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Jennifer Hilt's avatar

I love you meaty dive into how you see tropes and thinking about them!

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Jenn Zuko's avatar

I’m so glad! Feel free to follow the series. The Badass Women are almost all done re-publishing and the Toxic Masculinity ones are on deck.

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David Roberts's avatar

This is a great essay, Jenn. Thought provoking. trying to think of a character that might be outside the tropes. The one that comes to my mind is Mare of Easttown. But I'm unsure.

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Jenn Zuko's avatar

I don’t know that one.

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David Roberts's avatar

It was an HBO series. Kate Winslet plays a gruff cop in a rural town who has had to deal with a lot of tragedy. No glamor just a really tough woman.

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/mare_of_easttown

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Jenn Zuko's avatar

Ohhhh yeeeeah I’ve seen trailers for that. I love me a gruff detective; maybe I should try it out.

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