Résumé : Do you love the heroes and heroines of your favorite movies, series or video games? But have you ever wondered if they are really cool? In this book, we invite you to look at more than thirty cult characters differently. The princess that we save (again). Ninja with a big heart. The superhero always headlining. Are they feminist? And besides, what does that mean, being a feminist? For each, two simple questions to think, discuss or debate. A smart book, funny, and easy to read to help you ask the right questions … without ever judging you!
Critique : With What if Peach didn’t want us to save her?Samantha FEITELSON offers much more than a simple popularization work: she invents a joyful and incisive tool to rethink the cultural models that populate our collective imagination. By dissecting the mythical figures of pop culture, from Zelda to James Bond, via Ladybug or Shrek, it offers a playful and deeply political look at gender representations.
Thought as an intergenerational conversation, this guide was born from a dialogue with his ten -year -old son. Through this intimate starting point, the author makes feminism accessible without ever simplifying it. Each character sheet, composed of some rhythmic paragraphs and a clear analysis grid, questions the dominant patterns: who saves who? Who has the right to be strong, gentle, vulnerable? Who really exists in history, and which is reduced to a role of sticker? But the intelligence of this little book also holds in its tone: never moralizing, always stimulating. Humor meets the analysis there, childish references become pretexts for reflection, and stereotypes are dismantled with fierce benevolence. The “then, feminist?” Sections, “Why?” And “are we talking about it?” Invite the reader, small or large, to extend the reflection by himself-alone or with the family.
In filigree, this book is also an answer to a question too often evaded: what do our founding stories really tell us? Samantha FEITELSON responds with clarity, daring and pedagogy, transforming a gallery of fictitious heroes into as many mirrors of our changing societies.
