Dear tv drama land

Your tiresome fear of female sexuality has become unbearably predictable. Must I watch as every woman who cheats is punished in some way? Is their a rule that says all female characters who enjoy sex must be whorish? And anyway they're just ultimately looking for a husband in the end anyway. I'm not a raving feminist, I want equality yes but I know men and women are different. Sometimes I think life would be a lot simpler if we were all just assholes and said the things on our minds but we won't for fear of how others will react. I suppose alcohol is supposed to help, with the removal of inhibitions and all that but I still hold the capacity to lie even when I lose the power to walk.

What I'm really saying is I watched Casualty tonight with my mum. I was playing my gameboy during the boring bits, which since they kill off every good character (ridiculously attractive paramedic, where did you go?) was pretty much all the time. There's this story about asshole doctor man and pretty nurse who had a fling and then SHOCK turns out she didn't want to see him again because she was married to SHOCK this other doctor but they were keeping it a secret for some reason. Also he was having an affair with this female doctor. And then some stuff happened and nurse continued her affair with asshole doctor. This week the wonderful twist of adulterous nurse's son was nearly killed whilst she was busy boinking asshole doctor. OH NO says I. Now she'll feel all guilty and refuse to ever speak to the doctor ever again and she will cling to her husband. Especially if the son dies.

How does the episode end? With the nurse PRAYING TO GOD that if He saves her son she will stop being a dirty whore. This is because the show cannot justify such selfish behaviour from a woman. SHE HAS CHILDREN! The doctor, despite making her feel like shit anytime she had a moral crisis, will only feel sad because he loves her. He receives no punishment but sadness. Boo fucking hoo.

Oh for fucksake says I and then since I was here already I decided to rant.

If you haven't looked at Dr horrible yet you must hurry. It stops being free to watch tomorrow. And I'm reading Being There by Jerzy Kosinski, pretty good so far. And I can't take Slavonic Studies because it clashes with History. Fuck. But I saved the reading list and maybe I'll just read them myself. That's what I did for English Lit this year. It's like an academic recommendation list.