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redqueen

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41. Sorry, I completely misread you...

Fri Jan 27, 2012, 05:02 PM

Jan 2012

thank you so much for all that detail! I don't watch anything on her list but TBBT, and I love that show.

And I agree with your point about housekeeper/nitwit... without that background information I had no idea how unfair of a characterization that was.

Thanks again!

Also, please let me know if you post in the tv group cause I like your insights and I'm interested in subscribing to your newsletter.

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Not so Modern Family: Top sitcoms make for sexist, inaccurate television [View all] redqueen Jan 2012 OP

Because everyday women aren't fighting anymore. Neoma Jan 2012 #1

I think most people do believe there is no pay gap. redqueen Jan 2012 #6

OK, I have to defend Modern Family, because it's hilarious. cbayer Jan 2012 #2

Thanks for the extra context... redqueen Jan 2012 #4

ALL i have seen on modern family (didnt know til a poster told me it was that show, maybe family guy seabeyond Jan 2012 #8

That sounds like Family Guy. redqueen Jan 2012 #12

it must be. as i was typing i was thinking so. seabeyond Jan 2012 #14

My pleasure :) redqueen Jan 2012 #17

That sounds like family guy. Cartoon, right? cbayer Jan 2012 #23

ya. lol. i thouhgt modern family was a cartoon. it isnt i guess, huh? lol seabeyond Jan 2012 #24

I don't watch much TV either, but my daughter introduced me to Modern Family. cbayer Jan 2012 #28

a good show? no way. lol. what night? thanks. nt seabeyond Jan 2012 #30

I am watching it on DVD because I don't get much network TV, so I can't tell you. cbayer Jan 2012 #35

ah hahah. i know what a dvd is. lol. i watched a series on dvd seabeyond Jan 2012 #42

And that stay-at-home mom is running for the city council. sinkingfeeling Jan 2012 #27

it's a favourite in my living room iverglas Jan 2012 #44

Gotta agree with you on that.... Violet_Crumble Jan 2012 #46

I'm as old as the hills and I thinik asjr Jan 2012 #3

I love it, too. :) redqueen Jan 2012 #5

Tossing out my thoughts on the question - enlightenment Jan 2012 #7

interesting. good post. and probably right on. nt seabeyond Jan 2012 #9

I understand you perfectly. :) redqueen Jan 2012 #10

did anyone watch stewart last night about primetime tv. all the sodomy talk on all the shows. and seabeyond Jan 2012 #11

Didn't see it... redqueen Jan 2012 #16

On The Big Bang Theory, the character 'Amy' is not 'undatable' she is in fact the romantic Bluenorthwest Jan 2012 #13

I assumed they were going with the 'conventional' standard for datability. redqueen Jan 2012 #15

And, Bernadette.. Wait Wut Jan 2012 #19

Priya = not a main character. redqueen Jan 2012 #21

So you do not see the sexism in insisting that Amy, who dates the main character is Bluenorthwest Jan 2012 #33

If I say that women get paid less than men, on average... redqueen Jan 2012 #38

That article is all over the place..... vi5 Jan 2012 #18

It's not a logic problem or a scientific experiment... redqueen Jan 2012 #20

I did miss that reference to Up All Night. Sorry.... vi5 Jan 2012 #22

Ok... no need to apologize... redqueen Jan 2012 #25

Other poster is sooooo correct. Bluenorthwest Jan 2012 #34

The opinion piece is about the top rated comedies... redqueen Jan 2012 #36

I did not say she is a liar, at all. I said she misreports the facts. And she does. Bluenorthwest Jan 2012 #40

Sorry, I completely misread you... redqueen Jan 2012 #41

What about going the other way Lawlbringer Jan 2012 #26

So... wait... redqueen Jan 2012 #29

I meant it the other way. Lawlbringer Jan 2012 #31

I think you make a very good point, redqueen Jan 2012 #32

100% Correct Lawlbringer Jan 2012 #37

Time for some ME ME ME! redqueen Jan 2012 #39

or you can not worry about it and the threads sink and swim depending on others interest seabeyond Jan 2012 #43

where was I just saying around here the other day ... iverglas Jan 2012 #45

Network television Patrick_Bateman Jan 2012 #47

when hubby has tv on, that is almost always what he has on, too. seabeyond Jan 2012 #48