LOL, fabulous article in the link, and fabulous post of your own. Not surprisingly, you and I are watching the same DW shows. (And interestingly, used to watch the same Smallville shows, until I got busy with other fandoms, including one where I was watching a minority show and feeling the frustrating and draining effects of it. Wish I'd seen this essay back then. ;))

I'm definitely going to be pointing people I know to that article; she verbalized so well what so many of us have observed over the years.