Ok,I return a day later with some slightly more coherent thoughts. I emphasize the slightly. In the show, Rodney is represented as disappointed that his sister gave up academia, like he really thought she was brilliant (a high compliment from a man who usually stops at "not a complete waste of air"). So, go Rodney. At the same time, she's given it up to have a family. I'm not going to take sides on the staying at home thing, 'cause it's a really complicated issue, and I am not good enough at conveying what I mean without expansive hand gestures. But I will say that I feel the way the show presented it as that there are only two choices. And maybe there are. Mostly I end up disappointed with the show (and I try not to with SGA, mostly because once I start I'll never stop-the holes are too deep) because they didn't do anything with it. They never say anything about the women, whether they be scientist, military, or something else special. I don't have that much more to say, mostly because it's been said better by people more eloquent than I, but I wanted to let you know how I feel your vid took steps to address the writers' gross failings. As a woman, I appreciate it. Now, because I am pretentious, here are some Margaret Atwood quotes from the poem Spelling: I wonder how many women denied themselves daughters, closed themselves in rooms, drew the curtains so they could mainline words
A child is not a poem a poem is not a child. there is no either/or However.
Spelling (the poem) captures to me the paradox of work and children. You can have both, you should have both, and at the same time you can't. I hope this made any sense at all.
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some thoughts and a little Margaret Atwood
Mostly I end up disappointed with the show (and I try not to with SGA, mostly because once I start I'll never stop-the holes are too deep) because they didn't do anything with it. They never say anything about the women, whether they be scientist, military, or something else special. I don't have that much more to say, mostly because it's been said better by people more eloquent than I, but I wanted to let you know how I feel your vid took steps to address the writers' gross failings. As a woman, I appreciate it. Now, because I am pretentious, here are some Margaret Atwood quotes from the poem Spelling:
I wonder how many women
denied themselves daughters,
closed themselves in rooms,
drew the curtains
so they could mainline words
A child is not a poem
a poem is not a child.
there is no either/or
However.
Spelling (the poem) captures to me the paradox of work and children. You can have both, you should have both, and at the same time you can't. I hope this made any sense at all.