I object to this: "...just long enough so that there's one generation of teenies that doesn't shriek..."Why isn't it all about the women?"
And if you don't think that sounds misogynistic, you should consider yourself very fortunate you are from such an oh so clever, educated, sophisticated generation that you think it's bad if girls see the Arthurian mythos as centered on the women.
I don't think she sounds misogynistic at all. I don't believe Joan meant it's bad if a book reworks a myth to focus on the women; rather, it's bad if such a work elevates women to the exclusion and/or denigration of the men. It doesn't have to be all or nothing, here.
That's why I'm looking forward to the new movie. It looks like we'll be getting strong male warriors and strong female warriors. I'm all for equal representation.
By the by, your arguments would sound much more reasonable if you wouldn't be quite so rude in voicing them.
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And if you don't think that sounds misogynistic, you should consider yourself very fortunate you are from such an oh so clever, educated, sophisticated generation that you think it's bad if girls see the Arthurian mythos as centered on the women.
I don't think she sounds misogynistic at all. I don't believe Joan meant it's bad if a book reworks a myth to focus on the women; rather, it's bad if such a work elevates women to the exclusion and/or denigration of the men. It doesn't have to be all or nothing, here.
That's why I'm looking forward to the new movie. It looks like we'll be getting strong male warriors and strong female warriors. I'm all for equal representation.
By the by, your arguments would sound much more reasonable if you wouldn't be quite so rude in voicing them.