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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Why is it that whenever they create strong female characters they mostly fall into two camps:
1. The smart, highly educated, confident type who is the best lawyer/doctor/politician/detective in the country at age 25, or
2. The strong, tenacious, determined single mother who is just trying to keep her family's head above water. Never seems to need sleep and usually works two jobs, one of which is as a waitress.
I know of some shows and movies that break that stereotype, but I'd love to get some recommendations on some stuff featuring more "normal" woman that have "normal" jobs but also come across smart and empowered.
I'll start us off with Parks and Rec, Broad City, Good Girls. |
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By *ea monkeyMan
over a year ago
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I’m not sure that they really do write ‘normal women’ in ‘normal jobs’ parts...
Fleabag maybe?
I think that looking at female driven products, written by and directed by women would be good though.
Personally I love strong female characters but they tend to be within sci-fi or fantasy productions, worlds away from ‘normal’ |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Watch the first wonder woman movie a few weeks ago and though how they ruined a strong female character, portrayed her a a bit thick and useless. Didn't enjoy it. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Lara Croft "
Tomb raider all 4 movies are on my all time favourite movies and yes some are going to go 4 movies
Though there was only 3 you be right there is only 3 official movies but there is also a low bugget fan made movie that was really good |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Lara Croft
Tomb raider all 4 movies are on my all time favourite movies and yes some are going to go 4 movies
Though there was only 3 you be right there is only 3 official movies but there is also a low bugget fan made movie that was really good"
No idea, I just like the cargo shorts. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Lara Croft
Tomb raider all 4 movies are on my all time favourite movies and yes some are going to go 4 movies
Though there was only 3 you be right there is only 3 official movies but there is also a low bugget fan made movie that was really good
No idea, I just like the cargo shorts. "
Lol it plays in to both my loves I love to game plus a big movie lover |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I’m not sure that they really do write ‘normal women’ in ‘normal jobs’ parts...
Fleabag maybe?
I think that looking at female driven products, written by and directed by women would be good though.
Personally I love strong female characters but they tend to be within sci-fi or fantasy productions, worlds away from ‘normal’ "
Fleabag is a great one!
And you're right, we need more female-driven media for sure! It's always so obvious when a female character has been written by a man. For example The Queen's Gambit (which I thought was amazing) has a scene where the lead starts her period for the first time and gasps out in pain at the exact moment the blood starts coming out. I rolled my eyes so hard... |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Widows
Buffy the vampire slayer
Charlies angels 2019"
I recently rewatched Buffy.
I was shocked at the number of misogynistic quips there were. One example is when she calls herself a slut for wearing a short dress. Or when Xander is shamed for "screaming like a girl" when they get attacked by vampires. Buffy is always going to have a special place in my heart but it has aged really badly. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Community is really good. There's also a show that was on Prime for a bit called Brain Dead I think?
Ohhh and on Netflix - Russian Doll. I'll have a think about a few more."
Love Community 
Russian Doll... Meh. I'm a web developer and the way they showed her at work really annoyed me. Typical Matrix-style code and being able to fix bugs within a millisecond with some fast typing. But I guess that's my own pet peeve lol. |
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