I've always considered women to be people. ~George R. R. Martin on writing women
Adam Rifkin stashed this in Game of Thrones!
Stashed in: Women, Deal with it., inequality, Joss Whedon, GRRM
George R.R. Martin is just as good at killing female characters as men characters:
Deal with it!
More: http://pandawhale.com/post/20896/death-is-certain-the-time-is-not-game-of-thrones
Jack Nicholson is more of a jerk than George R.R. Martin:
The scene in question is 46 seconds into this:
Um. No.
Because he doesn't do this, George R.R. Martin wins awards:
Joss Whedon's take on writing women well is 2:30 into this video:
Question: Why do you write these strong female characters?
Joss Whedon: Because you're still asking me that question.
Source: http://www.themarysue.com/joss-whedon-avengers-macho/
The Bechdel test: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel_test
Several variants of the test have been proposed—for example, that the two women must be named characters.
12:25 PM Jul 11 2013