Media Representation Matters!

"I JUST WANT A GOOD SCI-FI MOVIE THAT IS ENTIRELY FEMALE DOMINATED.

No, not a movie with one great female captain, or one computer genius, one great supporting character, or one awesome pilot, or one leader on a council, or one love interest who gets to be awesome.

Not one or two female characters.

Female dominated.

I want a sci-fi movie where most of the background extras are women.

I want a sci-fi movie where, with absolutely no explanation other than the sheer force of how damn capable and badass and interesting and fantastic they all are, most of main characters are women.

Where more than 50%… Heck, 85% of the main cast is female.

Where the relationships of women drive the narrative, where women talk to each other and work with each other and fight each other and maybe even love each other, but they are affectedby each other’s lives and they matter to each other and as characters in their own right.

I want women who are scientists and pilots and heads of government and mothers to daughters and sisters and doctors and soldiers and every other role you can think of, and they are given interesting motivations and backstories and agency.

I want a movie where no women are dressed in skimpy clothing unless that is their choice and they are completely comfortable with the situation, and the situation serves the narrative in some meaningful way.

I want a movie where there are only two (three, tops) male characters who are given full names.

I mean, sure, we could fit in a few more guys.

Maybe a few background extras, maybe someone who is only referred to as ‘brother’ or ‘father’ or ‘son’ or something, and gets fridged, or a character who runs in, gives a piece of exposition, and then is never heard from again.

I want the men to wind up in a difficult situation and be force to rely on the women to rescue them.

I want very little or no time to be spent developing the backstory of the male characters, except if there is a situation where they can relate better to the female characters by bravely revealing deep emotional pain from their past in order to encourage the character development of the female character

I want the ‘main’ male characters to not ever speak with each other during the duration of the film, and at least one of them be defined primarily in their role as a love interest to a female character.

I want a movie like this, because I am just so very sick to death of it being the other way around."

Source: Dubious Cultural Artifact