"For me though, it’s those little one liners that cut deeply. Because remember, the Doctor often forgets the social mores of the time. Who can remember if the way people greet each other is with two cheek kisses or a handshake? He also finds certain human perceptions of the time incredibly odd and dated. But when the Doctor says things like “because she’s a woman” or when he smirks when Clara asks him if he’s making flying the TARDIS easy because she’s a girl, then you get the sense that the Doctor has this perception of women that belongs to the present time. A perception of women that women are fighting hard to erase […] Part of the reason that women are so up in arms about Moffat is that the way he writes women hurts stories and characters with so much potential. A lot of the stereotypes he indulges in are so incredibly unnecessary to the story he’s telling and you wonder why they are there at all. They strain credulity, twist the story and characters in weird ways and he doesn’t really get a whole lot of bang for what’s a very expensive buck." —-

A comment on Of Dice and Pen: Sexism in Steven Moffat’s Doctor Who? The anonymous reader who sent this to me added:

This is one of the key problems I have with so many forms of Sci-fi media and the anon summed it up perfectly. In a futuristic world, in other universes and on other planets, the presence of today’s sexism is not only just as problematic as it is in any media - it also doesn’t even make logical sense in the majority of cases. Why is the Doctor, a thousand-year old alien who has been just about everywhere and experienced a melting pot of cultures, acting like the sexist old men from down the pub?

One of the reasons sci-fi is a fantastic genre is the pure escapism it offers, and unlike, say, fantasy, it can avoid the “But in the past sexism was present!” tropes and justifications that are often used (see GoT..) with relative ease. But so often it completely fails to do so, the writers unimaginatively falling back on today’s stereotypes - and the missed opportunities to be progressive in such a small way is very disheartening. I don’t know if it’s down to lazy writing or simply being oblivious that doing this is both very problematic andmaking their world less believable, but I can only hope more sci-fi writers manage to avoid this trap in the future.

(via whovianfeminism)

"[T]here are female Conservative MPs who are happy to call themselves feminists. Why, they even wear T-shirts saying that they’re feminists, just so that we know. I saw a photo of Theresa May wearing one, right, and on the front, it said, ‘This is what a feminist looks like.’ And on the back of her one, it said, ‘Not really! I’m a Tory!’ And then underneath that, it said, ‘I axed the Health In Pregnancy Grant. I closed Sure Start Centres.’ That one had a smiley face next to it. ‘I cut child benefit and slashed tax credits. I shut down shelters for battered wives and children. I cut rape counselling and legal aid.’ Winking face. ‘I closed down all twenty-three specialist domestic violence courts. I cut benefits for disabled children. I tried to amend the Abortion Act so that women received one-to-one abortion counselling from the Pope before they go ahead with it. LOL.’ The back is much longer than the front, by the way. It’s a tailcoat, basically. The new Tory feminists are wearing tailcoats." —- Bridget Christie, episode 2 of Radio 4’s Bridget Christie Minds The Gap (via thecoppercow)

immmMMM„„ gonna see meg tomorrow im so excited im jumping up and down except id probably fall over if i did that but id stillLL BE HAPPY

I AM. SO MAD. AT 8TRACKS.

that’s ok anon ah thank you for coming back and talking to me about it

like?? seriously if i’ve done something i’m really sorry and i’d like to talk about it because i don’t like the idea of upsetting people. and if it’d make you feel better to say something maybe it’d help?? im just not a big fan of mysteries and the thought of someone nursing a problem w/ me really wigs me out

shrugs rly emphatically

i just started writing a rly cool short story i dont wann a go to bedhqsuahs ugh

holy shit im 17 in less than a motnh hoooooly shit

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i stg i will send you guys my entire mcm fund if thats what it takes i just feel rly bad that i cant leave my town :(

man im pretty sure i could make it im getting a railcard and its my birthday soon!!! plus i know jades getting a job dang im sure well be able to manage it!!

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i will show u guys like everything jesus especially the sovereign centre its like a little mall with some cute little shops and stuff we have arcades and shit and THE BEST chip shops I Shit You Not and omg the pier and HHHHHHHHH

fiSH AND CHIPS!!! YES that sounds like an excellent day out i will Look Into It!!

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the weather down here gets really nice if the clouds dont decide to have a tantrum haha, yo you should bring the guys down here with ya and we can have a chill day! when is t4 anyway i think its in the holidays but idfk

shrugs the internet says its cancelled but theres a different event on during the summer?? but yeah we should definitely pop down and visit you sometime!!! u can show us the sights!!!!!

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you should come this year if the weather looks nice our beach is pretty shit but hey our pier is really nice and it recovered well after the fire

yeah man i was talking to mum about it and she said the same thing!!! Hm ill look it up and see how much funds i have uwu

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south west! i live in weston-super-mare, they host T4 on the beach here every year and it rains on everyone while i watch it in my warm living room *evil giggle*

i thOUGHT IT WAS BUT I DIDNT WANT TO SAY IN CASE I WAS WRONG aha that sounds neat ive??? heard of it man i rly want to go to a music festival sighs wistfully

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i think thats referred to as the “west cun’ry” accent kinda like hagrids????? but yeah a load of guys down here have it

yeah i thought so!!! i love english accents ahh i sound like an anglophile but i do i love all the regional dialects and stuff i think i get away with it by virtue of actually being english haha

wait where are you again  i??? thought you were somewhere south im rly gomen i cant remember

gatisss:

jenneralgrievous:

there’s been some confusion, for you see my crewmate is

oh. my. god. 

 this is a thing. THIS WAS ACTUALLY DONE.