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Guestsplaining 014 - Professor Rachel Fulton Brown on Tolkien

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Tolkien's Feminine Character Is Weak or Uninteresting

Tolkien has been accused of being a misogynist for his treatment of female characters in the Lord of the Rings books. The author says he understands women's frustration on a variety of levels, and people can forget that when they're reading Tolkien. "It's a nonsensical argument," writes writer J.R.R. Tolkien.

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