Why Strong Female Characters Are Bad for Women ›

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thescarletwoman:

I think the major problem here is that women were clamoring for “strong female characters,” and male writers misunderstood.  They thought the feminists meant [Strong Female] Characters.  The feminists meant [Strong Characters], Female.

PREACH. This is so true, and a really interesting read. Funnily enough, this came up on my dash just as I was composing a list of my favourite strong female characters.

That article was brilliant! :)

More weak female characters!

#feminism  #gender representation  
1 year ago on June 14, 2011 at 08:29am
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    Nicely written, very interesting article.
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    Of course, this has its weak points, but overall a pretty good analysis. Makes you think at least!
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    No seriously, read this guys
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    At first I was like UH WHUT but then I read it and I was like OH OKAY. YEAH!
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    this is really interesting!
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    Hmmm… I actually get what this article is saying…. and I really can’t think of a female Hamlet and that’s upsetting...
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    This article is ignorant on so many levels I don’t even know how to address it. Two central points: see a movie before...