[HPforGrownups] Re: anti-SHIP: Ginny griping

[Sandi Steinberg]

No: HPFGUIDX 35474

Since Laura or Moongirl has used the Summoning Charm, obviously, to reach me 
(via the last paragraph), here I am:
>

Not all girls are as sweet and protected as Ginny, but virtually all go 
through the "silly" adolescent phase of heart-shattering crushes.  In this 
sense, I understand Ginny quite well, since I remember going through that 
stage myself, even though I was more like Hermione, a bookish only child who 
always did her own research on whatever she was interested in at the moment.

Ironically, my mother was always nagging at me to be more feminine and not 
such a bookworm..... no pleasing Moms, is there?

Sandi



>
> > Furthermore, it kind of irks me when people assume that the
> >majority of young girls are like Ginny.  I wasn't, and allot of my
> >friends weren't either.
>
>While I'm still not sure what you're idea of being "like Ginny" is,
>it's pretty clear based on our disparate reactions to her that it's
>different from mine, and probably our friend Sandi's as well.  Oh
>Sandi, dear Sandi - where have you gone?  I feel bad putting words
>into your mouth, but... I *think* she was just saying that Ginny's
>fairly typical, and possibly *more* typical than Hermione.  I do
>agree with that.
>




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