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" It's critical we examine the kind of standards we hold fictional girls to and consider how it reflects in the way we treat real girls and, most important, what kind of emotional impact that has on them. What are we saying to girls when we cannot accept difficult, hurting female characters as being worthy of love because they are difficult and hurting? "

, Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World


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 quote : It's critical we examine the kind of standards we hold fictional girls to and consider how it reflects in the way we treat <i>real</i> girls and, most important, what kind of emotional impact that has on them. What are we saying to girls when we cannot accept difficult, hurting female characters as being worthy of love <i>because</i> they are difficult and hurting?