For this weeks post i read "Aunt Mariah" by Diana Wynee Jones.
It is interesting to consider how women with power are represented in our fiction today based on culture models of women. Especially when you pair that idea with how our culture use to view women. Its really hard to say or to have an educated opinion on the subject for me, based on a couple of factors. I havent read much in the past, so i don't really know what our culture has to say about women in power in fiction other than to pull ideas from the few books i have read. ie, Aunt Mariah, Wizard of Oz, Wicked, and the recently watched Kiki's Delivery Service.
I could talk about how its seems that in regards to women when it comes to power, it seems to come with some kind of price, their youth and beauty, as if they cant have power in any other way. I find the topic of women difficult to talk about because, one im not a woman, and two i grew up with two older sisters so luckily for the most part i would say i dont have chauvinist pigs view of things. And three, typically when i have a problem with someone or an ideal i just ignore it or move along because i know their wrong. So unfortunately i feel like my view of things is a little different, mean for the better. I know there seems to be a war going on right now in women's rights, but is their a problem in the way their depicted in fiction in terms of power? I don't know.
With books such as Harry Potter and films like Frozen, i would say i hope not.
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