... As a long-time superfan of Tamora Pierce's work, I never saw the books that way (in terms of the racism). To my defense, when I read them, I was a depressed teenager who thought he was a girl and was just happy to see that there was someone else who didn't think that a girl in a "boy" role was disgusting. Also, being white and not knowing a damn thing about racism at the time, I didn't see the racism, either. Pointed out, YIKES.
Jonathan and George's behavior did always make me uncomfortable and I really felt that Alanna's relationship with George, other than being coercive, was kinda shoehorned into the narrative.
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Date: 2012-10-21 12:28 am (UTC)Jonathan and George's behavior did always make me uncomfortable and I really felt that Alanna's relationship with George, other than being coercive, was kinda shoehorned into the narrative.