The Double Standard of the Female Main Character

When a brooding MMC comes along, we swoon and fall at their feet. We canโ€™t get enough. Thereโ€™s a reason shadow daddies dominate our shelves. But when a woman in literature is written with rough edges โ€” when she has an attitude, makes selfish choices, or refuses to soften herself โ€” suddenly sheโ€™s โ€œunlikeable.โ€ Cold. … Continue reading The Double Standard of the Female Main Character