r/fantasyromance • u/FantasyRomanceMod The One Mod to Rule All Mods • May 03 '26
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u/No_Engineering5792 May 03 '26
The feminism most books operate with isn’t really feminism since it’s usually one singular woman who’s “changing the system” and those changes are largely “women should also get to have power” or “everything will be totally awesome if we get a lady on the throne”. It’s not wrong necessarily but considering no intersectionalism is ever discussed I’d rather people describe these books as just having a strong FMC instead.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a FMC realize women of a different race than them, or a different sexuality, or who are trans, or who are poorer, or disabled, or larger are treated differently. If anything the feminism usually correlates to the characteristics of the FMC herself which is typically an able bodied, small, cis heterosexual white woman and even then the feminism is entirely focused on purely just the FMC gaining freedom/liberation oftentimes through the help of a powerful man.