Negative images of femininity in the popular Harriet Potter series
On Friday morning at TWH, story645 and I did a tongue-in-cheek panel in which we lightly mocked cries of "sexism" directed at HP ("How can all of these women be reading a story about a boy?") by positing that all of the genders were switched, and then making the exact same complaints. I asked my f-list if anyone was willing to make us some visual aids, so I give you dastardly sexist chapter-heading pics, MGP as re-envisioned by akilika, doomandnachos and rabidtolkienfan just for TWH.
In which Harriet jumps in fear from nothing but a shadow... and a fake shadow at that!
rabidtolkienfan re-thinks "The Patronus" from PoA:
Wouldn't you know--a female hero just HAS to be shown looking faint and sickly
doomandnachos goes Victorian for "The Scar" from GoF:
Rhona looks on worshipfully while confident Herman does magic
akilika knows the evil of "The Unknowable Room" in HBP:
Thanks to all of them--the art looked great, and really provided a good reference point for the panel.
In which Harriet jumps in fear from nothing but a shadow... and a fake shadow at that!
rabidtolkienfan re-thinks "The Patronus" from PoA:
Wouldn't you know--a female hero just HAS to be shown looking faint and sickly
doomandnachos goes Victorian for "The Scar" from GoF:
Rhona looks on worshipfully while confident Herman does magic
akilika knows the evil of "The Unknowable Room" in HBP:
Thanks to all of them--the art looked great, and really provided a good reference point for the panel.