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The situation then changed significantly as empowered heroines in action dramas such as " Buffy the Vampire Slayer " and " Xena : Warrior Princess " offered complicated depictions of characters balancing loyalties and competing demands ; post-Baby Boom characters in " Ally McBeal " and " Sex and the City " negotiated personal and professional lives amidst the gains of second-wave feminism ; and many characters in series as varied as " Providence , " " Judging Amy , " " Gilmore Girls " and " Strong Medicine " provided new stories about the complexities of families and work . What about applying this rubric to Hillary , Nancy , and other women of the " left " who have used ( or let others use on their behalf ) their gender as a pass and have often held the uncritical support of second-wave feminism 's leaders ?