Yeah, I am not very disposed to like Daniel. I went back to read coffeeandink's summary, and I'm wondering if I just stumbled into episodes that don't talk about Daniel's privilege as much. Though in defense of the show, even in these three episodes, there has been mention of Daniel's privilege, particularly in comparison between him and Sofia, who had to work her ass off just to get where she was.
I really liked Sofia, though I had pretty much figured out she wasn't going to stay long, as she was played by Salma Hayek. I was also irritated about the first cover story of her feminist magazine, particularly since Betty did note that Sofia's magazine workforce was much more diverse. Not to say that everything labeled as "feminist" has to be good, but I swear, in the last few things I've watched, things labeled as "feminist" always end up being shown to be hypocritical. This annoys me (esp. given the common criticism that feminism is to blame for the hypersexualization of today's culture and for the greater pressure young women put on themselves and etc.).
Completely ditto your comments on the black social worker.
On the other hand -- show with WOC as main character! And I adore Wilhelmina in all her glorious shallowness, and I am already liking Alexis.
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Sat, Apr. 28th, 2007 04:07 am (UTC)I really liked Sofia, though I had pretty much figured out she wasn't going to stay long, as she was played by Salma Hayek. I was also irritated about the first cover story of her feminist magazine, particularly since Betty did note that Sofia's magazine workforce was much more diverse. Not to say that everything labeled as "feminist" has to be good, but I swear, in the last few things I've watched, things labeled as "feminist" always end up being shown to be hypocritical. This annoys me (esp. given the common criticism that feminism is to blame for the hypersexualization of today's culture and for the greater pressure young women put on themselves and etc.).
Completely ditto your comments on the black social worker.
On the other hand -- show with WOC as main character! And I adore Wilhelmina in all her glorious shallowness, and I am already liking Alexis.
I'd love to hear more thoughts!