Comments on: Joss Whedon Answers The Question “Why Do You Write Strong Female Characters?”

By: Being a Brit « Lurking Musings

Being a Brit « Lurking Musings — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 12:35:46 +0000

[...] to say, he has had an influence and there has been much said about his attitude to strong women (‘Why do I write strong female characters?’), his feminist ideals both positively (Joss Whedon on Feminism) and negatively (A Rapist’s [...]

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:09:52 +0000

Love this man. What a fucking excellent thing.

By: Dmitriy

Dmitriy — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:41:42 +0000

In The Dollhouse, it is a women who fights back against the system.

By: also

also — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:55:36 +0000

nonfiction,
It also has to be noted that although the main character in Dollhouse is a woman who’s mind has been erased, she’s not the only one that this has been done to. There are men as well as women who’ve been mind-wiped in the Dollhouse. Many people talk about the show’s exploitation of women, but if you watch, the men are just as exploited. And besides, examining that exploitation is kind of the point. It’s not like they are saying it’s a good thing.

By: thewhatifgirl

thewhatifgirl — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:02:20 +0000

nonfictions, I watched the whole season of Dollhouse and though what you say is true, they also let elements of her real personality bleed through from time to time (it’s one of the main plot elements) and it becomes very clear then that she IS a strong woman.

By: nonfictions

nonfictions — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:04:25 +0000

I love Joss Whedon. I don’t consider his female characters in “Dollhouse” as strong, but then again I haven’t watched much of the show. From what I watched the main character has her brain wiped cleaned every episode and she takes on a different persona each time. Before taking that persona she’s in a doll-like state (think “nothing behind the eyes”; empty; malleable; childlike).

I never watched Buffy.

By: Cate

Cate — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:02:19 +0000

Just a head’s up – this speech lead to a global fundraising effort by Joss fans for Equality Now. Can’t Stop The Serenity is in its fourth year now and still going strong. More info & list of participating cities: http://cantstoptheserenity.com.

(I’m the organizer for Pittsburgh, so I couldn’t resist a plug!)

By: Jen

Jen — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:25:59 +0000

You star!

By: Dmitriy

Dmitriy — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:02:51 +0000

Here you go, Jen.

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/josswhedonequalitynow.htm

By: Jen

Jen — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:46:20 +0000

Could we get a transcript? Not all of us can hear…