{"id":23379,"date":"2011-11-02T08:29:02","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T14:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/02\/joss-whedon-on-why-he-writes-strong-female-characters.html"},"modified":"2011-11-02T11:45:48","modified_gmt":"2011-11-02T17:45:48","slug":"joss-whedon-on-why-he-writes-strong-female-characters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/02\/joss-whedon-on-why-he-writes-strong-female-characters.html","title":{"rendered":"Joss Whedon on why he writes strong female characters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes. This.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reshared post from +<a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/109601697177476920659'>Tom Thomas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-232bN-L6O4s\/TqyJMZRLW9I\/AAAAAAAAAZM\/Scek8y41IpE\/318335_247904565259263_200068713376182_648069_296302001_n.jpg'><img src='https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-232bN-L6O4s\/TqyJMZRLW9I\/AAAAAAAAAZM\/Scek8y41IpE\/318335_247904565259263_200068713376182_648069_296302001_n.jpg' style='max-width:97.5%;clear:both;' border='0' \/><\/a><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes. This. 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