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Jul. 16th, 2017 08:34 pmDoctor Who casting news:
vague yaay.
don't know them, so no specific opinions, but they meet my minimum ask, for the first time, so that's nice.
vague yaay.
don't know them, so no specific opinions, but they meet my minimum ask, for the first time, so that's nice.
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Date: 2017-07-16 07:44 pm (UTC)and my first reaction was not unalloyed yaay, because
power is still white.
which I am so tired of
and I say this as a white person.
so obviously improvement, but I've been asking bigger for a really long time, so can only muster vague yaay.
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Date: 2017-07-16 08:00 pm (UTC)... why am I not feeling things...
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Date: 2017-07-16 08:13 pm (UTC)which is unhelpful
yaay a woman, we got half the change we needed, woohoo
... eventually may woohoo, my feels are slow to wake...
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Date: 2017-07-17 12:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-07-17 03:30 am (UTC)I reckon chances are pretty high of fresh new and interesting.
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Date: 2017-07-17 08:39 am (UTC)but I have :-) now :-)
the other feeling is a bit like that protest sign that goes 'I can't believe we're still protesting this'. Twenty years ago the idea was comedy. and it's still a fight now.
women are half the world, so women must be half the story
we should be well over having to push and resist and fight to make it happen.
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Date: 2017-07-17 01:43 pm (UTC)Let's hope the writing won't let that happen? Let's hope.
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Date: 2017-07-18 05:53 am (UTC)and I don't see why, but if it don't pick up mass numbers, it'll get called a failure.
If they write the Doctor and cast a woman it'll work, but if they write a dozen guys versions of the Doctor as a woman, that's going to go poorly.
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Date: 2017-07-18 10:43 am (UTC)maybe we're just being negative. maybe things can and will be better. yes.
https://theniftycat.tumblr.com/post/163079112948/i-was-googling-jodie-whittaker-to-learn-more-about