tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13002022.post115014804291716871..comments2023-10-05T06:28:29.938-07:00Comments on Bookseller Chick: SB Day: The Bitch Is BackBookseller Chickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16740546395821645741noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13002022.post-1150431795723936542006-06-15T21:23:00.000-07:002006-06-15T21:23:00.000-07:00I think you have to read fantasy to get good and l...I think you have to read fantasy to get good and likeable bitch heroines. Maybe because their worlds are tougher, the bitchiness seems to have more reason and better results for them.Glenda Larkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10113271268122909969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13002022.post-1150218981257311462006-06-13T10:16:00.000-07:002006-06-13T10:16:00.000-07:00There are some romances, or at least women's ficti...There are some romances, or at least women's fiction, with alpha heroines who border on bitchiness. I think one key to making them likeable is to give them a soft side of some kind. You can turn someone from annoying and cardboard into endearing and more complex with a glimpse at her fondness for an elderly neighbor, or a minor phobia she tries to hide, or an inability to manage some typical part of life even though she's highly competent at the rest of it. Or give her an environment where her get-out-of-my-way attitude is the key to survival.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13002022.post-1150207714975221632006-06-13T07:08:00.000-07:002006-06-13T07:08:00.000-07:00Thanks for the link to the Cordy essay-I do agree ...Thanks for the link to the Cordy essay-I do agree that her character got botched up by season four(That whole Connor/Cordy hook-up still makes me shudder to this day).<BR/><BR/>One of the best bitches in lit and film was Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind-I read that book several times and had different takes on her character each reading. That girl never truly changed,even at end"Tomorrow is another day" indeed!lady thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16287907577241697874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13002022.post-1150206593962956942006-06-13T06:49:00.000-07:002006-06-13T06:49:00.000-07:00As I was reading this I was thinking about Julia R...As I was reading this I was thinking about Julia Roberts' character in <I>My Best Friend's Wedding</I> who was a selfish, scheming bitch, but I loved her to bits!<BR/><BR/>Definitely need a few more bitchy/strong/alpha type women in Romancelandia!!Lyvviehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03660287093457746992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13002022.post-1150177261964598252006-06-12T22:41:00.000-07:002006-06-12T22:41:00.000-07:00You've convinced me. I'm going to make my female p...You've convinced me. I'm going to make my female protag bitchier still!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13002022.post-1150154303967652742006-06-12T16:18:00.000-07:002006-06-12T16:18:00.000-07:00so you got the bitches in literature, but what abo...so you got the bitches in literature, but what about film. Olivia DeHaviliand [sp] in Philadelphia Story . . . was she a bitch? She had some good lines. Or are there no bitches in mid-20th century film (other than Joan Crawford or the bad women in The Women)?<BR/><BR/>Ooo Sounds like a thesis question. Discuss. <BR/><BR/>And speaking of schooling, come take my who wrote which orgasm quiz because no one else has.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02495558736099438348noreply@blogger.com