This is a very excellent post. I was never into Firefly or Joss in general until after it'd had all been canceled so I kind of missed the whole "Wedon is a God" fandom thing. But goddamnit Mal constantly calling Inara a whore pissed me off.
they can’t be redeemed simply by giving up their sexual liaisons because once they have fallen off of some pedestal, they’re irredeemable in patriarchal narratives.
I do have to disagree with you here though. Fallen women can be redeemed! It happens when they commit suicide for the sake of their illegitimate children. Yeah, the birthday when my parents got me tickets to see Miss Saigon on the 30th anniversary of the fall of Saigon was the most depressing birthday ever.
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Date: 2011-01-18 06:01 am (UTC)they can’t be redeemed simply by giving up their sexual liaisons because once they have fallen off of some pedestal, they’re irredeemable in patriarchal narratives.
I do have to disagree with you here though. Fallen women can be redeemed! It happens when they commit suicide for the sake of their illegitimate children. Yeah, the birthday when my parents got me tickets to see Miss Saigon on the 30th anniversary of the fall of Saigon was the most depressing birthday ever.