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So I as I was saying - what was it, yesterday? - I recently watched Voyage of the Damned and as some of you might know (doubt it), I wrote a little rant about it. But as I realize nobody actually reads these rants I will recap: I did not like Astrid. I think Kylie Minogue is a talentless dolled-up twit, and having her run around in a French maid costume and dominatrix boots for the majority of the episode did not endear her to me. However, I was mildly fascinated by the manner of her ressurection - not in terms of good luck Astrid but rather well, THAT was a bit stupid of him - and of course, it got me thinking about her death, and that led to the fact that in Doctor Who, there are few men looking tearful as they plummet to their deaths.

I realize that Doctor Who is a fairly progressive show, what with ~~JACK HARKNESS~~ Donna, Rose, Mister McGoogles and whatnot, and Torchwood oversteps 'fairly progressive' and lands somewhere in the vicinity of SHAG SHAG SHAG bit a' swearing bit a' blood SHAG. Despite this, there is a disconcerting amount of women in refrigerators (or spaceships, or what have you) in the Whoverse. I mean, unless a man - and I mean HUman, not alien equivalent - is completely useless, idiotic, or just a downright bastard, there's a pretty low chance of him getting knocked off, whereas women drop like flies. In Doctor Who, the dead women are usually used to kick the Doctor's Guilt-O-Meter to whatever the proper number is that week; in Torchwood, the deaths are plot development. Perhaps because it's in no way billed as a "family show" and thus has more deaths in general, Torchwood has a lot of these WIRs - a lot of gals stabbed, raped, strangled, shot, taken over or killed in some other interesting manner.

I'm not sure if this is a reflection on the fact that in our society, it's easier to feel outraged by the deaths of women more than men or just the fact that they scream better. In any case, I'm trying not to make assumptions. I love both shows, and the after-images of the Feminist Explosion better not block out the TV screen. I just think they deserve an... epitaph, of sorts?

(And, of course, I was bored.)

Astrid. All We Are [Fischerspooner]
Inhaling quick
When I see your being
Can't define
The divine
And I'm born again
The limitless is within my reach
Particles passing through microcosm,
That is all we are
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Beth. Invasion [Eisley]
All in time you will be one of us painless, us blameless
Go to sleep, this won't hurt a bit
Shifting your shape to our shells
Ooh, something's not right
I can feel it inside
something's not right
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Carys. Glittering Clouds [Imogen Heap]
Domino motion jumpstarts when we touch
The blackout approaching
Here it comes now, wish me luck
It's all over, it's all over, it's all over in a flash
I can't remember,
What have I done now?
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Chantho. Utopia [Alanis Morisette]
We would share and listen and support and welcome
Be propellled by passion not invest in outcomes
We would breathe and be charmed and amused by difference
Be gentle and make room for every emotion
...
This is my utopia, this is my utopia
This is my ideal, my end in sight
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Estelle. Look Up [the Stars]
You're cold, maybe you just missed the sun
You fall, feeling like it's just begun
So far, keeping it together's been enough
Look up, rain is falling, looks like love
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Gwenyth. Candlelight [Imogen Heap]
I am alone, surrounded by the color blue
Inside a poem, the only words I ever knew
Washing my hands, of the many years untold
For now I am banned, my future is to unfold
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Jabe. Do What You Have To Do [Sarah McLachlan]
What ravages of spirit
Conjured this temptuous rage,
Created you a monster
Broken by the rules of love
and fate has led you through it
You do what you have to do
...
A glowing ember
Burning hot
Burning slow
Deep within I'm shaken by the violence
Of existing for only you
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Jenny. Nude [Radiohead]
Don't get any big ideas
They're not gonna happen
You paint yourself white
And fill up with noise
But there'll be something missing
Now that you've found it, it's gone
Now that you feel it, you don't
You've gone off the rails
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The Genius. O Lover [Jason Mraz]
Red top and matching bottoms
You know the ones, the ones you got on,
Pull them over your skinny self
But don't cover your tattoo
...
You are the sweetest thing I've found since whenever
You're the only way my time is measured
You might be the silent type
But you're appetizing louder now
It's crazy how you're killing me
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Lisa. Closing In [Imogen Heap]
What are you like?
Where did you get to?
No word, not nothing
You didn't hold me, for any longer.
What you want for the fear of love?
Oh, don't you believe enough.
We'll, I'll cover both of us.
You can... leave that to me.
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Lizzie. Where The Wild Roses Grow [Nick Cave & Kylie Minogue]
On the last day I took her where the wild roses grow
And she lay on the bank, the wind light as a thief
And I kissed her goodbye, said, "All beauty must die"
And lent down and planted a rose between her teeth
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Lucy Saxon. Between [Vienna Teng]
Freedom is being alone
I fear liberation
But something more alive than silence
Swallows conversation
No pleasing drama
In subtle averted eyes
The swelling fermata
As the chord dies
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Lynda. Some Unholy War [Amy Winehouse]
If my man was fighting
Some unholy war
I would be behind him
Straight shook up beside him
With strength he didn't know
It's you I'm fighting for
He can't lose with me in tow
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Marie Thomas. Outta Me, Onto You [Ani DiFranco]
It's gonna be sudden
It's gonna be strange
I'm gonna turn on a dime
Give you five cents change
It's gonna be long overdue
It's gonna come out
Outta me, onto you
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Mary. Me, I'm A Thief [Sarah Slean]
I love you still, always will
Here's hoping you'll be waiting, but I
Gotta fly, gotta say goodbye
Gotta find out what's aching
Me, I'm a thief
I'm a falling star
I'm a photograph taken
From where you are
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Reinette. Warm Sound [Zero 7]
Faith sealer, I don't hear you
Don't hear you speak
Maybe
Someone else will
Help you to see
Warm sounds
Falling slowly
Takes the time away from me
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Sally Phelan. So Cold [Breaking Benjamin]
If you find your family, don't you cry
In this land of make-believe, dead and dry
You're so cold, but you feel alive
Lay your hand on me one last time
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Stacey Campbell. Wise Up [Aimee Mann]
It's not what you thought when you first began it
You got what you want, now you can hardly stand it
By now you know it's not going to stop
It's not going to stop, it's not going to stop
'Til you wise up
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Suki. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised [Gil Scott-Heron]
There will be no highlights on the eleven o'clock
News and no pictures of hairy-armed women,
Liberationalists and Jackie Onassis blowing her nose.
The theme song will not be written by Jim Webb,
Francis Scott Key, nor sung by Glen Campbell, Tom
Jones, Johnny Cash, Englebert Humperdink or the Rare Earth.
The revolution will not be televised.
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The Controller. Utopia [Goldfrapp]
It's a strange day
No colors or shapes
No sound in my head
I forget who I am
...
I'm wired to the world
That's how I know everything
I'm super brain
That's how they made me
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The real Margaret Blaine. Animal [Ani DiFranco]
More and more there is this animal
Looking out through my eyes
Seeing that animals only take from this world
What they need to survive
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The pizza girl. Totally Fucked [Spring Awakening]
There's a moment you know
You're fucked
Not an inch more room
To self-destruct
...
You're fucked all right and all for spite
You can kiss your sorry ass goodbye
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Vivien Rook. Hope On Fire [Vienna Teng]
Gotta fight, gotta strike
'cause there's no turning away
From what you don't want to know
Gotta see, gotta be
If they're all going astray
Don't let them take you in tow
You're a one-man shift in the weather
You're the woman who just won't sell
Climbing up and ringing the bell
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