Monthly Archives: November 2012

Unlike many of the stories we read so far in the class, I think Sarah Paretsky’s main character, V.I. Warshawski, stands out from the bunch. Warshawki character is highly developed and easily relatable to the audience. In previous harboiled stories, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Sure, sure, sure…..How women character in Detective fiction changed, now she is not femme fatal only, but a detective as well. Hmmm…..Trying to understand the roots of it… Defiantly gender of a writer. We, men never can fully understand what really … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Overall, I was very pleased by Indemnity Only. I loved all of the courageous female characters, including Jill and Anita, who really knew how to hold their own. It was nice to have a female lead for a change, especially … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Warshawski is one of the toughest women that I ever read in a book other than the ones that I read in graphic novels. She is the type who can hold her own in a fight and is very sarcastic when talking to people, authority or not. she doesn’t seem to care what happens to her as long as she gets the job done. Continue reading →

Sally Ride was the first woman to go into space on June 18, 1983 and is seen as one of the great role models for a lot of women then and now. She also helped changed the roles of women in that day and showed that they could do anything and weren’t limited to only a few things. This was a very big event that happened in the 1980s and is one that would be forever remember in the history books. “Our future lies with today’s kids and tomorrow’s space exploration.” -Sally Ride Continue reading →

I do like the idea of a female P.I. It changes things up form what we have been reading so far and its nice to see the hardboiled genre from a woman’s point of view. With that out of the way, I thought the book to be annoying in some places. For example, V.I. gets […] Continue reading →