Difference between revisions of "Talk:Feminist themes"

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I noticed you took the to-do list off this talk page. Is the page complete? --Zoey 19:17, 24 September 2007 (CDT)

• no the page is not complete but i sort of made the notes for myself anyway. i'd like to see people other than me contribute to this page because i'm not really an expert on feminism. i took my to-do list down because i didn't want to give people the wrong idea. my new list is like this:

i am looking for

(a) gender role reversal. when does daniel or jonas act like the girl and when does bree act like the boy?

(b) females with brains. media generally does not depict women who possess wisdom and logic and power. of course, lg15 breaks all these rules.

(c) acts of defiance. bree defies not only her family but her religion and ultimately her friends.

my thoughts on characters so far... relevant or not

(a) bree - she begins the series as a rather meek character and we see her transform

(b) sarah - she might be selfish and foolish but this girl chooses to define happiness for herself

(c) tachyon - she never appears on camera does she? i've often wondered if tachyon was actually a guy, using a female avatar.

(d) emma - seems to mirror bree's path

(e) taylor - madd hacker skills. almost too madd. i almost feel she's here to replace tachyon.

(f) lucy - i'd like to know her back story. she always appears so cold and masculine on camera but looking back at bree's older blogs, she talks about lucy in such a bizarre way.

(g) bree's mother - i love the story about bree's parents meeting. it's great. - platy sep 25

kate chopin, the akakening

• the reason why i removed the connection between bree's sacrifice and edna's suicide is because bree's dead was sacrificial and selfless while edna's death was more vain. both stories of course, are strong in feminist themes. thank you however, for adding to the list. - platy sep 26

what is feminism? how does it apply to lg15?

feminism is a difficult topic to discuss because it seems to only make sense as a movement within the context of a chapter of history. as a philosophy, it seems to fall apart. when i look at lg15, i try to look at feminism as a literary device.

all characters in their own way are trying to express their free will. free will has been a constant theme in lg15 since the beginning. so you could argue to an extent that my fixation of feminism is itself an anti-feminist or misogynistic thing to do. i mean, is it really such a feminist statement when a female expresses a little independence? there comes a point when recognizing these small steps becomes rather patronizing and trivializing of the feminist movement.

i'd like to hear from the community. is feminism a deliberate theme within the lg15? - platy