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'''Feminists''' are often (perhaps usually) (surely not ''always''?) given stereotyped depictions in media, particularly so-called "mainstream" media.  Even in works which purport to be "feminist" in some fashion, featuring competent female protagonists, for instance, representations of politicized feminism (as opposed to a subtle, feminine, and certainly not outspoken feminism) follow a tiresome pattern of negative characterizations: Judgmental, shrill, strident, fatally PC, naive, stupid etc.  
'''Feminists''' are often (perhaps usually) (surely not ''always''?) given stereotyped depictions in media, particularly so-called "mainstream" media.  Even in works which purport to be "feminist" in some fashion, featuring competent female protagonists, for instance, representations of politicized feminism (as opposed to a subtle, feminine, and certainly not outspoken feminism) follow a tiresome pattern of negative characterizations: Judgmental, shrill, strident, fatally PC, naive, stupid etc.  


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* The Lilith House women on Veronica Mars (non-SF) Season 3
* The Lilith House women on Veronica Mars (non-SF) Season 3


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Feminists are often (perhaps usually) (surely not always?) given stereotyped depictions in media, particularly so-called "mainstream" media. Even in works which purport to be "feminist" in some fashion, featuring competent female protagonists, for instance, representations of politicized feminism (as opposed to a subtle, feminine, and certainly not outspoken feminism) follow a tiresome pattern of negative characterizations: Judgmental, shrill, strident, fatally PC, naive, stupid etc.

For example:

  • Eco-feminists in S.M. Stirling's Islands trilogy (deluded, shrill, fatally PC)
  • Women's Wicca group on Buffy Season 4
  • Connie Willis' "Even the Queen"
  • The feminists in Lois Duncan's Daughters of Eve (non-SF but sort of gothic/spooky/psychological horror)
  • The Lilith House women on Veronica Mars (non-SF) Season 3