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Feb 24

alexandra-ewing:

There is no need for a defense of Liz Lemon. What I do need is someone with the reach to write for the New Yorker asking why there are only two lead women characters in comedies that are critically acclaimed, and asking why it is so important that they need to be defended, as I believe their only crime is that they are multi-faceted women—women with flaws—and apparently that means we need to criticize their very presence on television. When The Office got tired—and that is the real issue here, that 30 Rock is tired and has been for awhile—there was no “In Defense of Michael Scott” in the New Yorker. In a year or two, the post will be “In Defense of Leslie Knope.”

I don’t particularly like Liz Lemon or Leslie Knope, but I am glad Tina and Amy are working on successful (by my definition, though I know ratings-wise they are, um, not) shows.

Reblogged 3 months ago from feministfilm

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THIS, i've also seen discussions bout whether liz lemon or leslie knope is better for ~feminism~, as if female characters have to be the same, and even though I hate Whitney on my own merit, the reason that the media use to condmen it is that it isn't great representation for women, they don't condemn 2 And a Half Men for that same problem,