Feminism Links: Women in Fandom, Discourse, Female Characters

[amilyn]

Edited: surrealis wrote a lovely essay on "Feminism and Gender in Fannish Discourse" which I neglected to realize was flocked. It has excellent discussion of how women frame things in online--particularly LJ--discussions in fannish meta. Part of the discussion is about whether this difference should/could be seen as something other than internalized

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[surreallis]

You might want to mention that my entry is flocked. And since people have commented with their personal stories under the assumption that it would stay locked down, I don't want to unlock it. But you're welcome to copy any of MY words you wish!

[geekturnedvamp]

I'd be interested in reading it, if there was more and if you wanted to repost your entry in another (unlocked) post, so that way the original comments could remain private--but of course that is totally up to you and whatever you feel comfortable with! Thanks.

[amilyn]

With Jen's permission, I've quoted the essay above. I feel like a moron for having linked to a flocked post.

[geekturnedvamp]

Thanks! And, I've unintentionally done that myself, I think we all have, so don't feel like a moron.

[yahtzee63]

I liked the prozacpark essay a lot. I tend to have less of a problem with the "protectiveness" if it's in a situation where the protectiveness makes sense, or when it can be portrayed in a psychologically interesting way. For instance, on "Bones," Booth doesn't attempt to shield Brennan from the ugliness and violence of the world -- given their jobs, how could he? It would be absurd -- but if there's a gunman in the area, he's going to want to go first because he's a military-trained sniper and she's a scientist. OK, I can deal with that. Or on "Alias," Jack is insanely protective of Sydney, but this has less to do with the fact that she's female and more to do with the fact that she's his daughter -- and the show (and Syd) definitely, repeatedly questions the necessity/morality/manipulativeness of his actions

[geekturnedvamp]

That's one of the things I like about Legend of the Seeker, in which the female lead's job is to protect the male lead (although of course she ends up getting rescued a lot too).

[yahtzee63]

That icon kind of looks like you, if your hair is really windblown.

What if in some postapocalyptic world, a young nanotech-enhanced woman had the job of protecting the guy who can save humanity?

[geekturnedvamp]

First of all, wow, thank you, because I think that actress is so pretty.

Second, OMG YES PLEASE. With strong romantic elements, obv. (Can you tell I want lots of stories with serial numbers filed off elements of the Sarah Connor Chronicles? *g*)