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Wanna Conform to Gender Roles? No, Thank You.
Throughout the series, Avatar: The Last Airbender has portrayed its characters with both feminine and masculine traits regardless of gender.
Red Flags Behind Her Eyes
Behind Her Eyes follows Louise, David, and Adele; three unlucky people, unfortunate enough to run into each other in London. Our key protagonist all display a series of behaviors that raise “red flags”. Our observations are by no means an extensive list, but will provide you with a well intended overview of why it may be in your best interest to never watch this series to begin with. Yes, it’s that bad.
A Question Of (Player’s) Choice Or Questionable (Design) Choices?
In Dishonored, women are either killed, kidnapped, maids, or sex workers. Because of the first game’s criticism, Dishonored 2 made Emily Kaldwin one potential protagonist – and some may argue the true lead. While these improvements are welcomed, in a game where players make moral choices, it can be contested whether the implementation of a female playable protagonist and an increase in female characters is actually countering violence against women.
BONUS: Lore Olympus and the Art of Depicting Intimate Partner Abuse, Part Three: Hades
Not only does Lore Olympus do an exceptional job of explaining the reality and context of abuse, it doubles down, and portrays a rare case of a healthy relationship that is super into respecting boundaries.
Lore Olympus and the Art of Depicting Intimate Partner Abuse, Part Two: Persephone
TLDR: Go read Lore Olympus, it has our full and complete endorsement. 15/10
5 Things Never Saw Me Coming Did Right & Wrong
Never Saw Me Coming, the debut novel by Vera Kurian, follows a few students participating in their university’s study on psychopaths. As a first crack at writing long-form, Kurian has created a good offering to the young adult/new adult genre. But as you will soon come to find, here at Daughter and Dead Press, we have high expectations and many, many thoughts.
Lore Olympus and the Art of Depicting Intimate Partner Abuse, Part One: Apollo
Lore Olympus is an ongoing webtoon created by Rachel Smythe following various goddesses and gods from Greek Mythology. What the webtoon does particularly well is the various ways it showcases how intimate partner abuse is perpetuated: not as a one-off incident – as many may believe – but as a continuum of various behaviours.
I Don’t Need A Savior; I’m In A Ghibli Movie
Women in media are often subjected to submissive, self-sacrificing stereotypes, often taking care of domestic chores. The works of filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, however, have defied these stereotypes since the beginning of his career. Indeed, he consistently creates women who are both real and relatable to a wide audience. In this blog, we explore how Miyazaki has created strong women and girl characters who do not net a savior.
Oh, You're a Useful Female Character? Good Luck Surviving Until the End
Videogames have become deeply ingrained in our culture and play a vital role in perpetuating or challenging traditional gender roles.