Listen in as Christina Bieber Lake, Laurie Norris, and Marie Hause discuss one of our favorite characters of all time, Dana Scully of the X-files.
Knowing
We discuss how we first encountered the character of Scully, and then discuss what it was like to revisit the pilot episode of the X-files. We also discuss the weirdness that is Gillian Anderson.
Reading
- https://www.bustle.com/articles/136922-why-the-x-files-dana-scully-still-stands-out-as-one-of-tvs-greatest-feminist-role-models
- We talk about the above article and the “Scully effect.”
Passing On
Laurie: Terence Davies’ The House of Mirth
Marie: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
And https://maifeminism.com/hero-or-victim-dana-scullys-complex-empowerment-in-the-x-files/
Christina: Helen Mirren in Prime Suspect, beginning 1991