Tag Archive for character development

| November 12, 2012
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Mad Men, Joan, and The Rape

-Trigger warning about rape and domestic violence. Spoiler warning up to Season 5, Episode 3 of Mad Men-

Joan left her husband, Greg, in Mad Men. She informed him that he is not a good person, and that he wasn’t a good person even before his most recent action and “you know exactly what I’m talking about.”

And as a viewer? Yes, yes we did. We watched, horrified and disgusted while he raped her. And it was, undoubtedly, rape. Even though they were in a relationship. Even though she later married him. Even though she was dressed like she ‘wanted’ to be raped, as a charming fellow put it in season 4. Even though she had a history of sexual promiscuity. Even though she at times used her sexuality to get her way.

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| October 16, 2012
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Anastasia Steele – Mary Sue

Anastasia Steele is a much talked about character. She is the lead female protagonist of the popular 50 Shades of Grey, and people absolutely love calling her a Mary Sue.

You might not like her, or understand what Christian Grey sees in her, or feels that something in 50 Shades of Grey wasn’t really what you wanted it to be. You might find it hard to empathize or sympathize with her, or that her story is hard to believe. But none of that makes Anastasia Steele a Mary Sue.

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| June 4, 2012
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Children and Empathy

I recently finished The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum and, while I don’t do book reviews, I do want to discuss some of the themes and ideas presented in the story.

It’s inspired by the true story of Sylvia Likens, a girl who was tortured and eventually murdered by her adoptive parent who enlisted the help of her other children and neighbourhood kids to abuse the girl.

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| April 9, 2012
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Vampire Ephebophilia

-Trigger Warnings-

Buffy is 15-16 years old when Angel sees her and falls in love with her. He looks to be about 20 or 21, but in reality, he’s over 200 years old.

According to other media, we should be really creeped out. In Pretty Persuasion, we’re supposed to be disgusted by the two 30-something men talking about the two 15 year old girls, after all. We think they’re too old for them, that a sexual relationship with them would have extreme power imbalances. It would be, above that, disgusting, and the fact that they can’t relate to women their own age would be used against them.

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| April 6, 2012
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What is Art

As a young adult, I think most of us who have seriously played video games boggle at the idea that they aren’t art. It’s something we take for granted – an obvious truth. However, there are still people who are debating that something so thought-provoking could be art.

I want to boil down the different forms of media that video games contain – and explain how they take it further.

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| April 2, 2012
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Lost Girl

Lost Girl is a show I wish I had known about a year ago. Smart, interesting, and with a very talented cast, it’s an urban fantasy with humans and ‘fey’, which come in different varieties. Most are based in fairytales, legends and urban myths. The main cast includes a succubus, a human, a siren, and a werewolf. Other types of fey have included witch doctors, naga, etc.

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| March 30, 2012
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Don Draper’s Alcoholism

Don Draper is an alcoholic. No, not just in season 4 when it’s portrayed as a negative thing – he’s always been an alcoholic. He has – conservative estimate that he told his doctor – 5 drinks a day on average, but he’s almost always drinking hard liquor.

Though his addiction to cigarettes is discussed, his alcoholism isn’t until it began affecting his life. Alcoholism, though, doesn’t always affect people’s lives in such obvious ways. The idea of a ‘functioning alcoholic’ isn’t new, and it isn’t unique to this show.

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| March 26, 2012
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Guest Post: Male Emotions in the Media by Jess C Scott / jessINK

Thanks so much for hosting me today, Femmedia!

Gender and sexuality have always been topics “close to my heart.” Our sexual identity and the way we approach sexuality is a huge part of how we define our sense of self.

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| March 10, 2012
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Blog Roundup

Welcome to another blog roundup! A lot of interesting food for thought here. I don’t fully agree with everything linked below, but all links got me thinking, which is the most important thing.

A quick reminder that I guest blogged at Eden Connor’s blog: Women Desire Taboos in Their Erotica

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| January 23, 2012
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SWTOR: Women Don’t Flirt?

I’ve been playing Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR) for the last few weeks, and have been really enjoying it. I’ve leveled a Sith Inquisitor to 25 and I’ve been finding the quests engaging, the characters interesting, and the moral choices to be over all well done (though some are fairly arbitrary).

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