Miss Jane's Place in the Sun


It doesn't matter what's happening your real world: you're here now.
So grab a beer, sit back and enjoy the sun.

Miss Jane - maybeoldenoughtoknowbetter - Tasmanian - queer - shipperfromwayback - firefighter - inlovewithboats&thesea - writer - wantingtobeahobbitwhenigrowup

Welcome to my own unique combination of:
Rizzles! (the fandom that brought me to Tumblr)
Tasmania
LBGTIQ
Politics
Firefighting
The Southern Ocean
TV (gee, that's specific, isn't that?)
Amy Ray
Odd things from my chilhood and teens
Words, words, words and language
Whatever takes my fancy

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1st December 2011

runnerbird: Listen to me. I work terrible hours. I often have to leave things early. I arrive to things late. I get phone calls in the middle of the night and all day long. I’ve never been shot, but I have been stabbed, and I got lye thrown in my face once. And I’m a homicide detective. Not a policeman or a policewoman. My first reaction to a remake of Prime Suspect was a rather loud “Oh HELL NO!”, but after watching the pilot, I am quite taken with this show. Admittedly, it shares only a passing thematic similarity to the original starring Helen Mirren, but I think that works in its favor. Maria Bello is no Mirren and I like it that way. Most of the criticism I’ve read for the show is that the sexism feels a bit dated. In the alternate reality that is TV, female cops, even women in charge of units, are treated as absolute equals, but the world we actually live in, I have no doubt sexism is still apart of a female cop’s every day experience in the NYPD and police departments across the country. According to 2009 statistics, women only compromise 18% of the NYPD with only 46 serving with a ranking of Captain or above. FORTY SIX! So, this show isn’t dated, not in the least, unfortunately.  My thoughts exactly.

runnerbird:

Listen to me. I work terrible hours. I often have to leave things early. I arrive to things late. I get phone calls in the middle of the night and all day long. I’ve never been shot, but I have been stabbed, and I got lye thrown in my face once. And I’m a homicide detective. Not a policeman or a policewoman.

My first reaction to a remake of Prime Suspect was a rather loud “Oh HELL NO!”, but after watching the pilot, I am quite taken with this show. Admittedly, it shares only a passing thematic similarity to the original starring Helen Mirren, but I think that works in its favor. Maria Bello is no Mirren and I like it that way. Most of the criticism I’ve read for the show is that the sexism feels a bit dated. In the alternate reality that is TV, female cops, even women in charge of units, are treated as absolute equals, but the world we actually live in, I have no doubt sexism is still apart of a female cop’s every day experience in the NYPD and police departments across the country. According to 2009 statistics, women only compromise 18% of the NYPD with only 46 serving with a ranking of Captain or above. FORTY SIX! So, this show isn’t dated, not in the least, unfortunately.

 My thoughts exactly.

Source: amatteroftiming

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