We were ahead of the feminism curve! Where did we go wrong?
And do you women in America have any tips on how to get the british media off their out of date sexist arses and writing strong women? :)