On Fri, 26 Sep 1997, Nicole Youngman wrote:
> << And, incidentally, given that we are on FEMINISTSF, what do feminists
> today make of FRIDAY? It's the only one of the six with a female
> protagonist, I think.
> >>
>
> I didn't like it at all. I read it a couple of years ago after a friend
> suggested it since it had a strong female lead character. Let me see if I
> remember correctly: she had some sort of father figure she worked for who
> provided a good chunk of her self-worth, she went through the usual
> "am-I-really-human" angst; and at the end she was forcibly inseminated, then
> decided to bear the child anyway, deciding in the process that she was, in
> fact, human since she could be a mother, and settled down as a colonist and
> joined the PTA and whatever else.
>
> Saved thru childbearing?? Sorry, doesn't make it as feminist IMHO.
>
I'm not really trying to defend _Friday_ but I don't remember the end that
way at all. I remember that she is escaping with this group of people as
a part of their "extended marriage thingy" and she wants to be a colonist
with kids and all but they don't have the equipment to "fix" her so she
has to be content to care for other people's children and be a part of the
group. It seemed like the end was more of a "Saved by honest,
non-technical work, isolation, and a good communal family regardless of
who had the children" Much like Candid actually. Can anyone out there
back me up or am I confabulating?
-- Joel VanLaven
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