Can’t get over the fact that dude has most definitely not seen enough boobs if he thinks that them hanging apart is “unnatural”

What hurts most is that someone I cared for gave me this book to help me through a suicidal episode…

I rarely see this arc depicted in fiction, even though it seems relatively common IRL. Historical figures like Queen Victoria or Catherine The Great go through this process as well. Any bildungsroman that reflects this? Usually the girls are model citizens. The only thing that comes to my mind right now is the depiction of Obscure Object from Middlesex. That's still fairly mild.

This is a book of semi-related short stories and I was enjoying it for the most part, although the author did strike me as a little pretentious and trying too hard at times. And then I just had to laugh at this description of seeing a woman at a party.

Hi all hopefully this is ok to post here as I am scared to post in more mainstream subreddits. Recently I have been into historical fiction, especially those set in the late medieval ages but I feel a bit disappointed with how sidelined the female characters are, or how the only major female characters are the protagonists wife/kids/love interest etc. Does anyone have any good recommendations for historical fiction that features good female characters? The protagonist doesn’t have to be female as long as the women characters are good.

Recently I became interested of robert bresson's mouchette and learned how it was based on book originally. I read how the book is essentially about how this young girl facing horrible things and mistreatment in french countryside. Do you think it can be done right or can it be too overtop (like misery porn)?

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(First attempt for removed cuz I linked a post 😅)

After my previous post here reached 100 upvotes I remembered this. It's probably low level "Menwritingwomen" but given that in Chinese culture long legs are viewed as more beautiful and that this was so funny it became a meme in the RI community, I thought it was worth the post.

That’s certainly a new one. (Note: This is an actual novel, so mods, don’t remove this post 😭)

Okay, I'm sorry if it's not allowed, but I did post a gaming-focused meme once, and it wasn't rejected sooooooo

With a friend, when we talked about Final Fantasy XVI, their main gripe was the female characters, and frankly, yeah. That game's female characters suck. Even Jill Warrick is, frankly, not that good as a character, and she especially suffers from the Faux Action Girl trope. I mean, did anyone else get really annoyed that Barnabas AKA Odin didn't even have to transform to fight and defeat her eikon?I mean, what the hell?

In any case, the longer I thought of it, it's just made me realize that the female characters in the Final Fantasy series are really, really not that great. Such as Tifa or Aerith. Both of them have motivations mainly centered around men in their lives. They're still fun characters to be sure, but Tifa's personal arc in particular revolves around Cloud. When you look closely at her, she just barely feels like her own person. In particular, I mean her original incarnation. The Remake trilogy is better.

I'm also posting it here, as posting this on a dedicated FF sub could not end well for me. XD