Negative images of femininity in the popular Harriet Potter series

Oct 18, 2005 13:59

On Friday morning at TWH, story645 and I did a tongue-in-cheek panel in which we lightly mocked cries of "sexism" directed at HP ("How can all of these women be reading a story about a boy?") by positing that all of the genders were switched, and then making the exact same complaints. I asked my f-list if anyone was willing to make us some visual aids, so ( Read more... )

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wendywoowho October 18 2005, 18:14:53 UTC
FABULOUS! Wish I'd gone to your panel.

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fernwithy October 18 2005, 18:17:12 UTC
It was a small and intimate gathering at 9am on Friday. Slight re-scheduling issues... But it was fun.

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wendywoowho October 18 2005, 18:20:36 UTC
9 am panels. *shudder* I had one of those. Saturday.

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silverhill October 18 2005, 18:41:56 UTC
I love those!

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iulia_linnea October 18 2005, 21:21:35 UTC
Great idea and pics!

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austenrowling October 18 2005, 22:52:15 UTC
Those are great! I really love doomandnachos's piece.

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moonlinnet October 19 2005, 01:14:37 UTC
Ah, those are awesome.

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