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The Science Is Out There: Scully's Feminism in The X-Files Kindle Edition

by Natacha Guyot (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Medical doctor and federal agent Dana Scully (portrayed by Gillian Anderson) has been a prominent figure in popular culture since The X-Files first aired in 1993. By providing a nuanced and feminist representation of a woman scientist, Scully managed to overcome significant systemic violence perpetrated by different patriarchal systems, including the bio-terrorist shadow organization particular to the mythology of the series. She accomplished this by reclaiming her threatened agency in both her professional and her personal lives.

By investigating her primary role as a medical doctor, this book traces her development in a newly comprehensive way. Exploring the intersection of real-life science, trauma, and feminism in Scully’s journey matters given how popular culture participates to the representation of society, including science. While fiction may seem incidental compared to actual scientific practice and policies, a franchise such as The X-Files influences how general audiences perceive women scientists.
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A common observation about The X-Files is that Scully's gaze is disempowered compared to Mulder's, especially when it comes to the existence of extraterrestrial life. Rhonda Wilcox and J. P. Williams describe Mulder as "the visual guide" and argue that Scully "just misses seeing [visual evidence]" (in Lavery et al., 117). A common example for such a discourse occurs in The X-Files: Fight the Future, in which a recently rescued Scully temporarily passes out while Mulder observes the alien spaceship rise above the Antarctic, leaving him both elated at the sight and disgruntled at his colleague, disregarding the ordeal she has just suffered from. Considering that her gaze is already less than her partner's when it comes to alien matters and visible proof, this scene is reductive. Indeed, Scully is reluctant to jump to conclusions about whether something is not from Earth or simply unexplainable based on current known science. Several significant occurrences of her witnessing alien evidence nevertheless punctuate the franchise.

The first event takes place in the first season's finale 1.24 "The Erlenmeyer Flask." Her medical expertise participates to the credibility of the process to reach a restricted access governmental zone. There, Scully lays eyes upon a frozen alien fetus, an exchange token for her partner's life. Scully's natural curiosity and scientifically inquiring mind is at the core of this scene. The shots balance between her direct gaze and the frozen entity, showing that this moment is a catalyst for how she approaches future paranormal experiences while solidifying her commitment to science. While she does not get time to run many tests on it, thus remaining skeptical about its exact nature,this scene acts as a profound prelude to what follows in subsequent seasons with her abduction, and then the medical work she does to turn her trauma into a way to fight the bio-terrorist patriarchy.

The necessity of Mulder's absence for Scully to believe in something not founded in hard science is a double-edged narrative sword. On one hand, it means that without his obsession over the paranormal and the extraterrestrial, Scully can judge a situation completely on her own, relying on her scientific background and skepticism; on the other hand, it appears that such events are not possible when Mulder is present, for he asserts that if something seems odd, it must be alien, aiming for dominance over Scully's own observations. This dissonance is even more ironic given Mulder's bullying eagerness to have Scully agree with him, including about the matter of alien existence.

About the Author

Dr. Natacha Guyot is a feminist media scholar with an international background (ESRA, Sorbonne Nouvelle, King's College London, UT Dallas). She specializes in the representation of women in science fiction, and transmedia storytelling. She is also a speculative author currently working on novels set in two different universes. She lives in Virginia with her husband and their rescue cats. She produces digital, educational content for academics, independent authors, and popular culture lovers on YouTube.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0952LD91R
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 10, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1357 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 159 pages
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Natacha Guyot

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Natacha Guyot, PhD, is a Soul Alchemist and Story Weaver who helps spiritual and open-minded individuals gain clarity and reconnect with your inner wisdom with tarot and other intuitive modalities, so they can embrace their truth and take aligned action.

Her international academic background includes graduate degrees Paris III Sorbonne Nouvelle (Film and Media Studies), King’s College London (Digital Culture and Technology), and the University of Texas at Dallas (Aesthetic Studies and Philosophy).

Natacha lives in Virginia with her husband and their rescue cats. You can typically find a large cup of Earl Grey tea and piles of books on her desk. There may be metal music playing in the background.

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