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elialshadowpineA couple links I'd like to share since they are relevant to the discussion being had:
The Danger of a Single Story. I don't generally watch videos. This one is worth watching. Because Ms. Adichie nails it. The examples that she gives in her talk are about race, but they are equally relevant to the problem of one character type being common among urban fantasy heroines.
Along those lines, Tiger Beatdown's post on Strong Female Characters, which includes several links to other posts on the issue that are worth reading. The Cliff's Notes version: "Strong female characters" basically include one archetype, that of the warrior woman, where the heroine is rewarded for behaving in a masculine manner, eschewing femininity, and it is almost entirely limited to physical strength.
Lots of food for thought.
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The Danger of a Single Story. I don't generally watch videos. This one is worth watching. Because Ms. Adichie nails it. The examples that she gives in her talk are about race, but they are equally relevant to the problem of one character type being common among urban fantasy heroines.
Along those lines, Tiger Beatdown's post on Strong Female Characters, which includes several links to other posts on the issue that are worth reading. The Cliff's Notes version: "Strong female characters" basically include one archetype, that of the warrior woman, where the heroine is rewarded for behaving in a masculine manner, eschewing femininity, and it is almost entirely limited to physical strength.
Lots of food for thought.
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Date: 2012-03-30 04:55 pm (UTC)I thought it was interesting that the Beatdown article addresses the plight of transwomen being written out of existence, but it didn't address that some "masculine women" could be considered non-transitioning transmen or at least non gender-normative. Too often, "masculine women" are supposed to be women written "wrong" or somehow demeaning, which is insulting and/or erasing to non-gender-normative women like me.