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sacredchao ([personal profile] sacredchao) wrote in [personal profile] alg 2012-08-05 08:57 am (UTC)

The somewhat genderqueer transdyke derbygirl here in the corner applauds you. I do more than enough gender policing all by myself (although I'm getting a lot better with that) without being reminded of what is and is not apparently allowed every time I want to read fiction. I've found myself actively hunting down female authors who write in genres like cyberpunk just to get some gender role transgressive protagonists. I've had to beat myself firmly over the head in order to come to grips with the idea that I can be athletic and muscular and so on without immediately reverting to masculinity. Roller derby culture has been awfully helpful in that regard, incidentally. The writing in fiction reflects cultural expectations of course and gender role portrayal in popular media, whether that be books, movies or whatever, does of course in turn inform received wisdom about gender roles. So yeah, I want me some believable, individual, non-cardboard-cutout characters, preferably protagonists who function in their worlds without having to wedge themselves into carefully formed moulds to do so.

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