[tweetmeme] After many months (and years of watching TV) I have finally completed my thesis, bringing to a close my master’s degree.  The submitted document is available for download in PDF format for those who are interested in reading it. Download PDF (756KB) Heroic women in science fiction and fantasy television shows have done much [...]

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Tags: Archetypes, Battlestar Galactica, Buffy, Dollhouse, Firefly, Gender, Homophobia, Joss Whedon, Lost, Patriarchy, Racism, science fiction, Star Trek, SyFy, Terminator, Tropes, TV

Created for and originally posted at Bitch Magazine’s Mad World Virtual Symposium. Advertisers are tapping into some of the most misogynistic male fantasies when they use futuristic fembots to convince men to buy their products.  They are selling a fantasy of control by turning women into obedient, mute, homemaking, sex slaves. Articles referenced in the [...]

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Tags: Allan Johnson, androids, Bitch Magazine, Control, fembots, Heineken, Mad World, misogyny, Patriarchy, Philips, science fiction, Svedka Vodka