Creators In a radio interview, Neil Gaiman discusses returning to The Sandman, how he created the characters, and why he thinks it appeals to women readers: «When I started writing Sandman, I thought I should probably make sure that I have as many
women in the story as men, and that they are as integral to the story as the male characters.
Note that Reuten is a looker, too, with a tranquilized accent to go with her icy beauty, and so are the two
other women in the story.
Instead, Jesus is offering the Living Water to the
Samaritan woman in a story that explicitly identifies how Jesus» baptism differs from John's.
Jesus used female examples in his teaching and spoke
about women in his stories, but we teach that Christianity is supposed to have a «masculine feel».
But I confess, Caroline Bender, the
key woman in the story, cemented my thoughts of wanting to be an ultra success in my publishing career.
The women in this story are using their own morals and ethics and following those precepts instead of the dogmatic and stale doctrine of hatred and intolerance.
: A Narrative Approach to the Problem of Pauline Christianity by J.R. Daniel Kirk (Especially Chapter 6, «
Women in the Story of God»)
You approach
the women in this story as feeble, powerless, and needing men to guide them because women make poor decisions without men, and because of their beauty and charm, men make poor decisions presented to the by women.
To me, the tragedy started when
the woman in the story had care providers who failed to follow her illness and compounded it with letting her give birth in the water.
It is a good reminder that judging the way women deal with their babies passing away has vast repercussions -
the woman in the story is not the only one affected by the comments.
The woman in this story didn't know from week to week how much the DWP would deduct from her benefit for a loan repayment.
Looks like someone else beat me to mention of TWTFATD (a favorite of mine), and yes, this is strongly reminiscent of that with the emphasis being on
the woman in the story rather than one of the men.
Nell Minow: It is fascinating to see a well - known Clint Eastwood film reworked to give us the perspective of
the women in the story.
I love the way Perry focuses on
the women in this story, and all their sadness left in the wake of so many writerly self - abnegating clichés.
Netflix's «Master of None» star Aziz Ansari, accused of sexually inappropriate behavior by
a woman in a story that engulfed the Internet last week, was a no - show.
Although there are no men in this film, what unseen male characters are still portrayed and what impact do they have on
the women in this story?
Most of
the women in the story are treated heinously, which many readers will find too upsetting to be able to enjoy the story.
At the same time the sexual revolution is dawning, and
the women in the stories are undergoing a sea change from the repressive religious culture of the early part of the century to a culture where love affairs are fairly central to life.
The women in the story did not have many options and had much more to overcome.
How do
the women in these stories approach motherhood?
We also learn of the love between family members, their daily rituals, the foods they eat but most of all the humanity of
the women in this story.
Yet these are easy to dismiss and
the woman in this story does so, almost as it probably is in real like when one is trying to justify staying in an abusive relationship.
This bond also helps domestic violence survivors, like
the women in this story, put their lives back together.