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wickedorin Dec. 12th, 2010 07:01 pm)
wickedorin Dec. 12th, 2010 07:01 pm)Yay, a DMLoiH update! On time! Twice in a row! Let's celebrate with cookies!
Eh, I'd have to get up for that. Morning of cleaning, you know the rest.
I really do want to share this article with geeks and non-geeks alike, though: Ellen Ripley Saved My Life. It's about a hell of a lot more than strong women, but that is the center of it. As with any bit of writing there are hits and misses, but I link for the hits. The last paragraph is... yes. It is yes. Even if I can't fully identify as female, I can't fully deny the female element, and parts of this do speak to it.
Warning: writer yammering ahead. It's entirely too hard to step outside of my writing and judge my own characters. I worry about people who claim to do that easily; you know them too well to be able to do that. You can certainly see insights that other people can't, but you can never fully approach them from the outside. I don't know "what kind of strength" my females have going on. I'm not sure if the rest of the world sees them as women or bitches or vicious cunts. A good deal of them have the Bitch in common (which may also be, if we are trying to ultra-simplify things, partially the Mother), which is to say that they will defend their family (friends, what have you) to the death in a heartbeat. I couldn't tell you if that makes a person strong or stupid. I can tell you that my mind, being what it is, is always looking at objects to see what's best used as a weapon in any just-in-case scenarios. I could tell you that how a person responds to eye contact tells me everything I need to know about them. I could also tell you that the men are easier to write for but don't seem to take the lead as easily. I could say with honesty that thinking in terms of sex or gender is a little difficult and requires reminders, but I'm not sure it would be believed. Anyway. Rambling. And tired rambling at that.
(Subject line: continuing story of my life. *grin*)
Eh, I'd have to get up for that. Morning of cleaning, you know the rest.
I really do want to share this article with geeks and non-geeks alike, though: Ellen Ripley Saved My Life. It's about a hell of a lot more than strong women, but that is the center of it. As with any bit of writing there are hits and misses, but I link for the hits. The last paragraph is... yes. It is yes. Even if I can't fully identify as female, I can't fully deny the female element, and parts of this do speak to it.
Warning: writer yammering ahead. It's entirely too hard to step outside of my writing and judge my own characters. I worry about people who claim to do that easily; you know them too well to be able to do that. You can certainly see insights that other people can't, but you can never fully approach them from the outside. I don't know "what kind of strength" my females have going on. I'm not sure if the rest of the world sees them as women or bitches or vicious cunts. A good deal of them have the Bitch in common (which may also be, if we are trying to ultra-simplify things, partially the Mother), which is to say that they will defend their family (friends, what have you) to the death in a heartbeat. I couldn't tell you if that makes a person strong or stupid. I can tell you that my mind, being what it is, is always looking at objects to see what's best used as a weapon in any just-in-case scenarios. I could tell you that how a person responds to eye contact tells me everything I need to know about them. I could also tell you that the men are easier to write for but don't seem to take the lead as easily. I could say with honesty that thinking in terms of sex or gender is a little difficult and requires reminders, but I'm not sure it would be believed. Anyway. Rambling. And tired rambling at that.
(Subject line: continuing story of my life. *grin*)