Hi all,
As it says in my blog heading, this blog won't just be about beauty, I want to write lifestyle and general musings interspersed with my posts about pretty things! This week, I've been thinking a lot about one subject. Reading.
I get the train to work every day, and the commute is long. I mean LONG. This means I get a lot of reading done. Having been given a kindle for christmas (thank you Mummy!) I stocked up on books from the bestseller list and got stuck in. One thing seemed to continually strike me about female protagonists in the latest popular books. They seem to fall into two separate categories, one who is pretty, sociable and enjoys shopping, and one who is socially awkward, and always talks about how she would rather stay at home and read rather than go out and socialise.
This generalisation makes it seem that the medium of reading is betraying its very own kind, those avid readers who do not fall into this exact category.
What?! A girl can enjoy make-up and hair and parties and also like to snuggle up with a good book? Heaven forbid!
I'm not saying this is true of all books, not at all, I'm sure if I looked there would be a lot of characters who broke these stereotypes, but it just seems like an alarming amount of the current bestsellers do this.
I'm Abi. I love make-up, fashion, hair, parties, high heels, girly films, boy films, shopping, dancing. Oh, and I like to read, and have a degree in literature.
Readers come in all different categories, just like you wouldn't assume a personality of someone simply because they liked to watch tv, I don't think readers should be assumed to be a single kind of person. It just discourages those who don't want to fall into that category not to do it, and surely these writers don't want that.
Hope you enjoyed this slightly different blog post. I'll be back with more beauty tomorrow!
Abi
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