Comments on: The role of urban fantasy … https://moriahjovan.com/talesofdunham/blog/the-role-of-urban-fantasy/ Never underestimate the commercial value of mental illness. Thu, 31 Jul 2025 20:59:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.3 By: Zoe Winters https://moriahjovan.com/talesofdunham/blog/the-role-of-urban-fantasy/#comment-7518 Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:40:31 +0000 http://moriahjovan.com/mojo/?p=800#comment-7518 Wonder Woman was my imaginary friend when I was little.

Also, I think the guy is a bit contradictory when he says women don’t dream of ass-kicking. Because the kinds of things he was saying, fall in line with the men who believe women have ‘penis envy’ and part of that mentality is that women want to be as physically strong as men and kick their asses.

So which is it? I think these men should strengthen their arguments before trying to use them.

]]> By: Eugene https://moriahjovan.com/talesofdunham/blog/the-role-of-urban-fantasy/#comment-7517 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:08:07 +0000 http://moriahjovan.com/mojo/?p=800#comment-7517 I discuss the seeming paradox that some of the most compelling female action heroes in popular entertainment today can be found in Japanese manga and anime. And I can’t think of a better example of the “heroine who starts her journey being a milquetoast and ends up with a spine of steel” than Youko in Shadow of the Moon (also available as an anime series).

]]> By: Dude https://moriahjovan.com/talesofdunham/blog/the-role-of-urban-fantasy/#comment-7516 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:54:00 +0000 http://moriahjovan.com/mojo/?p=800#comment-7516 Dude admits to reading Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, Tom Swift, and some cheesy series about about football and baseball with someone Chip.

]]> By: Robin Altman https://moriahjovan.com/talesofdunham/blog/the-role-of-urban-fantasy/#comment-7515 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:49:51 +0000 http://moriahjovan.com/mojo/?p=800#comment-7515 How about Nancy Drew? When I was 7 we drove across country, and every day my mom gave me a Nancy Drew book to read after lunch. I couldn’t wait for lunch!

Nancy was so wonderful. She had a cool car, could do pretty much everything better than everyone else, and when the boys (Ned and Dad) came to rescue her, she had already wrapped up everything for them. Boys were superfluous in Nancy’s world.

]]> By: MoJo https://moriahjovan.com/talesofdunham/blog/the-role-of-urban-fantasy/#comment-7514 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:38:26 +0000 http://moriahjovan.com/mojo/?p=800#comment-7514 Karlene, I won’t be the one to deny Buffy’s all-around perfection. 😉

]]> By: MoJo https://moriahjovan.com/talesofdunham/blog/the-role-of-urban-fantasy/#comment-7513 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:37:47 +0000 http://moriahjovan.com/mojo/?p=800#comment-7513 Ann, you are SOOOO right. (I actually did think about them while writing this post and hoped someone would bring them up.)

And no, I don’t care if it was a jiggle T&A show. That WAS the take-home message for girls. I took away the same message.

]]> By: Ann https://moriahjovan.com/talesofdunham/blog/the-role-of-urban-fantasy/#comment-7512 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:08:21 +0000 http://moriahjovan.com/mojo/?p=800#comment-7512 When I was a kid in the ’70s, my friends and I were into Charlie’s Angels. The original one, with Farrah Fawcett. I realize it doesn’t quite meet the criteria for this post, but I don’t think they miss it by much for having been *cough* professional detectives.

These gals were glamorous and feminine, but could still bring in the bad guys without so much as twisting an ankle in their Candie’s. The message my friends and I took away was that you can have beauty and brains, wear fabulous clothes, attract men like crazy, and STILL kick ass. It was a new idea for the time, and one that isn’t as fashionable as it used to be. Too bad.

]]> By: Karlene https://moriahjovan.com/talesofdunham/blog/the-role-of-urban-fantasy/#comment-7511 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:23:48 +0000 http://moriahjovan.com/mojo/?p=800#comment-7511 Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She taught me to be brave. I might go down, but I’m going down fighting.

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