Working for an No_Nym, guestblogging on Bitch PhD suggests that Princess Leia is to blame for the dearth of women in science and engineering...
Princess Leia - Return of the Jedi "slave girl" version 3.0
Hm. Not sure.
Her point on Dora the Explorer is good though, bringing in cousin Diego was a major sell-out.
Still not nearly as bad as "Princess Disney" or
Is this a good time to link to a favourite David Brin rant on the Evil That Is The Star Wars Meme?
I worried about this until a) Jar-Jar Binks and b) the Jedi attack at the arena to rescue He Who Can Not Act
Proof conclusive.
UPDATE: read Shelley's post on Retrospectacle - she makes the case for Leia well, although I still tend to side with David (Brin) that the overall tone of Star Wars is antiscientific.
It is not Leia's fault, but that dweeb of a brother she got stuck with.
Comments
dude, you should have labelled this "not work safe." :)
Posted by: razib | August 15, 2006 6:00 PM
dude, you should have labelled this "not work safe."
The dumb filter they have where I work would probably block the whole page anyway.
Posted by: Greco | August 15, 2006 7:30 PM
Princess Leia? Puhlease! How about sexism, ageism and unremitting hostility to women in science?
Posted by: Louise | August 15, 2006 8:55 PM
Hi, Steinn.
If you look, I also linked to Brin's stories on Star Wars. I think I'll blog more reasons to hate Lucas next week. See also my comments to Shelley.
Posted by: No Nym | August 17, 2006 1:12 PM
There may be some logic behind this, but it may be unfair to place all the blame on Leia. Check out these pictures (bottom of post):
http://liberalvaluesblog.com/?p=63
Posted by: Ron Chusid | August 17, 2006 7:25 PM