A bit late, I know, but I just finished watching Farscape. One of the things that jumped out at me from the series as a breath of fresh air was the character of Chiana, who might appear on the surface to be your standard obligatory Sexy Female Alien that the suits believe all sci-fi shows need in order to thrive.

Chiana’s something more than that to me, though: she is an unapologetically sexually aggressive female character. And really, how … READ MORE

On-screen pining isn’t just for female characters: male characters also fall for females so hard they can barely think straight. So why is it we women generally take more offense when women are shown this way?

Example time: how about John Crichton from Farscape? And for an example that’s known to more people, Ross from the early seasons of Friends? And what about Humphrey Bogart’s Rick Blaine from Casablanca? That should give us a nice assortment, spanning … READ MORE