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07-24-2014, 05:51 AM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 124,545	Dear Ted Cruz: Don’t call “True Blood” a “misogynist” show http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor...isogynist.html You can ding the HBO series for its politics, but "the show isn’t misogynist,” says Amanda Marcotte, "and not just because you can see Alexander Skarsgård or Ryan Kwanten in the altogether in any random episode. (Though having a show that panders to the female gaze as much as the male gaze is a quiet triumph.) No, it’s because in the topsy-turvy, screwed-up world of True Blood, female characters are allowed to be just as crafty, evil, autonomous, and straight-up horny as the men.” Read more at http://www.hitfix.com/tv-tattle#gVxTq3BMMUQhOKTY.99