I assume this interview in Radio Times with Doctor Who co star Karen Gillan is the reason for the sudden uptick in Karen Gillan Google searches for the Eye. In the interview, Gillan addresses her feminist critics that she is playing her character, Amy Pond,as too sexy by telling them to go soak their heads.Sounds like a good idea to me. Too bad Gillan missed National Offend a Feminist Week by quite some time. I would have made an exception to broaden the scope to international on behalf of her cool Scottish accent alone.
What surprises me about the complaints regarding Gillan’s short skirts and shorts is that Europe is generally more open to sexuality. It is violence that have a terrible time dealing with. Not to mention that, truth be told, gillan’s outfits are quite tame. Certainly not as over the top as many of the homosexual themes that ran through the series under flaming wiener enthusiast Russell T. Davies.
Interesting culture war those Brits are fighting across the pond: gay sex=good; women in short skirts/shorts=bad.
