I recently finished a show called Strange Empire, and I'm not really sure how I felt about it. The following rambling trying to disguise itself as a review is my attempt at sorting out my feelings.

I was in the middle of iconning a Western-ish series and needed background noise (something to half-watch while I edited stuff). I'd already gone through all the Western movies Netflix had that interested me, so I decided to start a show called Strange Empire that had been on my watch-this-eventually list for ages. It fit my Western requirement, looked like it was about badass women, so why not?

It's......

Since Mermaid-Tail's pick about link inspired a near-article length response from me, I decided to celebrate some of the lesser-appreciated strong women in television, movies and literature.

As mentioned on the pick, I watch several crime shows, and love several of the women on these shows, partly because detectives and cops are, to this day, considered a "man's job," and it's awesome to see the actresses really representing how brilliant women can be in these jobs-- just as brilliant as men! This includes the popular Olivia Benson of link, and even the criminalists Sara Sidle and Catherine...