Well, I guess what I mean by "identify" is that I want a character I can respect. Someone who at least shares my ideals--individuality, nonconformity, someone with a critical eye toward social norms who can be herself regardless of what anyone else thinks.
Men who are critical toward social norms are cool and iconoclastic ... women who are critical toward social norms are sluts and hos and freaks who have to be punished. (Total generalization, but that's what I'm talking about ... the general tendencies of mainstream American culture.)
I don't necessarily identify with all the female characters that I like. Early Cordelia, for example, really annoyed me with the blind conformity thing--but I loved that she was honest and spoke her mind. Maybe, like I said, it's more a matter of female characters I can respect, and whose priorities aren't foreign to me.
I've sort of given up television, actually. I feel increasingly out of sync with mainstream American culture. All I watch is the Daily Show and occasional movies.
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Men who are critical toward social norms are cool and iconoclastic ... women who are critical toward social norms are sluts and hos and freaks who have to be punished. (Total generalization, but that's what I'm talking about ... the general tendencies of mainstream American culture.)
I don't necessarily identify with all the female characters that I like. Early Cordelia, for example, really annoyed me with the blind conformity thing--but I loved that she was honest and spoke her mind. Maybe, like I said, it's more a matter of female characters I can respect, and whose priorities aren't foreign to me.
I've sort of given up television, actually. I feel increasingly out of sync with mainstream American culture. All I watch is the Daily Show and occasional movies.
Oh, man, the kerfuffle is hilarious--especially because the post that started it was so incredibly innocuous. Check it out, follow the links, read the posts:
http://www.journalfen.net/community/fandom_wank/615637.html