me: finally the Doctor is not another white bloke!
tumblr: THE FUTURE IS FEMALE!!!!!!!!!
[white woman from star wars]
[white woman from superhero franchise]
[white woman from doctor who]
[white woman from another sci-fi show]
me: *looks into the camera like im on the office*
anyway, bottom line is: I love Jodie Whittaker as an actress and I think she’s going to be a great Doctor and I hope she continues to piss off fake nerd manbabies everywhere
but white women praise her as if it’s the next coming of feminist jesus while ignoring the blatant and overwhelming whiteness of women-lead sci-fi (like Ghostbusters, Supergirl, MCU, Mad Max) or focus only on the white women in otherwise diverse franchises (Star Wars) or downplay the lack of woc (Wonder Woman, Ghostbusters and Star Wars).
and that? that speaks a very telling story of what white women think of womanhood and race - that woc are not representative of all women, but everyone should stand together to praise white women. that woc don’t “really count” as female representation because of that. that the progress made by woc for themselves isn’t “real progress” unless it benefits whiteness, as if white feminism hasn’t always been the most excluding and exhausting movement for woc.
also everyone ignores the fact that we are getting a female doctor in the expanse of getting rid of an amazing black lesbian character. that’s right, this is the reason why Bill Potts isn’t coming back, bc having a female doctor AND a black lesbian would have given a heart attack to the bigoted fans all at once. they had to make a sacrifice and Bill was it.
shout out to @modernwizard for [[pointing to]] this thread and going into details about how far we are from really great representation in DW.
thirteen is amazing and i love them already. they’re the Doctor through and through. HOWEVER.... there seems to be this ongoing problem in the show, and it detracts from being able to wholeheartedly connect with DW again.
the thing i want to say gets highly spoilerish and it’s not been a week yet, so...
a readmore should be here:
