Hazel answers “do you agree this is an extremely...”

Jaie asked this question about The Magicians (The Magicians, #1):

do you agree this is an extremely misogynistic book?

Hazel I don't understand why people here seem to think it's appropriate to attack someone's person rather than just discussing the opinion in question, but …moreI don't understand why people here seem to think it's appropriate to attack someone's person rather than just discussing the opinion in question, but I'll bite anyway.

I do see examples of internalized misogyny in the book. It shows up mostly in his descriptions about women, like when he describes Professor Sunderland as looking "nothing like a magician was supposed to: she was blond and imply and distractingly curvy." Well, why can't she be beautiful and a magician? The mistaken belief that beautiful women can't or shouldn't be intelligent and professional is definitely suspect.(less)

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Esther Kruman I don't think that could be called *internalized* misogyny, though. That's meant to be from Quentin's perspective, not Professor Sunderland's.

Also, I ...more
Sep 03, 2018 04:55PM · flag

Shawn I agree with Esther. I think that the whole point of saying she was "nothing like a magician was supposed to" was to allude to what makes a magician d ...more
Sep 19, 2018 01:28PM · flag

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