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@pursuewisdom Regarding the “feminist agenda,” I don’t think stories with bad characters will be remembered in the future, and we counter them by writing good stories of our own. There are a few specific executives in media companies, like Kathleen Kennedy for Lucasfilms, who are pushing for bland perfect women protagonists, but this isn’t some universal dangerous thing that’s going to destroy the world if we do nothing about it. There are plenty of hateful people ready to claim women can’t be funny or good protagonists or whatever to fight against that as it is. (the whole Last Jedi “controversy” is the dumbest thing I’ve seen in years and I’d like to remind people that all the Star Wars movies have been full of terrible, stupid, pointless characters and especially protagonists)

As much as I hate the smugness of it, G.R.R. Martin says his secret to great female characters is to treat them like people. Sounds fine to me. Write complex guys and girls. Know some people will complain your girls are too weak and others will complain your girls are too whiny and bossy, because from whatever angle no one is just allowed to be a person with valid wants and needs. It’s just gonna be how it is. Good stories will survive anyway.

@anne_the_noob14 Well that sounds awkward =P Channel your anxiety into a tense short story and then share it with us!