Good 3rd Season Analysis on Whoosh

Just wanted to point out an article in this month's Whoosh (whoosh.org).
It's "HOW SUBVERSIVE IS XWP? A BRIEF EXAMINATION OF THE POST-RIFT GABRIELLE"
by Rachel Gordon. A basic contention of the article is that Gabrielle has been
playing the stereotypical damsel-in-distress since the beginning of XWP, with Xena
as the classic silent hero. To shift so that Gabby could be a hero in her own right
she had to go through some (if not all) of this season's sturm-und-drang.
My favorite part is that if Xena *and* Gabrielle are now the heroes, they still
need a damsel to rescue -- and that would be *Joxer*! If that's not subversive,
I don't know what is. I love this article. It's upbeat and makes me think TPTB
*do* know what they're doing.
Marit47