ljósmóður she/her Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 Just thought I'd offer a shout out to my fellow female sharders. Once upon a time, being a geek was seen as a male preserve but not any more. Today, in honour of international women's day, I signed a pledge to promote gender parity and it occurred to me that the nerdiverse made strides in this direction a long time ago. So, go us! And honourable mention to the strong women in Brandon's novels. Hurray for fantasy that doesn't discriminate. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 Just thought I'd offer a shout out to my fellow female sharders. Once upon a time, being a geek was seen as a male preserve but not any more. Today, in honour of international women's day, I signed a pledge to promote gender parity and it occurred to me that the nerdiverse made strides in this direction a long time ago. So, go us! And honourable mention to the strong women in Brandon's novels. Hurray for fantasy that doesn't discriminate. I love that Brandon's female characters are all strong in different ways. You have Vin, the badchull, streetwise warrior; Jasnah, the intellectual who stands by her beliefs in the face of adversity; Siri, tossed into circumstances beyond her control and handles them better than anyone could have hoped; Shallan, who overcomes her toxic upbringing to save her family and the world....I could go on. Some authors just make every strong female character a badchull woman warrior, which makes exceptions even more exceptional. Hurray for geekdom, giving us female characters we can look up to and identify with. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delightful Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 (edited) Hooray!! Plus the badchull warrior often is barely feminine at all in any way (which is one of the things I loved about Vin also acting the noblewoman). Edited March 8, 2016 by Delightful 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delightful Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 This might be my favourite version of Happy IWD so far. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkness Ascendant he/him Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 HEY! I'm stormblessed too. Wait. What am I doing here. Not exactly a woman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delightful Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 You can be here. It's not an anti-men thread it's a pro-women one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbird she/her Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 You can be here. It's not an anti-men thread it's a pro-women one. Although some people will tell you otherwise, the two do not necessarily go hand in hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delightful Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 (edited) They're complete opposites. Besides, some people are just anti everybody. Edited March 9, 2016 by Delightful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljósmóður she/her Posted March 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 (edited) HEY! I'm stormblessed too. Wait. What am I doing here. Not exactly a woman. You don't need to be female to celebrate! The whole point of IWD 2016 is pledge for parity for all, irrespective of which gender they identify with (and for those who identify with neither too) not superiority of one on the basis of biological sex . I have two sons and a daughter - I hope I'm raising all of them to believe in equality. I love that Brandon's female characters are all strong in different ways. You have Vin, the badchull, streetwise warrior; Jasnah, the intellectual who stands by her beliefs in the face of adversity; Siri, tossed into circumstances beyond her control and handles them better than anyone could have hoped; Shallan, who overcomes her toxic upbringing to save her family and the world....I could go on. Some authors just make every strong female character a badchull woman warrior, which makes exceptions even more exceptional. Hurray for geekdom, giving us female characters we can look up to and identify with. I absolutely agree. I'd add Sarene, Steris and Marasi to that list too. They're none of them perfect but they all show strength of character at various points in the novels. This might be my favourite version of Happy IWD so far This is mine: Edited March 9, 2016 by Mrs.K.Stormblessed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curious Anamaximder he/him Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 This might be my favourite version of Happy IWD so far. Some one downvoted that. I fixed it. A bit late, but Happy International Women's Day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delightful Posted March 9, 2016 Report Share Posted March 9, 2016 Some one downvoted that. I fixed it. A bit late, but Happy International Women's Day! Thanks I'm not sure if posting this gif will work, but it's also great: http://giphy.com/gifs/fight-like-a-girl-kaol-porfirio-3o7ZeuGuNazgq4Q5JC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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