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Ten Stock Female Characters Hollywood Needs to Stop Writing

May 19, 2016 by Kirsty Capes

Kirsty Capes with ten stock female characters Hollywood needs to stop writing… From Mary Sues to Disposable Women, Hollywood seems to have a problem with writing interesting and original female characters. It’s not a problem, I would argue, that seems to happen with male characters, and I for one find it interesting, if not a […]

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