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Feeling a fair bit better. On the other hand, cannot log into my online class, which is a major BAD BAD THING NOOO because I'm still behind and the Chinese class is going to start in about five weeks and I have to get approximately a semester of Latin II done by then.

Me, slacking? NEVER.

oh hey look I figured out how to log in! yay!

feeling a bit perky. haven't had any coffee or really anything.

I take that back. being harassed by my younger brother is not inducive to perkiness. *scowl*

ice cream and pound cake after dinner, woot!

I feel like writing an essay on strong women characters. because this is what I have been thinking about most of the day. O.o

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I feel like writing an essay on strong women characters. because this is what I have been thinking about most of the day.
I too have been thinking about this! What specifically are your thoughts?

I've been thinking about how so many writers (and I find this problem particularly in fantasy) either have all strong female characters and no strong male characters or all strong male characters and the girls are just there to do nothing. This frustrates me to no end, because there's no reason to go one way or the other! You can have strong characters of both genders!

And also how 'strong women characters' seems to mostly mean either 'amazonian warrior' or 'ultra-feminist who hates men'. This annoys me. In Happenstance I've got Holland, who's very smart and calm and collected and very much in love with her guy. And I've got Celia, who can't fight and who's probably about average intelligence, but this doesn't mean she can't be a strong character. I dunno, it's like they have to be really good at something to be considered a 'strong' character, but I don't think that's true. Average people are just as compelling to me. *scowls*

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