ext_32410 ([identity profile] ladysprite.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] ladysprite 2014-04-16 06:13 pm (UTC)

As I said, those aren't the only characters I'm talking about. And whatever the justification for their behavior, it has led to a stereotype throughout literature and media that "insane/mentally ill girl" is "wide-eyed poetic babbler." Moreover, there were minimal to no significant other indications of mental illness for those characters *beyond* their Naive Psychic Babydoll behavior.

And it's frustrating, and sexist, and a bad stereotype.

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