Blindspot

I think I'd meant to post about this show at some point, but totally forgot.

First of all, the premise really objectifies Jane Doe. A woman with amnesia who's found totally naked and is valued because of her whole-body tattoos? Yeah, that's not objectification at all. Moreover, if you really wanted the premise of an amnesiac with important tattoos all over their body...logically, why wouldn't you have John Doe instead of Jane Doe? You can show more of a John Doe's tattoos than you can with a Jane Doe. (Seriously, Blindspot would've been 100x better with John Doe and with female Agent Weller.)

Secondly, Jane Doe is almost always shown as vulnerable and emotional because of her amnesia, which is not how a male character in the same situation is typically treated (see Jason Bourne as a counterpoint). I'm not saying Jane Doe's reactions are unrealistic or overly emotional, but I am wary (and have been, for a long time) of the fact that there is a clear gendered dimension to how Jane's reactions are portrayed, which reinforces the idea that women = emotional, men = stoic.

Finally, a trailer that I saw for season 2 really made me feel uneasy. I wasn't sure whether the shots were from season 2 or the season 1 finale, but there were a lot of shots of Jane Doe being tortured, and ugh, the violence against a female character felt so gratuitously brutal.

Basically, Blindspot is extremely iffy in its treatment of its female lead.

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One week into law school, and I'm already failing at prioritizing, hahaha....

I thought that I would begin the querying process this weekend (mostly searching for agents—I already have a synopsis that I've worked on, which is apparently most of a query letter?), but instead I did some more edits. Mostly small edits that had been bugging me, since, again, diminishing returns and all that. (I also feel like I should do one last beginning-to-end read through, just to catch any last small writing things...but last time, that process took me 2-3 days. Ugh.)

(On the plus side, I managed to cut about 100 words' worth of an unncessary conversation, so that makes me happy.)

I've also got some Real Life Things that I'm supposed to do, but it's been ridiculously hot this weekend, so I've had zero motivation to go outside. Guess I'll have to do those Real Life Things next week...