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Okay, so the video and your enthusiasm make me want to go back to Once Upon a Time. I was sort of watching it with Kelly, but then we both got sidetracked. The lady-centric cast and the active roles women played in the traditional fairy tales were a huge part of the appeal, but at the same time, some storylines frustrated me and I wasn't too crazy about the romance. Regina + Emma, though! I hadn't thought of that at all, but it's absolutely perfect and now I'll never be able to stop wishing it would happen.

Anyway, to address your main point, yes, we can definitely love shows like these for what they do right while simultaneously being aware of what's missing in terms of representing all women and discussing these shortcomings. But I was thinking just the other day (warning: tangent ahead) that I'm not sure I'd be able to watch Girls, even know a show about lost 20-somethings sounds so right for me right now, because of the creators' reactions to the criticism and what emerged about past comments of theirs in these debates :\ I understand being blinded by white (and straight and cis and class and able-bodied) priviledge, but it's what you do when this is pointed out to you that makes a difference. Not to say that it's impossible they'll ever listen and address the issue as the series develops, or that other creators won't learn from the conversation around the show. Let us hope that this happens. But yeah, the reactions to the criticism left a really bad taste in my mouth.