Oh, and RE: that casual sci-fi show (Defiance)

• it passes the Bechdel test and has lots of great female characters
• (the gender ratio might be close to equal now that I think about it)
• like a sweet, proud, tough sex worker who takes a lover outside her job and no one cares
• and her sister, a mayor running a semi-frontier mining town
• and an alien girl who might be a Grand Mystic Hero and is ruthless, reserved, loyal, and vulnerable
• and an alien woman who weaves nefarious schemes while looking and acting angelic
• and another minor but brilliant alien woman who runs a medical clinic with the sheer force of her dry, exasperated sarcasm
• also there’s a lot of diversity
• I’m not just talking aliens either
• and nobody makes a big deal about sexual anything
• I mean, they even discussed polyamory like it was a normal variation in romantic relationships
• two dudes and one lady, no less
• and the worldbuilding is pretty decent and getting better over time
• the plots aren’t blowing me away yet, but it’s been an entertaining way to spend an hour every week
• and barring some fanservice it’s been really damn progressive
• yep