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 Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:00 am
I'll admit, romance novels capture my interest. But I am torn from lack of good female characters. Either a woman is too masculine, a a woman is too mouse, or too perfect.
Anita Blake, from the Anita Blake series, is very much 'I am woman, here my roar.' and while it is empowering at moments, other moments Anita falls in bed with whoever she chooses, and sometimes her womanly-ness frightens me. confused
But I have to say that Katie MacAlister, seems very pro woman. All her characters take control of their lives, without sounding cliche', and they can be entertaining and feminine while still be a leader.
So discuss:
Do you like masculine woman characters?
How are woman in today's literature?
Suggestions on good female characters from books?
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Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:31 pm
I view romances novels as porn. They're only good for the juicy parts.
In fact . . . I think romance novels launched my sexuality.
/semi-off-topic.
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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:40 am
CaraD So discuss:
Do you like masculine woman characters?
How are woman in today's literature?
Suggestions on good female characters from books? - I like them the same way I like feminine woman characters. - It really depends on the genre, age level and author. There are some genres that I feel are more pro-woman, others that are more misogynist. There are a lot of teen books brimming with gender roles and stereotypes. - Hedda Gabler is a character in a play, not a book, but her namesake play is very good. Ghosts is another play that is very pro-woman. There are a lot of Dear America's that show women in a good light as well.
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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 5:08 pm
LuthienTinuveil I view romances novels as porn. They're only good for the juicy parts. In fact . . . I think romance novels launched my sexuality. /semi-off-topic. Same here. Technically, pornography is anything intended to arouse its audience. So romance novels are pornography. (And come on! The stories and the characters are NOT the reason people most read them!) In fact, a romance novel DID launch my sexuality. Well, not a "romance novel" per se, but a rather juicy one. One of the sequels to "Clan Of The Cave Bear" by Jean M. Auel* had some graphic sex in it. In fact, I think all of them did. I thought "Well, if it feels good for a guy to rub a girl's clitoris, can't she just skip the middle-man and do it herself?" Now that I think of it, this series could actually be considered very feminist. The main character, Ayla, survives puberty, rape, teenaged motherhood, negative body image, and challanges patriarichal structure. In one of the books, she saves her lover from a woman who hates men and wants to enslave them, explaining that societies should be egalitarian and not oppress either gender. The sex is pretty egalitatrian and realistic, too. *Spelling?
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Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 9:06 pm
Why aren't there any lesbian romance novels?
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 2:02 pm
I bet there are. I've seen lesbian erotica books at Barnes and Noble. You probably just have to know where to look. Probably online.
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Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2007 9:24 am
Catherine Coulter's romance novels are actually good. "The Nightengale Legacy" has a fantasmic female character, but she screws up too.
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Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2007 7:14 pm
Most romance novels that I read are all the same. Average Joe or prince Charming falls in love with a goddess-like woman and they both fall in love, have sex which is always the most detailed part. One that I found exceptional was a novel where a college girl died in a house fire and her spirit fell in love with a high school boy and they had romantic and sexual interactions in his dreams. I forgot the name of it sad
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Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 10:42 pm
PhaedraMcSpiffy I bet there are. I've seen lesbian erotica books at Barnes and Noble. You probably just have to know where to look. Probably online. Are they romance novels or erotic stories? The difference being novel and short story.
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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 5:24 am
LuthienTinuveil PhaedraMcSpiffy I bet there are. I've seen lesbian erotica books at Barnes and Noble. You probably just have to know where to look. Probably online. Are they romance novels or erotic stories? The difference being novel and short story. There are a bunch. I've been looking them up at the local library. xd Annie on My Mind was really good. I was reading Pages for You, but it got boring so I stopped. I'm trying to find Kissing Kate and Girl Walking Backwards.
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Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 5:48 pm
LuthienTinuveil PhaedraMcSpiffy I bet there are. I've seen lesbian erotica books at Barnes and Noble. You probably just have to know where to look. Probably online. Are they romance novels or erotic stories? The difference being novel and short story. I don't remember, but they were probably collections of short stories.
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Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 8:14 pm
PhaedraMcSpiffy LuthienTinuveil PhaedraMcSpiffy I bet there are. I've seen lesbian erotica books at Barnes and Noble. You probably just have to know where to look. Probably online. Are they romance novels or erotic stories? The difference being novel and short story. I don't remember, but they were probably collections of short stories. I recall a website with tons of erotic stories. You may have heard of it. Something like . . . lit ero tic a . com With about the distance between it.
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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 12:04 am
Have you noticed that in books like Narnia and Enid Blytons Famous Five and many other books of the time, don't the girls always tend to weep (easily) while guys do the hero side of the story? As an exception though, I have to mention George(or Georgina) from Famous Five who wants to be a boy.
Also, there's this great book by Emer McCourt called Elvis, Jesus and Me.
Here's a link to the a Bibliofemme review: Elvis, Jesus and I by Emer McCourt
I know that in Narnia and such, it was the style of the time but doesn't it bother you while reading?
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