elisi: Edwin and Charles (Star Wars)
elisi ([personal profile] elisi) wrote2017-12-09 02:59 pm
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elisi: Edwin and Charles (Star Wars)

[personal profile] elisi 2017-12-09 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a weird 50/50 thing. It was great for the time, but...
sea_thoughts: Ruby in *The Legend of Ruby Sunday* (DWDonna Searching - 04nbod)

[personal profile] sea_thoughts 2017-12-11 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
It was but we're no longer living in 1979 and representation should be so much better now than it is.
elisi: Edwin and Charles (#womancard)

[personal profile] elisi 2017-12-11 06:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Aye. Read an article earlier on about what they call the 'Smurfette effect' (possibly not 'effect', maybe syndrome), i.e. stories that are about a group of people with only one girl...
sea_thoughts: Ruby in *The Legend of Ruby Sunday* (DWOuter Space Facebook - bleeding_marble)

[personal profile] sea_thoughts 2017-12-11 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah yes, the Smurfette principle. That's irritated me more and more as I've grown up.
elisi: Edwin and Charles (MLP)

[personal profile] elisi 2017-12-11 07:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Principle! That's it. Apparently the new Smurf movie actually tackles this. Also, all hail MLP!
sea_thoughts: Ruby in *The Legend of Ruby Sunday* (DWLittle Wonder - brontide)

[personal profile] sea_thoughts 2017-12-11 10:22 pm (UTC)(link)
... I love Friendship is Magic >>
elisi: Edwin and Charles (MLP)

[personal profile] elisi 2017-12-12 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Who wouldn't!
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