So we're not going to put any effort into explain why she can't wear the slip and is thereby forced to show off her creamy goodness to all of the boys? Just checking.
I honestly try not to make assumptions about the writer based on the thoughts and acts of their main character. I understand that you sometimes need to write horrible, problematic things that you don't believe in because your character would think or act that way. The problem here is in the presentation. Even making allowances for the first person p.o.v, and aside from the fact speculation that this is all escapist fantasy, the tone is all wrong. All of this is presented as okay, as right. Everything supports that pov, no one speaks out against there atrocities, going so far as verbally praising and reenforcing them (except for the odd cases where the victims act like victims, but are treated like whiners). I'm not going to say LKH is a rapist, or would rape given the opportunity, but she does support, reenforce and propagate rape culture. In conclusion: ....................../´¯/) ....................,/¯../ .................../..../ ............./´¯/'...'/´¯¯`·¸ ........../'/.../..../......./¨¯\ ........('(...´...´.... ¯~/'...') .........\.................'...../ ..........''...\.......... _.·´ ............\..............( ..............\.............\...
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Date: 2013-07-11 05:21 am (UTC)Just checking.
I honestly try not to make assumptions about the writer based on the thoughts and acts of their main character. I understand that you sometimes need to write horrible, problematic things that you don't believe in because your character would think or act that way.
The problem here is in the presentation. Even making allowances for the first person p.o.v, and aside from the
factspeculation that this is all escapist fantasy, the tone is all wrong. All of this is presented as okay, as right. Everything supports that pov, no one speaks out against there atrocities, going so far as verbally praising and reenforcing them (except for the odd cases where the victims act like victims, but are treated like whiners).I'm not going to say LKH is a rapist, or would rape given the opportunity, but she does support, reenforce and propagate rape culture.
In conclusion:
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............./´¯/'...'/´¯¯`·¸
........../'/.../..../......./¨¯\
........('(...´...´.... ¯~/'...')
.........\.................'...../
..........''...\.......... _.·´
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