feminist TV?

[norwich36]

A friend of mine who is under the delusion that I am a pop culture guru was asking me for suggestions for TV episodes to show in her intro women's studies class for a discussion of different kinds of feminism in the media. (She's looking for TV episodes rather than films because of the length). I had some general suggestions for shows that bring up interesting themes--Buffy, Xena, the L word, Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles, Sex and the City (and maybe something like Dollhouse or Mad Men for the flip side)--but I had a hard time coming up with specific episodes that were fairly stand alone, other than maybe the Buffy series finale.

Anyone have better suggestions than me? Basically she's looking for shows that (a)depict some kind of feminism--and I get the impression that debating what feminism is is part of the question she wants to raise; (b)are short (not more than an hour), and (c) are relatively stand-alone, so not a lot of knowledge of the show is required. Recommendations are greatly appreciated.

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[ladydreamer.livejournal.com]

Granted, I watched it ONLY because I was trying to force Huge on someone, and they countered with telling me that there was a self-identified feminist that made 10 Things worth watching. Aside from basically being your standard high school comedy, I really enjoyed the characters. I basically streamlined it and watched the season in three days. Kat is probably extremely unlikable to people at times, but I really kind of adore how smart and intense she is (and also how jaded already at her age). I'd recommend at least trying out an episode, since it'll be about 20ish minutes of your time at the least and could make you smile for several hours at most.