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05-18-2016, 10:56 PM
MashReads Podcast: Manic Pixie Dream Girls go to Paris
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Though a beautifully-written tribute to its location, the book unfortunately falls straight into the tropes of what we **w decry as the Manic Pixie Dream Girl — a shallow, undefined female character that exists largely as a fantasy and/or device for growth for male protagonists.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/18/mashreads-manic-pixie-dream-girl/)
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Though a beautifully-written tribute to its location, the book unfortunately falls straight into the tropes of what we **w decry as the Manic Pixie Dream Girl — a shallow, undefined female character that exists largely as a fantasy and/or device for growth for male protagonists.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/18/mashreads-manic-pixie-dream-girl/)
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