Unfortunately there's a lot of instances when female writers do detriment to themselves when they write. I don't know if this author said "Oh hai, this is female empowerment, using her womanly wiles to defeat men!" but it's extremely misguided.
In popular culture, there aren't a lot of decent female writers as role models. R.K. Rowling, probably the best. Personally I think Stephenie Meyer's encouraging really unhealthy philosophy towards teenage relationships "It's hot if your boyfriend stalks you and really wants to kill you!" Oh yeah, that's super helpful!
As a female writer, I get really nervous when I try to write female characters. Am I making her overbearing? Too meek? Not three-dimensional enough? The fact that none of these thoughts come when writing males is sad; it's like I'm more comfortable writing the opposite sex than I am my own, cos I feel a lot of responsibility to do it right. Sad...
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Date: 2011-03-17 01:50 pm (UTC)From:Unfortunately there's a lot of instances when female writers do detriment to themselves when they write. I don't know if this author said "Oh hai, this is female empowerment, using her womanly wiles to defeat men!" but it's extremely misguided.
In popular culture, there aren't a lot of decent female writers as role models. R.K. Rowling, probably the best. Personally I think Stephenie Meyer's encouraging really unhealthy philosophy towards teenage relationships "It's hot if your boyfriend stalks you and really wants to kill you!" Oh yeah, that's super helpful!
As a female writer, I get really nervous when I try to write female characters. Am I making her overbearing? Too meek? Not three-dimensional enough? The fact that none of these thoughts come when writing males is sad; it's like I'm more comfortable writing the opposite sex than I am my own, cos I feel a lot of responsibility to do it right. Sad...