Starbuck Tells It Like It Is

So a couple people have told me that I'd enjoy The Big Bang Theory, and I didn't really listen because (a) I don't like sitcoms that are not by the BBC (b) if I wanted to watch nerds be painfully nerdy, I've got Clark for that and (c) the dynamic of the central three characters apparently relies on a binary opposition between "nerds" and "hot chick", and I was extremely skeptical that this could possibly go well, considering that it's a false binary in the first place and that I tend to get stuck in the "anomalous category" between them. Being an anomalous category blows, so this has developed into Major Pushable Buttons for me.

So when I finally saw an episode (or the second half of an episode, anyway) last night, I was pleasantly surprised at how it actually acknowledged two bits of typical nerd misogyny that tend to stick in my craw: the "real women v. pictures with big boobiez" issue and the "having standards goes both ways, get over it" issue.

Also, KATEE SACKHOFF. Yaaaaaaaaay!