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bemildred

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4. There are lot of good female protagonists these days, but it's recent, since the 80s or so.

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Mon Aug 26, 2013, 08:51 AM

Aug 2013

I make a point of looking for it. Sometimes you have to look at translated work, US stuff tends to be commercial. Hint: read female authors, like Atwood, Silko, McCaffery, Roy.

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