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George R.R. Martin on writing women

  • George Stroumboulopoulos: There's one thing that's interesting about your books. I noticed that you write women really well and really different. Where does that come from?
  • George R.R. Martin: You know, I've always considered women to be people.

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mooglets:

[I put the majority of this under a cut for discussions of abortion, harassment, and anti-choice activists. Article from Jezebel.]

Todd Stave has the unenviable position of being the landlord of a building in Germantown, Maryland, which he leases to an abortion provider…

Joss Whedon: Feminist

  • Interviewer: So why do you write these strong female characters?
  • Whedon: Because you're still asking me that question.
"You don’t want to start setting up another rule book, like: “This is how you’re a feminist. And this is the way you dress. And this is the way you act. And this is the way you protest.” It’s like, some people protest carrying signs. Some people protest by making activist radical music. Sometimes people try to just make it through a day and not kill themselves, and that’s their activism for right then, because that’s all they have."

— Kathleen Hanna (via megphilips)

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