“Those girls are all so brave, where adult heroines are all so bitter, and I so strongly dislike what has become clear since childhood: the facts of visibility and exclusion in these stories, and the way bravery and bitterness get so concentrated in literature, for women, because there’s not enough space for them in the real world.” LiteratureFeminismFemale Characters Book:Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion Source: Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
“The heroine's journey, or her lack of one, serves as a reminder that whatever is dictated is not eternal, not predestined, not necessarily "true." The trajectory of literary women from brave to blank to bitter is a product of material social conditions. The fact that the heroine's journey is framed as a default one for women is proof of our failure to see, for so long, that other paths were possible, and that many other ones exist.” LiteratureWomenWomen In Literature Book:Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion Source: Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion