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Yes, I LOVED Stranger Things, don't get me wrong. And yes, it totally was meant to be homage to the 80's (Goonies, etc). I'm just using it as an example to explore my random tangent here ![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Why no average girls? Actually, now that I think about it, maybe Wendy from Peter Pan was one of the earliest "feminist" characters, lol. She was pretty average. She learned she didn't need Peter to look after her. She learned she needed to grow up and go home eventually. She had no special powers.
It seems easier with little girls maybe. Children's lit seems to have less stereotypes. But I think that brings us back to asexual women characters. Little girls are easy. It's once women hit puberty it's harder to write them for some reason?
Why no average girls? Actually, now that I think about it, maybe Wendy from Peter Pan was one of the earliest "feminist" characters, lol. She was pretty average. She learned she didn't need Peter to look after her. She learned she needed to grow up and go home eventually. She had no special powers.
It seems easier with little girls maybe. Children's lit seems to have less stereotypes. But I think that brings us back to asexual women characters. Little girls are easy. It's once women hit puberty it's harder to write them for some reason?
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