The Fallacy of the Strong Female Character
We're celebrating Women's History month with 31 days of posts focused on improving the climate for social and gender equality in the children’s and teens’ literature community. Join in the conversation on Facebook or Twitter #kidlitwomen My nine-year-old daughter just asked me what I’m writing about. “Well…it’s a post about how most of the time, people call certain female characters in books “strong.” And if those characters are strong…” “That means others are weak,” she sai