It’d be nice if the occasional lady in literature was just, you know, a person, rather than some silk-skinned goddess or one of the other many adjectives that plague the women of literature who are just trying to go about their business of surviving whatever cruel plots the author has devised for them. “Ever notice how most heroines in novels just happen to also be devastatingly gorgeous? As if their long, flowing hair or sparkling eyes somehow make them more worthy of the title of heroine? Of course, given that so many classic popular novels about women were written about men, it kind of makes sense that literature would be so full of idealized versions of women that dude authors kind of wish they could hook up with. Some good examples for ugly heroines are featured in this article (x) A very specific list of books and movies with unconventional looking/conventionally unattractive heroines
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