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Romance as Feminine Heroism

A few days ago, I wrote a post on why critics tend to dislike the trope of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl, or the quirky female who raises a male protagonist’s mood through wacky antics so that he could stop … Continue reading

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Fisking a Heroism-Bashing Comment

A while back, I made a post critiquing a common modern view of heroism — namely, that there is no heroism, only differing definitions of what is right. I argued against this notion, and received a large number of comments … Continue reading

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