I do too. I haven't bought much urban fantasy in quite a long while because of how women are approached. I've been reading a lot of steampunk lately, and while it certainly has its issues (like glamourization of colonialism in the UK based stories), I don't see nearly the amount of degradation of women as in urban fantasy.
YA urban fantasy also has its own set of issues which are different from adult urban fantasy, except they also have the same issues that are in adult UF. -_-
I adored the early LKH books. Part of that was that at the time, there wasn't anything else. Part of it was that Anita was a really gripping character, and she grew, at least in the early books. She started out very close-minded and prejudiced and then started to realize that, hey, the monsters weren't all so monstrous... but still a lot of other issues, particularly in her attitude towards other women. And the later books, I'm not touching with a fifty foot pole.
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Date: 2012-03-29 06:26 pm (UTC)YA urban fantasy also has its own set of issues which are different from adult urban fantasy, except they also have the same issues that are in adult UF. -_-
I adored the early LKH books. Part of that was that at the time, there wasn't anything else. Part of it was that Anita was a really gripping character, and she grew, at least in the early books. She started out very close-minded and prejudiced and then started to realize that, hey, the monsters weren't all so monstrous... but still a lot of other issues, particularly in her attitude towards other women. And the later books, I'm not touching with a fifty foot pole.