I made up a phrase this past month: it’s “Lara Croft feminism.” It’s like the phrase “white feminism,” except for videogames specifically. And much like the phrase “white feminism,” I expect it will inspire some cautious hand-raising, some sputtered, “but I like Lara Croft,” and plenty of misunderstandings. So let me just reassure you, I like Lara Croft, too – and I like Linkle. They are the heroines that I craved as a child: a bad-ass, thin, conventionally attractive white woman who wears an ever-so-slightly feminized twist on a male protagonist’s attire (whether that guy is Indiana Jones or Link). A chick who can hang. A Lola Bunny.
I Love Linkle. But Linkle Is Not Enough.
UPDATE: Fixed the broken link–thanks to the folks that wrote in to tell me! That’ll teach me to post a link without proofreading the post.
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