Fem Thoughts

I'm noticing this increasing tension in fandom between the position that we 'must preserve the gay', i.e., gay male relationships, and a desire to see more women represented in media and in fandom. The controversy over Lucy Liu as a female Watson is case in point. I'm pretty much always going to fall on the side of wanting to see more women represented – but I also share your view that if there are already female characters in a given canon, who are almost certainly underrepresented in fandom, why would one want to ignore them in favor of genderswapping a (probably already very well-represented) male character?

And thanks for that link! *bookmarks*