#warehouse 13 is unwatchable to me for this reason

[exquisitedeadpanda]

I’ve actually written a lot of stuff about this concept, specifically as it pertains to women authors in the Victorian era (that thing I studied in graduate school).

tl;dr: No, [X] male author was not actually a woman after all because “wOmEn CoUlDn’T bE aUtHoRs.” Women authors existed. And their marginalized existence is important to recognize.

I'm getting so sick of major female characters in historical media being incredibly feisty, outspoken and public defenders of women's rights with little to no realistic repercussions. Yes it feels like pandering, yes it's unrealistic and takes me out of the story, yes the dialogue almost always rings false - but beyond all that I think it does such a disservice to the women who lived during those periods. I'm not embarrassed of the women in history who didn't use every chance they had to Stick It To The Man. I'm not ashamed of women who were resigned to or enjoyed their lot in life. They weren't letting the side down by not having and representing modern gender ideals. It says a lot about how you view average ordinary women if the idea of one of your main characters behaving like one makes them seem lame and uninteresting to you.