But the true feminist deals out of a lesbian consciousness whether or not she ever sleeps with women.
Few female characters get to be __he Chosen One_ in science fiction and fantasy. Leia is as much the child of Darth Vader as Luke is, but only Luke gets to use the force, be recruited by his dad and ultimately save the day. We don__ get impossibly clever female sleuths or the sexy spies with the awesome gadgets. And on the rare occasions that we do get those characters, they__e denigrated as unrealistic Mary Sues.
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Few female characters get to be __he Chosen One_ in science fiction and fantasy. Leia is as much the child of Darth Vader as Luke is, but only Luke gets to use the force, be recruited by his dad and ultimately save the day. We don__ get impossibly clever female sleuths or the sexy spies with the awesome gadgets. And on the rare occasions that we do get those characters, they__e denigrated as unrealistic Mary Sues.
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