I think of Tamora Pierce in some ways as tracing an evolution of feminist ideologies… There’s Allana, who has to pretend to be a man, and in many ways has the traditional “woman in man’s role” characteristics… then there’s Kel, who refuses to hide her femaleness in order to do a “man’s” job, and has [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘feminists’
May 6, 2007
Cultures that are not mine.
I read this little story by Neil Gaiman and spent most of my time reading it being annoyed by – oh, many, many things.
But it reminded me of this article by Lynne d Johnson that I had seen linked from wikipedia’s article on the Marvel superhero Storm. Why, I cannot say. (Asian) Indian people have [...]
May 5, 2007
Bechdel’s Rule
(While there are no explicit plot spoilers here, I will be referring, however briefly, to the way in which some characters are handled. I will mention if certain acts occur within certain novels. I won’t give details away, but there you go, you won’t be shocked when you come across them.)
I am a semi-regular reader [...]
