It's anti-feminist for a female character to be intelligent?
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Polter-Cow - Jul 20, 2007 8:40:17 am PDT #3339 of 28197
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
DavidS - Jul 20, 2007 8:45:29 am PDT #3340 of 28197
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It's anti-feminist for a female character to be intelligent?
I think there were complaints that Hermione gets flustered under pressure and she's sidelined for much of Chamber of Secrets, and other stuff. It mostly came earlier in the series, and JKR added more strong female characters which has blunted that line of criticism.
DebetEsse - Jul 20, 2007 8:48:32 am PDT #3341 of 28197
Woe to the fucking wicked.
But, she's a cliche, P-C. She has to be both intelligent and sweet and wonderful, but also "strong", lest she be a doormat.
That came across as bitchy. A comment here about how I am clearly a stereotype would be even more so.
Connie Neil - Jul 20, 2007 8:54:40 am PDT #3342 of 28197
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I'm very tired of Hermione. I like Luna and Tonks.
DebetEsse - Jul 20, 2007 8:55:54 am PDT #3343 of 28197
Woe to the fucking wicked.
SPEW gets bleeding old, but I'm kinda loving her being the exposition fairy for emotions during this re-read.
Polter-Cow - Jul 20, 2007 8:59:49 am PDT #3344 of 28197
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I wanted to thwap Hermione a lot for all the SPEW stuff, so I was glad it wasn't in the movie.
Fred Pete - Jul 20, 2007 9:02:19 am PDT #3345 of 28197
Ann, that's a ferret.
I thought SPEW was a very adolescent thing to do, to try to reform the world. Though I agree that someone other than Hermione could have done it.
lisah - Jul 20, 2007 9:05:02 am PDT #3346 of 28197
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I thought SPEW was a very adolescent thing to do, to try to reform the world. Though I agree that someone other than Hermione could have done it.
Even though it was annoying I also thought it was exactly something a young teen like Hermione would do.
megan walker - Jul 20, 2007 9:06:16 am PDT #3347 of 28197
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I thought SPEW was a very adolescent thing to do, to try to reform the world. Though I agree that someone other than Hermione could have done it.
It also never made sense to me that Hermione never realized (or thought about) who did the work in the castle.
Aims - Jul 20, 2007 9:09:09 am PDT #3348 of 28197
Shit's all sorts of different now.
It also never made sense to me that Hermione never realized (or thought about) who did the work in the castle.
I handwaved that with her being Muggle-born and she thought it was all magic. The lesson being, magic doesn't cook food. House-Elves with magic cook food.