I am a guy who hates modern female protagonists, I am an MRA, and recent anti-male strain of feminism is really starting to make me hate women in general. But for some reason, I still like this show.
Just because I like the show doesn't mean I have to like her.
The same show has someone on the very opposite end of the political spectrum as a really good guy. Perhaps even better than Leslie herself, Ron Swanson.
The great thing about the show is, Leslie isn't a Mary Sue. Unlike modern female protagonists, is not portrayed as perfect AND she has female opponents.
This is how you write characters. You don't make them perfect, you don't make all their opponents of an opposing physical trait and you don't make members of certain groups complete idiots.
No one would accept a white male fighting only black opponents, same for black protagonists against white only opponents, why is this acceptable for action-adventure movies/shows/tv for a woman to have only male opponents. Also, it would be great if you don't steal someone else's movie/tv show/game.
This is what Parks and Rec, Kim Possible, Sabrina, even Powerpuff Girls, Aliens and Xena get right and stuff like Maleficent, Ghostbusters and the new Star Wars get very very wrong.
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