“Sherlock Holmes gets to be brilliant, solitary, abrasive, Bohemian, whimsical, brave, sad, manipulative, neurotic, vain, untidy, fastidious, artistic, courteous, rude, a polymath genius. Female characters get to be Strong.”
Re-blogged from Sophia McDougall‘s article in NewStatesman, because she says absolutely what I have been trying to say on the topic. The article is brilliant – give it a read!
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