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Murder, She Blogged: Prime Suspect

TV post by jessmccabe, Submitted by jessmccabe on July 8, 2011 - 1:11pm; tagged British police, detectives, feminist television characters, police, sex workers.

helen mirren in prime suspect Are there any explicitly feminist crime TV shows? Prime Suspect, which ran on UK television channel ITV from 1991 to 2006, is surely a contender, starring Helen Mirren as Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison, a female detective breaking into a male-dominated world. It dealt explicitly with issues such as institutional sexism and racism in London's Metropolitan Police force.

It's being remade for US television, with Maria Bello taking on the role of Tennison.

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Douchebag Decree: The NYPD Rape Acquittal

Social Commentary post by Kelsey Wallace, Submitted by Kelsey Wallace on May 26, 2011 - 3:14pm; tagged Douchebag Decree, NYPD, police, protest, rape.

Sometimes a situation is so horrible that a Douchebag Decree just doesn't cut it. However, I can think of nothing douchier today than the NYPD trial verdict, which found the two accused officers not guilty of rape.

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