Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-98.247.168.42-20181122042639/@comment-37166538-20190529021555

Ok, I get what you are saying, and I agree. She should have made more character minorities. That's been my thought from the beginning, and I have been listening and understanding that. And it upsets me too that there is a lack of diversity. My focus was more on Sophie as a main character, not on the overall diversity of the series, but on the overall diversity of the series, I agree with you completely. Please don't think I'm ignorant and don't see or understand the issue.

YES THANK YOU FOR ADRESSING THIS. I struggle with how I look a lot, as many people do, so it really doesn't help AT ALL that all the characters are just perfect supermodels. Beauty doesn't go skin deep -- but that's not what's represented by this series. This one line, where Della said that they wear dresses to enhance their natural beauty, always gets me frustrated. First, about the dress thing. Who says girls have to wear dresses to "enhance natural beauty"? Second, the whole "natural beauty" thing just seems really ridiculous and a horrible lesson for young readers.

One thing I struggle with is really bad hormonal acne. It's something that I really wish I could fix, but hey, I can't. I've tried everything. And then along come these elves, all of whom look amazing, and it just seems like it only serves to lower my opinion of myself. And I realize I shouldn't be as concerned about outward beauty as inward beauty, but I think we all know that it's a struggle. Especially when this book series portrays beauty as outward perfection that anyone should be able acheive.