Ahh, I didn't know that! I will have to hunt out her poetry sometime, then. Which book was it you read, if you remember?

I think - even the fact that I'm seeing it as a monolithic division is pretty problematic, I dislike that 'but is she feisty?' is kind of the default reaction to a female character. One of my favourite characters on Torchwood (ahaha um)? Toshiko Sato. Quiet and nerdy and not all that great at people! Or if we're talking YA, I loved Gaia in the Fearless series. (I was 12.) Clearly not, um, shy, but also really really really bad at people. Mostly because she hated them.