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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    1. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 17 Jul 2017

      I am mildly interested & pleased that the new Doctor is a woman. Probably not enough to watch it. In case you cared.

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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 17 Jul 2017

      My daughter has always loved it when lead characters are female. Kids seem to do identity politics naturally. They're working out their own.

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        2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 17 Jul 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          I think that's normal & healthy. It's when you don't grow out of it & continue focusing intensely on identity that we have a problem.

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        3. Ben‏ @BristolBen 17 Jul 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          The doctor being an alien, this sex switch can work, but it's a shame they aren't a bit more creative and develop new female characters. 😐

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        4. Ben‏ @BristolBen 17 Jul 2017
          Replying to @BristolBen @HPluckrose

          Rather that coopt existing ones. However, if they have a good story arc, I'm all for it.

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        5. nevynxxx‏ @nevynxxx 17 Jul 2017
          Replying to @BristolBen @HPluckrose

          River was a good play that hadn't been done before. They've had some good actresses in recent years but squandered though poor plot.

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        6. Lotak‏ @LotakX 17 Jul 2017
          Replying to @nevynxxx @BristolBen @HPluckrose

          They've had excellent actresses. Missy worked very well, but her character was different to the Master. Equally evil, but in a different way

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        7. Lotak‏ @LotakX 17 Jul 2017
          Replying to @LotakX @nevynxxx and

          They'll have to do the same with the new doctor. Equally good and equally flawed and equally ruthless, but in a feminine way.

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        8. Lotak‏ @LotakX 17 Jul 2017
          Replying to @LotakX @nevynxxx and

          What we don't want, and what I believe could happen, is them making the doctor "more good" because she's a woman and critical of masculinity

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        9. Lotak‏ @LotakX 17 Jul 2017
          Replying to @LotakX @nevynxxx and

          Which is what they did in the finale of the previous season when the old white man regen into black woman "All that ego"

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        2. Chris Marc‏ @vonChrismarck 17 Jul 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          I am male and that the character was female didn't matter to me at all. So my anecdotal evidence seem to contradict yours.

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        3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 17 Jul 2017
          Replying to @vonChrismarck

          Yes, it does. One of my daughter's male friends was Cinderella in their game once too. Otherwise, I found they stayed in gender tho.

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        2. Niels Roode‏ @njroode 17 Jul 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          I guess for a sense of morality, it's preferable when kids identify with the movie hero, regardless of their other identities.

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        3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 17 Jul 2017
          Replying to @njroode

          My daughters always liked pretending to be female villains.

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        4. Niels Roode‏ @njroode 17 Jul 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          fighting dull male heroes of moral purity might be very rewarding :)

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        2. Doc‏ @Gray_DM 17 Jul 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Not sure how much this is *actually* natural behaviour vs picking up cultural prompts. My favourite book as a child was "the worst witch"

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        3. Doc‏ @Gray_DM 17 Jul 2017
          Replying to @Gray_DM @HPluckrose

          (about a girls magical boarding school) Close 2nds were Brian Jacques Redwall, or Robin Jarvis Deptford Mice (does that make me a furry? :P)

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        1. Chris Marc‏ @vonChrismarck 17 Jul 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          When I was a kid I identified with Mulan because she struggled until she started solving problems with her brain and not her muscles.

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        1. nevynxxx‏ @nevynxxx 17 Jul 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          My whole life has had female lead roles, Mum, Nan, Wife... It's nice when TV reflects that ;)

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        2. Lotak‏ @LotakX 17 Jul 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Maybe its that I'm Jewish and naturally, all of the best actors are Jewish!, but I've never ever ever cared that I "ID" with the leads.

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        3. Lotak‏ @LotakX 17 Jul 2017
          Replying to @LotakX @HPluckrose

          I liked David Tennant (as did most Who fans) because he played the role in the best way. Note: I am neither Scottish nor white!

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        4. Lotak‏ @LotakX 17 Jul 2017
          Replying to @LotakX @HPluckrose

          I can't see why people should like something more because the actors are similar to them (gender / race / sexuality).

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        5. Lotak‏ @LotakX 17 Jul 2017
          Replying to @LotakX @HPluckrose

          The problem with female Dr is 2 fold 1) It gives off impression its done purely for PC reasons 2) Its completely changing dynamics of show.

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        6. Lotak‏ @LotakX 17 Jul 2017
          Replying to @LotakX @HPluckrose

          Whether or not this is (or will be) true is a different matter. I wish her the best, but female lead will change the dynamics /relationships

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