JKR and the boys (and girls)

[susanmcgee48176]

No: HPFGUIDX 162371

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "k12listmomma" 
<k12listmomma at ...> wrote:
>
> > Betsy Hp:
> > I blame JKR.  Realistically, you're correct.  A girl with no 
interest
> > in hair, make-up, and fashion does not suddenly, with no help
> > whatsoever, turn out as poised and pressed as JKR has Hermione.
> >
> > But JKR wrote the belle of the ball scene without any suggestion 
that
> > older Gryffindors girls (or other sort of fairy godmother) helped
> > Hermione in anyway.  JKR also has Hermione poo-poo the whole 
effort
> > as far too much time wasted on a rather silly goal.  So we have a
> > girl who, as you put it, radically changes her normal behavior 
while
> > maintaining that it was all no big deal.  Do I smell shenanigans?
> > Damn straight.  Personally, I think JKR sacrificed character for
> > a "think of the children!" moment.
> 
> 
I think you are forgetting who the character is who J.K. Rowling 
identifies with.....

J.K. Rowling is smart, a book worm, and obviously can be very 
glamorous at times. She is writing about a young woman who can "have 
it all"..who doesn't have to pretend to be stupid to get dates, who 
doesn't have to travel in packs and giggle, and still be feminine, 
who is smart and gutsy and practical, but still can be glamorous..but 
who doesn't take glamour very seriously. Remember J.K. Rowling's 
comments about anorexic models...

Susan McGee