In Amy-Chinn’s “Tis a Pity She’s A Whore: Postfeminist Prostitution in Joss Whedon’s Firefly?”, the author describes the character of Inara in Firefly as a sort of failed attempt of reconstructing the view of people on prostitutes of color. The paper talks about how Whedon did this with Buffy – changing the way people view the typical small, blonde, white girl because of the strong personality that he gives her. It states how Whedon is a self-proclaimed feminist, with many of his shows characterized by feminist ideas. I have a hard time seeing how a prostitute of color could represent feminism in the show, and how women empowerment is supposed to be depicted through this, and even the article I read did not explain that to me clearly. I suppose the fact that she has a very strong personality and is treated fairly in the show is supposed to show it; but since I have not watched the show it is pretty hard to conceptualize all of it. I guess this article has showed me the different ways in which I can interpret the characters’ personalities in Dollhouse; and the possible flaws that the representations might have if intended to represent feminism. I have yet to research all the terminology and ideas behind the study, but it was helpful to relate Firefly to Dollhouse and see where Joss Whedon is coming from. Seven pages of feminism may be a bit hard to come up with, but I think that that single episode of Dollhouse will give me enough material to work with.
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