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Feminism and Diversity

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

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4. If it was an older guy who wasn't James Bond? Yes, I would.

Reply to Demit (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 10:55 AM

Mar 2015

Why I said 'on her own merit' was not about her gender, or even her age - it was about her not being anything like how your typical super agent is portrayed. She's not James Bond, she's not Jason Bourne.

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Don't write a novel with an older, female protagonist [View all] DetlefK Mar 2015 OP

Margaret Atwood's MaddAddam Trilogy has several interesting female protagonists enough Mar 2015 #1

I don't know what an 'urban fantasy' novel is. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #2

Friendly amendment— Demit Mar 2015 #3

If it was an older guy who wasn't James Bond? Yes, I would. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #4

Did James Bond and Jason Bourne not become agents on their own merits? Demit Mar 2015 #5

They were given intensive training (and in Bourne's case drugs, I think as well) Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #7

OK, I see now how you meant it. On her own merits = without formal training. Demit Mar 2015 #9

hmm. maybe i should take up writing after all. mopinko Mar 2015 #6

Make her take down Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #8

Julia Shumway, a main character in Stephen King's multi-character 'Under The Dome' is 'strong'. AtheistCrusader Apr 2015 #10