alias_sqbr: the symbol pi on a pretty background (bookdragon)
[personal profile] alias_sqbr
Was linked Silly Novels by Lady Novelists by George Elliot and was put very much in the mind of snarkily amusing but overgeneralising (EDIT: and problematic) posts about Mary Sues and the portrayal of women off metafandom. Probably got her lots of narky comments letters, too :)

Lots of dodgy gender and class issues (she is such a grammar snob. Sadly we cannot see what I get the impression was some amusing satirical typesetting) but she puts in some digs against sexism and classism too. She even take a dig at American vegetarians. I looked it up and at that point she was not only not out as a woman, but hadn't actually published anything yet, which puts her choice to rant about women writers in a different context.

Having read a bunch of modern romances set in the 18th/19th century it's always interesting to read snark about romances from those eras written by a contemporary (see also "Northanger Abbey").

<3

Date: 2010-02-01 07:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hlbr.livejournal.com
I thought I perceived you did think it problematic, so yeah. (Pretty much the reason I commented. It's not a discussion that I would choose to have with just anyone, I'm so much a mess about it myself.)

(No comments about the linkspam stuff; I can just guess the interminable discussion it would cause just to reach something resembling consensus! -_-)

Profile

alias_sqbr: the symbol pi on a pretty background (Default)
alias_sqbr

June 2025

S M T W T F S
1234567
8 91011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930     

Most Popular Tags

Page Summary

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags
Page generated Jun. 12th, 2025 06:38 pm
Powered by Dreamwidth Studios