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Mar. 24th, 2007 02:31 pmOf course we do!:
The audience for "BSG" is 37 percent female, with 43 percent more young female viewers than another Sci-Fi series, "Stargate SG1," the channel's Lana Kim says.
... At a time when a broadcast network pushes "The Search for the Next Pussycat Doll" as female empowerment, "BSG" showcases a society in which men and women are genuinely equal.
"Finally, we are seeing some really powerful women on TV," Bertrand says, adding that when she thought about the female characters and why they are strong, "the president of all the colonies being a woman wasn't even first on my list."
Word. When McG made a straight-faced claim that the Doll show is "third wave feminism," I just about barfed.
The audience for "BSG" is 37 percent female, with 43 percent more young female viewers than another Sci-Fi series, "Stargate SG1," the channel's Lana Kim says.
... At a time when a broadcast network pushes "The Search for the Next Pussycat Doll" as female empowerment, "BSG" showcases a society in which men and women are genuinely equal.
"Finally, we are seeing some really powerful women on TV," Bertrand says, adding that when she thought about the female characters and why they are strong, "the president of all the colonies being a woman wasn't even first on my list."
Word. When McG made a straight-faced claim that the Doll show is "third wave feminism," I just about barfed.
