I want to discuss a particular trope that continues to hurt women in literature. Join me as I give an indepth review of two historical fiction novels that showcase the negative aspects of this trope.

✨Chapters✨
00:00 Disclaimer/CW
00:14 Intro/Merry Meet
01:33 Empowerment Through Violence
04:25 The books
05:32 What Wild Women Do Intro
12:38 Weyward Intro
17:22 Breaking down the trope
22:15 Weyward cont'd
30:14 What Wild Women Do cont'd
34:46 Final thoughts
36:43 Ratings
37:45 Merry Part and Blessed Be

Books Mentioned
What Wild Women Do by Karma Brown
Weyward by Emilia Hart

Articles/Sources
Rape as Backstory https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.ph...
The "Rape Turns Ladies Into Superheros!" Trope http://www.shakesville.com/2012/06/ra...
Sexual Violence in Teen Fiction: An InDepth Analysis of ACOTAR https://emilybethshore.info/sexualvi...
The "Rape for Empowerment" Trope https://www.rhiannonkthomas.com/blog/...
Why The Trope of Damsel in Distress Harms the Cause of Women Empowerment https://www.hercircle.in/engage/cultu...

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Original Intro and Outro music by Therah @Therah
Branding Artwork by Ethan @Ethmwhit
Intro by Jack Carter