Quote of the Moment

[hazelbite]

So, once, a long time ago, I decided to do this "Quote of the Moment" thing. Well, I posted one quote and then forgot about the whole thing.

But! I was watching this video on YouTube (WHY am I addicted to that place, why?!?) with Amanda Tapping doing an interview. She had the following to say about her very small role on the X-Files:

"I was mostly dead on the X-Files....and I give good dead."

She said it so fast that the audience didn't have a chance to really laugh, 'cause I thought it was a silly quote from her, being the comedian that she is and everything.

ETA:

VG: Do you have another time or another planet where you would love to go?

Amanda: You know what I would love? I would love to go to a planet where...it's in the same time frame as Earth, the same level of technology, but where, since the beginning of time, every country has been governed by women. From the beginning of time. And I don't mean that from a didactic feminist perspective, I simply would like to see if we would have a more nurturing, caring society. Would women be as machiavellian in our pursuit of power? Would we be Maggie Thatchers? Or would we be Indira Gandhis? What would happen? And I would just love to see what society and what global society would have been like if women had been in power since the very beginning.

VG: Well, I think you should write that script.

Amanda: It's something I've thought about and I think it would be fascinating.

I do too! I would really love to see someone write this, and write it well, because there are just so many places it can go, and maybe maybe it's just my love of different cultures or of scifi in general -- even though the book wouldn't have to be science fiction -- that the possibilities are infinite! Amanda Tapping is so awesome ♥

So um yeah, back to homework...

Comments

[socalcharger.livejournal.com]

Uh... I'm not sure how to explain this...

There has been a *MINOR* travel mishap. See, I was supposed to catch a bus back out to Santa Rosa this morning. And, well, it didn't QUITE work that way. So NOW, I have to wait and catch a bus TOMORROW morning. So I was wondering if I could hijack today's Anthro notes from you once I finally get back in town tomorrow afternoon... shiny?

And many thanks for the gag reel. It helps bad days IMMENSELY :-D.

Oh, and we've watched/sang ENTIRELY too much Rent while I've been up here. See ya tomorrow!

[emily-goddess.livejournal.com]

"I give good dead"? Brilliant! I love that woman. And she gets bonus points for being rational about the whole "a woman-led society would be more nurturing" thing. I've always found that assertion to be infuriatingly sexist, myself.

I wonder if you even could have an Earth where women have been in charge throughout human history. Observation of our closest primate relatives (chimpanzees and bonobos), as well as our more distant cousins, shows that their females are ultimately subservient to the males, so there's no reason to assume that our ancestors were any different. So the real trick for the writer (and this is something I'd like to see done, and done well) would be to explain how women inverted that hierarchy in the first place.

Have you ever read Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman? It's a feminist utopia, but she manages to write it without being too sexist about men. It was actually a fun read, despite the premise (I assumed it would be sexist and idealistic and annoying). And she doesn't fall into any of the clichés like "the male explorers come and bring war and disease with them." It's a short read, and I recommend it.