People have been throwing the phrase 'strong female characters' around for years now, and yet there still seems to be a lot of confusion about what it means. So just to add to the melting pot of misapprehension, here's my contribution to the debate. Because as far as I can tell, there are two very fundamental aspects of the phrase that contribute to the general crossing of wires.
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Welcome to Barren Island Books, the author interview series that’s in no way related to a popular music-based radio programme. You know the rules by now: my guests are exiled to a remote island with only five books for company, selected from the categories I give them. It’s up to them to make sure they choose wisely, because they’re going to be stuck with those books for a long, long time … My interviewee this week is Hazel Butler, author of literary Gothic and Paranormal Mystery novel Chasing Azrael, and also the founder of Aädenian Ink, an independent publisher dedicated to alternative art and fiction. When she’s not being banished to a desert island, Hazel can be found at ="" �xls��v�e,�\k-@�2æ�h���*�!e��6��)swqlcl3Ƭ�"="" !="" ink,="" fiction.="" she’s="" island,="" hazel-butler.com, aadenianink.com and www.thedailyopinion.co.uk/author/hazelbutler. |
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