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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-30-11 09:33 AM
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6. If you haven't read it, then what you need to know is that
Lisbeth Salander is less than five feet tall and is often mistaken for a child because of her dimensions: boyish hips and flat chest to be blunt. She is now in her twenties and if she wants to show signs of maturation, I would consider that is a normal response to her delayed development.

For that matter, if feminists are known to be comfortable with their sexuality, (a point that I never read anywhere, but just assume) then Lisbeth fits the bill. Though one of her lesbian partners calls her confused sexually because she suspects that Lisbeth is more hetero than bi-sexual, Lisbeth, nevertheless, is not repressed sexually, and even less concerned about being judged about her choices. That's a very feminist quality.

And, of course, one must remember that this was all written by a male writer, though everything about her personality is in line with someone who is determined to be in control of her choices.
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  -The Dragon Tattoo books The Backlash Cometh  Sep-16-11 01:57 AM   #0 
  - I find it bores me - all the faffing about  sybylla   Sep-16-11 08:38 AM   #1 
  - Thank you! That was my feeling too, though you describe it more eloquently.  The Backlash Cometh   Sep-16-11 09:46 AM   #2 
  - Not a single editor or published novelist I know likes the writing  mainer   Sep-19-11 02:57 PM   #3 
     - I think Larrson style is tedious, however, this line says everything  The Backlash Cometh   Sep-19-11 06:37 PM   #4 
        - "feminist icon" Lisbeth gets a boob job in book 2  mainer   Sep-28-11 01:29 PM   #5 
           - If you haven't read it, then what you need to know is that  The Backlash Cometh   Sep-30-11 09:33 AM   #6 
              - I read the first book (Dragon Tattoo)  mainer   Oct-01-11 07:06 AM   #7 
                 - The second book will develop the character further,  The Backlash Cometh   Oct-01-11 02:42 PM   #8 
 

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