For the Love of Character Development, Don���t Just Make Her Clumsy

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This should never have to be explained like this but, as there are still followers of this hackneyed trope, let the walls resound with our voices that say thee nay!

Originally posted on BOOKSHOPPED:

Why Are So Many Female Characters Clumsy?

I was watching Tangled the other day on the Disney Channel, and they aired an interview with Anna Kendrick, who plays Cinderella in ���Into the Woods.��� ��When Kendrick was asked what made her Cinderella different than the Cinderella-figure we���re all familiar with, she answered that this Cinderella was more approachable and relatable because she was clumsy. This got me to thinking: why do we like making our female characters clumsy? Let���s see, there���s Anna from Frozen, Clary Fray from The Mortal Instruments, Bella from Twilight, Anna Steel from Fifty Shades, Sailor Moon, and, oh, everyone in this video.

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