Fantasy men pose like *this*, fantasy women *hurt*
January 12, 2012 11:16 PM Subscribe
"So the summary: men's poses emphasize strength, capability, perhaps with a bit of mystery. They follow the body's natural lines and actually look like something a real person would do. Women's poses emphasize sexy sexy dangerous sex and most vary from awkward to painful to impossible." (previously.)
Inspired by Jim Hines experiment', one woman tries her hand at recreating both male and female cover poses found on urban fantasy. The difference between the two is striking, with the men having much more realistic poses (i.e. don't give you backache attempting them) and the women running the gamut from pandering to the sheer ridiculous.
Inspired by Jim Hines experiment', one woman tries her hand at recreating both male and female cover poses found on urban fantasy. The difference between the two is striking, with the men having much more realistic poses (i.e. don't give you backache attempting them) and the women running the gamut from pandering to the sheer ridiculous.
This post was deleted for the following reason: This can go in the related thread. -- taz
Once upon a time, a evil witch became the most talked about female ever, she had grudge of another female.
Usually while looking in a mirror, or lake, or pond and voicing grrrrrrrrr.
posted by Mblue at 11:45 PM on January 12, 2012
Usually while looking in a mirror, or lake, or pond and voicing grrrrrrrrr.
posted by Mblue at 11:45 PM on January 12, 2012
Is the "urban fantasy" genre supposed to be gender-positive?
posted by KokuRyu at 11:46 PM on January 12, 2012
posted by KokuRyu at 11:46 PM on January 12, 2012
I have no interest whatsoever in urban fantasy and I'm already deep into her blog. I wasn't aware of this before, for example..
posted by Wantok at 11:46 PM on January 12, 2012
posted by Wantok at 11:46 PM on January 12, 2012
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Of course, all the hand-wringing about inequality and male gaze was avoided in 60's and 70's science fiction by going non-representational.
posted by fnerg at 11:43 PM on January 12, 2012