Comments on: Strychnine and Stereotypes: Older Women in TV Murder Mysteries /2013/04/04/strychnine-and-stereotypes/ A feminist pop culture adventure Wed, 15 Jan 2014 08:36:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6 By: Where are the stories about… | Lynley Stace /2013/04/04/strychnine-and-stereotypes/#comment-151990 Wed, 15 Jan 2014 08:36:31 +0000 http://www.badreputation.org.uk/?p=12973#comment-151990 […] And here’s a rundown of older woman protagonist stereotypes with which we are mighty familiar, from Bad Reputation. […]

]]> By: Eliza_Mariah /2013/04/04/strychnine-and-stereotypes/#comment-32917 Sat, 11 May 2013 19:59:46 +0000 http://www.badreputation.org.uk/?p=12973#comment-32917 I adore Joan Hickson’s magnetic performance as Miss Marple. It was one of my favourite things to watch when I was growing up. I think this is partly because she was also one of the best female characters on television.

]]> By: Pet Jeffery /2013/04/04/strychnine-and-stereotypes/#comment-29932 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:17:44 +0000 http://www.badreputation.org.uk/?p=12973#comment-29932 Interested to see what the 20 rules for detective fiction were, I checked this link: http://gaslight.mtroyal.ca/vandine.htm

I see that, throughout, it uses the male pronoun for both the detective and the reader. Surely, even in 1928, women must have read detective stories, even if they weren’t yet permitted to detect. In fact, it only once alludes to a woman:

“A really fascinating crime is one committed by a pillar of a church, or a spinster noted for her charities.”

Hmph!

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