Let me start off by saying that I think the notion that describing something as n-th wave feminism means much is problematic. At best, the waves are little more than pointing out a particular historical context. But most of the time, they're just broad pejorative strokes applied to different evolving views of what feminism is. This gets especially problematic when you start talking about third-wave feminism: can you tell me just what that means, anyway? I've heard people tell me it's radical feminism from the 1980s, or that it's the outgrowth of the riot grrls, or that it's simply postmodern feminism, or that it's simply a response to and criticism of the essentialism of earlier feminist writers.
I think that any reasonable definition of feminism requires that in order for a work to be feminist, it must at the very least present a positive view of independent, empowered, non-masculinized women without relying on stereotypical gender roles or other patriarchical tropes. BSG pretty clearly fails on this test without worrying much about exactly how to slice what bits and pieces of it are and aren't anti-feminist.
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I think that any reasonable definition of feminism requires that in order for a work to be feminist, it must at the very least present a positive view of independent, empowered, non-masculinized women without relying on stereotypical gender roles or other patriarchical tropes. BSG pretty clearly fails on this test without worrying much about exactly how to slice what bits and pieces of it are and aren't anti-feminist.