Comments on: I am fed up with missing white girls

By: movieman0283

movieman0283 — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 02:32:00 +0000

You may find Twin Peaks worth watching because it subverts several of these tropes. Unfortunately, the series can be a bit coy at times. But the prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me is a harrowing, deeply empathic depiction of the dead girl’s final days, told through her eyes.

By: Review: How to Save a Life, Sara Zarr | Reading the End

Review: How to Save a Life, Sara Zarr | Reading the End — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 09:00:44 +0000

[…] Once Was Lost? A peek back at my archives tells me that not only did I not review it, I went into a great big rant about how tired I was of reading about g. d. missing white girls. (STILL SUPER TRUE.) Well, look, […]

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Kitchen Sink Links | Reading, Writing and the 'Rhythmatic of Life — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:33:19 +0000

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By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 23:45:41 +0000

In reply to aartichapati.

I am surprised by that myself. I didn’t think anything could stand between me and my love for David Tennant. If he were a cheerful cop in it I might be able to manage, but I do not love grumpy David Tennant exactly the same amount that I love gleeful David Tennant. So there’s that.

HUGE YES to being fed up with crimes that don’t make the news. Victims of gun crime in New Orleans, same thing. Even children who get shot, it doesn’t become a huge news story. It makes me really angry.

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 23:43:29 +0000

In reply to trapunto. Hahahahahahaha. And, hi! I miss you, I hope you are well!

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 23:43:08 +0000

In reply to Sam @ Tiny Library. The trope is everywhere! It's inescapable.

By: Miguel

Miguel — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 21:22:29 +0000

I don’t really know the genre, since I don’t read thrillers or crime fiction that often; but about a decade ago (must have been before it became a trend) I read a novel called The Church of Dead Girls, and it fits just your description. I must say I loved it though, it was tense and creepy. Fortunately I never saturated myself with this type of story so I keep good memories of reading it.

By: aartichapati

aartichapati — Sun, 01 Sep 2013 21:17:40 +0000

In reply to Gin Jenny. I am surprised you do not watch Broadchurch because David Tennant is in it. I am impressed that dislike of storyline trumps love of Tennant. I am tired of this storyline, too. Mostly because I am fed up at all the ones that do NOT make the news. Like all the victims of gun violence in Chicago that never make the news because they meet some of your criteria above.

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Sat, 31 Aug 2013 13:55:41 +0000

In reply to Teresa.

I was in the same place as you for a while–I’d read this story if someone I trusted recommended it very highly–but I don’t know. I’m just burned out on it completely now, at least for a little while. I need a break.

By: Gin Jenny

Gin Jenny — Sat, 31 Aug 2013 13:54:35 +0000

In reply to Sarah Says Read.

It doesn’t sound mean and horrible. It’s easy to become exhausted with those stories, and I feel really angry that other–equally important–stories about violence against women are being completely ignored because this one narrative is apparently so irresistible.