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gabriellecarolina 's review for:
Pippi Longstocking
by Astrid Lindgren
In some ways Pippi is the poster-girl for White FeminismTM.
She's brash, outspoken, subverting gendered expectations, but often at the expense of others, usually people of color, who are exoticized in Pippi's tall-tales of foreign countries civilized ladies wouldn't dream of discussing. Make no mistake this is a form of racism, just a classy sort of racism.
I'm sure Pippi was a beacon of hope to young ladies of the distant past, however I'm glad to say that my (future) daughters will have a shelf of heroines at their disposal who don't have to stand on another's back to become taller/mightier.
Hey, you've come a long way, baby (well, maybe!)
She's brash, outspoken, subverting gendered expectations, but often at the expense of others, usually people of color, who are exoticized in Pippi's tall-tales of foreign countries civilized ladies wouldn't dream of discussing. Make no mistake this is a form of racism, just a classy sort of racism.
I'm sure Pippi was a beacon of hope to young ladies of the distant past, however I'm glad to say that my (future) daughters will have a shelf of heroines at their disposal who don't have to stand on another's back to become taller/mightier.
Hey, you've come a long way, baby (well, maybe!)