Feminism (was: Love, pining, and magic (was: Women in HBP))

[anthyroserain]

No: HPFGUIDX 133656

Adair wrote:

> I'm going to put my neck out and ask if anyone 
> else here is becoming slightly irritated at all the anti-feminist 
JKR 
> opinion?  Not to say anyone is wrong, but... JKR was a working 
single 
> mother, who isn't in contact with her eldest daughter's father, 
and who 
> was on the dole for a few years.  She was rejected by publishers 
> numerous times.  She speaks out for Amnesty, funds multiple 
charities, 
> and is an overall philanthropist.  She's succeeded entirely on her 
own 
> merit, and is now more wealthy than Elizabeth II.  How on earth is 
this 
> woman anti-feminist?


anthyroserain:

Well, I think I'm breaking the too-many-posts rule, but I really had 
to say something here.

I'm not sure what you mean by "all the anti-feminist JKR opinion." 
All I've seen was my post, and a lot of other posts criticizing it. 
You're definitely in the popular camp, so no need to put your neck 
out. 

I don't believe I ever said that JKR wasn't a feminist. Certainly 
she is. But I do think her depictions of women in HPB come off as 
rather old-fashioned and cliched, and though they may not be 
particularly objectionable individually, as a whole I think they 
make an unsettling picture. 

- anthyroserain
who by now is regretting she said anything