The Problem With Female Characters

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by snwhit02

by snwhit02

So of course there's gonna be this emo chick who thinks she's special for listening to panic at the disco, twenty one pilots, and fall out boy even though they are all over pop radio. She's bullied by a "mean popular girl" most likely named Brittany that wears "pounds of makeup" and "slutty clothes". ((like UGHHH THIS MAKES ME SO MAD WHY ARE YOU GONNA MAKE THIS "POPULAR GIRL" A BITCH LIKE IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THE MAIN CHARACTER IS JEALOUS BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME POPULAR PEOPLE ARE POPULAR BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY NICE OR REALLY GOOD AT SOMETHING!!!!!! It's like there are all of these 12 and 13 year old writers trying to write from a high schooler's point of view when they have no idea what actual high school is like.

NO ONE WANTS TO READ THE SAME OLD STORY WITH THE SAME SLUT-SHAMING MAIN CHARACTER WHO MAKES FUN OF GIRLS FOR HAVING FRIENDS AND BEING POPULAR AND WEARING MAKEUP REAL LIFE IS NOT LIKE THIS.))

And your character is not "Special" for listening to bands that are like on the top 40 charts like honey no. That is not gonna fly with me.

((ALSO NOT EVERY BAND MEMBER'S GIRLFRIEND IS A HORRIBLE PERSON. I DON'T GIVE A FUCK IF YOU MADE MEAGAN CAMPER A "BITCH" FOR THE SAKE OF THE STORY. STOP MAKING "NORMAL" A CRIME!! YOU ARE NOT COOL, YOU ARE NOT "EDGY", AND YOU SURE AS HELL AREN'T A GOOD WRITER IF YOU HAVE TO PUT DOWN OTHER WOMEN FOR LIKING SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T! IT IS SOOOO IMMATURE AND MEAN!

EVERY "POPULAR GIRL" DOES NOT HAVE TO BE MEAN, AND THE MAIN CHARACTER DOES NOT ALWAYS HAVE TO BE BULLIED AND DEPRESSED! THEY CAN HAVE FRIENDS WHO LIKE DIFFERENT STUFF THAN THEM, THEY CAN WEAR SOMETHING OTHER THAN BAND TEES AND SKINNY JEANS, THEY CAN BE NORMAL!! YOUR CHARACTERS DO NOT HAVE TO BE AN EXACT COPY OF YOU!

I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT SOME OF YOU SAY YOU ARE FEMINISTS BUT THEN IN YOUR STORIES SLUT SHAME FEMALE CHARACTERS JUST TO VICTIMIZE THE MAIN CHARACTER! IF YOU THINK THAT THIS KIND OF STUFF IS GOOD WRITING, THEN YOU NEED TO TAKE A CREATIVE WRITING CLASS, BECAUSE THIS IS ALL BULLSHIT AND WILL NOT GET YOU ANYWHERE IN LIFE!))