Novels starring Soseono: Really? I mean, really?

[ljlee]

My heroine, the Lady Soseono, is a famous figure in Korean history and one of the most prominent women from ancient Korean history. She has appeared in numerous works of historical fiction, usually as a supporting character by her second husband's side but more rarely as a protagonist in her own right. Obviously I couldn't neglect the market

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[loopy777]

Stuff like this is part of the reason why I downplay my gender online. (The other part is the lulz when people realize they were picturing me wrong. XD) It's basically the opposite of "NotAllMen," where I completely understand the trepidation readers would have at seeing a man writing lots of stories with female protagonists, so I just leave my stories to speak for themselves. I'm sure I'm making my own mistakes, but I just try my best to accommodate a diverse audience

[ljlee]

I'm impressed at how unafraid you are of girl cooties. For many guys it seems that being called a woman is the WURST THING EVAH, but you actually encourage the confusion. On a related note, many guys don't mature past the age of nine. Past this point the cool guys accept that contamination is inevitable and that they WILL be used as living hosts for our feminine flesh-eating larvae whether they resist it or- did I just say that out loud? It was a joke! *gets shifty-eyed

[loopy777]

Yeah, I made some assumptions about these authors when I read about the Grape Boobs, and the male gaze of which it was reflective. (Incidentally, comparing any sensitive anatomy to food is a good way to get me to wince, because I associate food with biting. Authors, take note!) The rapey stuff is something I have indeed seen as a problem with all kinds of authors, although at least female authors seem more likely to spread the abuse around; I have never read a male authors who let his precious Bro characters be raped.

I'd say you're the most explicitly feminist of the bunch

Wow, if my teenage self could read that, I think he'd short-circuit. XD Then I'd show him ATLA, and point out that *this* is what people mean when they say they want more female characters, not shallow girlfriend stock characters. Then I'd explain that no hiring quotas were ever capable of hurting him, but the Good Ol' Boys Club is more than capable of screwing him out of colleges and jobs. Then we'd get pizza and talk about Azula becoming Darth Vader's

[ljlee]

Incidentally, comparing any sensitive anatomy to food is a good way to get me to wince, because I associate food with biting.

Then I'm sure you'd be delighted to know that the colloquial word in Korean for penis (gochu) is the same as the word for chili pepper.

I have never read a male authors who let his precious Bro characters be raped.

Which is odd when he might go through any number of other horrors from brainwashing to torture, but when it comes to sexual abuse it's like a mental shutter slams down.

Wow, if my teenage self could read that, I think he'd short-circuit. XD

I find this heartening, because it supports my hunch that a lot of dudes who are reflexively anti-feminist are anxious adolescents who are likely to grow out of it once they gain more life experience and perspective. There's little such hope for the older dudes who claim leadership over MRAs and PUAs, of course.