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Regarding female creators: remember that being idealized can feel rather nice in some ways, and MPDG relationships can be romanticized by straight women too. It\'s still wish fulfillment, except it\'s women wishing they could BE the happy, free-spirited beauties capable of brightening up a gloomy sensitive person\'s world. Plus, the childlike-woman-as-ideal has been peddled for a quite a long time, and not always by men, you know? Here\'s a much longer article on that bit intersecting with MPDGs : [[http://bitchmagazine.org/article/forever-your-girl]]
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Regarding female creators: remember that being idealized can feel rather nice in some ways, and MPDG relationships can be romanticized by straight women too. It\\\'s still wish fulfillment, except it\\\'s women wishing they could BE the happy, free-spirited beauties capable of brightening up a gloomy sensitive person\\\'s world. Plus, the childlike-woman-as-ideal has been peddled for a quite a long time, and not always by men, you know? Here\\\'s a much longer article on that bit intersecting with the MPDG trope: [[http://bitchmagazine.org/article/forever-your-girl]]
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Regarding female creators: remember that being idealized can feel rather nice in some ways, and MPDG relationships can be romanticized by straight women too. It\'s still wish fulfillment, except it\'s women wishing they could BE the happy, free-spirited beauties capable of brightening up a gloomy sensitive person\'s world. Plus, the childlike-woman-as-ideal has been peddled for a quite a long time, and not always by men, you know? Here\'s a much longer article on that bit intersecting with MPDGs: [[http://bitchmagazine.org/article/forever-your-girl]]
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Regarding female creators: remember that being idealized can feel rather nice in some ways, and MPDG relationships can be romanticized by straight women too. It\\\'s still wish fulfillment, except it\\\'s women wishing they could BE the happy, free-spirited beauties capable of brightening up a gloomy sensitive person\\\'s world. Plus, the childlike-woman-as-ideal has been peddled for a quite a long time, and not always by men, you know? Here\\\'s a much longer article on that bit intersecting with MPDGs : [[http://bitchmagazine.org/article/forever-your-girl]]
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