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Discworld QOTD, from The Light Fantastic - Pratchett on men writing women

(sorry for length, I love the whole page)
In fact, the hero even at this moment galloping toward the Vortex Plains didn't get involved in this kind of argument, because they didn't take it seriously but mainly because this particular hero was a heroine. A redheaded one. Now, there is a tendency at a point like this to look over one's shoulder at the cover artist and start going on at length about leather, thighboots and naked blades. Words like "full," "round" and even "pert" creep into the narrative, until the writer has to go and have a cold shower and a lie down. Which is all rather silly, because any woman setting out to make a living by the sword isn't about to go around looking like something off the cover of the more advanced kind of lingerie catalogue for the specialized buyer. (continued in comments)
September 19, 2023 at 5:48 PM