Monday Feminist Recommendations on Thursday

I first want to apologize for not posting much this week. I have been ill.

British Police Dramas With Female Leads

1. Happy Valley(2014-)
2. Prime Suspect(1991-2006)
3. The Fall(2013-)
4. Above Suspicion(2010-2012)

Psychologically Dark Dramas

1. Criminal Minds(2005-)
2. The Following(2013-2015)
3. Broadchurch(2013-)
4. Person of Interest(2011-2016)

 

Kickass Female Lawyer Shows

1. The Good Wife(2009-2016)
2. Fairly Legal(2011-2012)
3. Law & Order SVU(1999-)
4. The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story(2016-)

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10 Reasons Why Amanda Rollins is a Feminist Character

Here are the ten reasons why Amanda Rollins from Law and Order: Special Victims Unit is a feminist character:

1. Detective Amanda Rollins deals with a gambling addiction that lead her to some problems with bookies, but never lets it interfere with her job.
2. Rollins is like Annie Oakley as one of the NYPD gun re-certification trainers told her.
3. Amanda Rollins is from Loganville, Georgia and since the detective was a child she always looks after her younger sister Kimberly. Kimberly Rollins has mental issues and drug addictions.
4. Detective Rollins loves her dog Frannie who once helped catch a suspect in a park.
5. Amanda has a bachelor’s degree in forensic science.
6. Rollins can be doggard about a case when she has it figured out like an old serial rapist case in Georgia that turned out be connected to a series of ones in New York.
7. Amanda Rollins slept with her commanding officer Deputy Chief Charles Patton in Georgia to save her littler sister from being sent to prison. The already blackmail type of sex turned into rape when Rollins did not like how rough Patton was getting. She left to New York after the rape. Detective Rollins helped another victim Detective Taymor by forcing their rapist into retirement.
8. Amanda has a baby girl named Jesse Murphy.
9. Detective Amanda Rollins loves the Braves baseball team.
10. Amanda Rollins takes a bullet for her partner Detective Odafin Tutuola.

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Ten Reasons Why Olivia Benson is a Feminist Character

Here are the ten reasons why Olivia Benson from Law and Order: Special Victims Unit is a feminist character:

1. Olivia Benson went from being the Junior NYPD Detective on the SVU unit to being the Lieutenant in charge.
2. Olivia can be the toughest cop on the unit with suspects, but sweet and supportive with the victims of sexual crimes. Benson can help rape or molestation survivors come to a place that they can press charges or tell their story.
3. Benson stands up for the victims by being relentless in finding enough evidence so the ADA can charge the violent offender.
4. Olivia’s father raped her alcoholic mother Serena Benson who became abusive toward her daughter. Instead of letting the abuse tear her up inside, Lieutenant Benson worked toward becoming a police officer.
5. Lieutenant Benson graduated from Siena College where she learned to speak Italian, Spanish and French.
6. For a brief period of time Olivia Benson was given guardianship of Calvin Arliss who may of murdered her mother’s rapist. She bonded with the young boy, so she was depressed when Vivian Arliss sends her son Calvin to live with his grandparents.
7. Lieutenant Benson adopts a baby boy named Noah who has major health issues.
8. There’s a subtextual same-sex attraction between Benson and ADA Alex Cabot that the audience can see through their relationship and how upset the Detective was when she thought Alex was dead.
9. While undercover in prison, Olivia was raped by a guard.  Benson suffered through PTSD, which caused her to have flashbacks at work. Though Olivia went to meetings to help her deal with the rape.
10. Olivia Benson has near perfect aim.

Olivia Benson Quote

” I think we did the only thing that will let me go home and sleep tonight.” – Olivia Benson

Alex Cabot Quote

“Your client killed her baby; we are NOT going to send a message you can kill a terminally ill child and get a slap on the wrist. ” – Alex Cabot

10 Reasons Why Alex Cabot is a Feminist Character

Here are the ten reasons why Alex Cabot from Law and Order: SVU (1999-) is a feminist character:

1. Alexandra Cabot graduated from Harvard Law School.
2. Alex Cabot was hired as the permanent ADA for the NYPD’s Special Victims Unit that solves crimes of a sexual nature.
3. Alex is very empathic with the rape victims she deals, which helps them feel comfortable enough to speak with her.
4. Cabot can seem harsh at times because she believes in following the strictest sense of the law and will only charge aggressors if the unit has enough evidence.
5. When Alexandra does bend her legal ethics because of her personal feelings she willing risks her reputation. For example, ADA Cabot told SVU that she had a search warrant to search a molester’s house, but did not.
6. Alex Cabot may be bisexual since there is a lot off subtext that she and Detective Olivia Benson are attracted to one another.
7. ADA Cabot was forced into witness protection for a number of years because of her fearless prosecution of a rapist Zapata Gaviria who worked for a drug cartel. After being shot in the streets, Federal Agents fake Alex’s death so she can be safe. Only Detective Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler knew that Cabot was still alive.
8. After coming back to New York, tough Alexandra Cabot becomes a Bureau Chief who mentors younger prosecutors.
9. While the main ADA for the Special Victim’s Unit, Alex Cabot had a high success rate in prosecuting rapists and murders.
10. Alexandra Cabot has a close personal and professional bond with the Detectives and Captain in the SVU  where they protect her like she is one of their own. Cabot will go up to bat for the NYPD officers as well. ADA Cabot has an almost daughter/father relationship with Captain Cragen.

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