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Martha Plimpton

I'm so sick of hearing how there's no strong roles for women. I don't care about strong roles. I just want to see women who are characters! A nun, a serial killer, a housewife, as long as there's some depth there.

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Martha Plimpton is expressing frustration with the idea that women in stories must be portrayed as "strong" to be valuable, emphasizing instead the importance of having fully developed, interesting female characters. She wants women in diverse roles with complexity, regardless of whether they fit traditional ideas of strength.

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