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[such_heights]

Hi all,

Am looking for resources for a couple of friends of mine, and was wondering if any of you have some links/suggestions off the top of your head!

1. I am looking for novels that feature positive portrayals of women who aren't thin.

2. I am looking for resources to help someone who's currently in a pretty bad pit of depression but having trouble articulating that and reaching out. That sounds all too familiar to me, but I don't recommend my own strategy of going and going until you snap. Anything about first reaching out for professional support or recognising that's what happening is an illness and not a moral failing would be most welcome.

♥!

Comments

[netgirl_y2k]

Um, the No. 1 Ladies Dective Agency books are terribly terribly twee, but have a protagonist who's big, sorry, traditionally built, and is still smart and shrewd and competent.

God, it's actually kind of sad that that's the only example that springs to my mind.

[such_heights]

I know, that was my first thought as well! I adore Mma Ramotwse, but dammit we could do with more characters like her.

[netgirl_y2k]

Oh! There's Also Sybil Vimes from the Discworld series. She's not in many books, but when she is it's kind of a theme that people underestimate her because they only see her as being big and kind. She once knocked a werewolf out with a pipe. I love her.

[sassbandit]

And whatsername, the witch-in-training? Err, the one who was in Maskerade. Sorry, been a while since I read Pratchett.

[ineptshieldmaid]

Agnes! Yes, Agnes definitely. Nanny Ogg, for that matter, although possibly she doesn't count as a heroine.

[woldy]

Seconding Nanny Ogg & Agnes.