Blog Revamp

If you've been following this blog at all you'll recognize a lot of this post is from the introduction post I did. I wanted to reiterate what this blog is about while also introducing the new element of the blog. Before this blog was just about TV in general, any and all shows I'm watching or have watched. Well, I've decided to change it up a bit and focus only on female led television because I think we need to have more discussion about all the fabulous ladies gracing our screens lately. All my posts will only be about shows focused on a female lead, or in the case of an ensemble cast it must have a strong female within the cast. I will mainly be discussing shows which are currently on air, hiatus, or shows which have recently ended. I will, however, do a spotlight every once in a while and talk about older shows such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Dollhouse. And before everyone freaks out about all the awesome ladies in shows that aren't female led being overlooked, once a month I'll do a "Honorary Lady" post discussing an awesome female character that isn't in a female led show such as Donna from Doctor Who, River from Firefly, Toph from Avatar the Last Airbender, etc. I'll continue to look at television through a critical lens and mingle both formal and informal posts about what I've been watching. I hope you all enjoy this blog!

When I first started watching TV it was just for entertainment, which is what the goal is for a lot of you when you sit down to watch a show. After taking a few media classes and chatting with friends I discovered there is a different, and I would argue more interesting way to watch television: critically watching. Before anyone freaks out about the word "critical" let me explain what I mean by it. Critically watching TV doesn't mean sitting back with your bowl of popcorn and pointing out how tremendously awful a show is. (Well, for some people that's what it means, but not for me.) When I say to critically watch TV it means to be able to recognize and be aware of the messages the shows you're watching are are sending to you. Everything is trying to sell you something whether it be figuratively or literally. Some of those messages are good and some are not, but whatever they are my goal is to help you see what television is trying to tell you because it's important to know what media is trying to teach us, so we can choose to accept or deny those messages. In my posts the messages our shows are sending us is what I'll be talking about in my posts. I don't care if a show is blatantly awful. I watch some blatantly awful shows sometimes. I just want people to be able to recognize the flaws of the shows they are watching and understand they aren't perfect. Every show has its problematic elements (Even Agent Carter).

Something important I want you all to know, if and when (because I will) point out the problematic elements in a show you happen to watch it doesn't mean I think you should never watch that show again; it just means I think you need to be aware of those particular issues going on in that show, so that you don't just pick up and accept those messages. For example: in "Once Upon a Time" I have serious issues with the representation of adoptive vs. biological motherhood, but that doesn't mean you should stop watching it. OUAT is one of my favorite shows. I want you to choose what you take away from television not the other way around.

I'll do my very best to update two times every week. Sometimes it might be more, and sometimes it might be less. The life of a college student is unpredictable, but I'll to my best to stay consistent. In my posts there will almost always be spoilers for the shows I'm discussing that week. I'll let you know at the top of every post what show and episode is being discussed, so no one needs to worry or freak out about show spoilers. I'll be courteous because I hate spoilers with as deep of a fiery passion as you do. Every week I also plan to live blog the current shows I'm following. You can find the link with more of that information here. It won't be a consistent schedule because my life is on an inconstant one, but you can go on my twitter and read through my funny reaction tweets to the shows I've watched.

I hope you all will enjoy this blog. If you have any questions, suggestions, ideas, or comments please feel free to leave a comment or send me a message here. I'm excited to share my opinions with you and hear what all of you have to say. Sometime in the next week or so I'll get my first post up about feminism in Marvel's new show Agent Carter. (As soon as I create a new banner for the page I'll get that post up.) Stay tuned. Until next time!

Krissy