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Old 08-25-2013, 10:46 AM  
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interesting article written by anna gunn

http://www.today.com/entertainment/b...sue-8C10995619


At some point on the message boards, the character of Skyler seemed to drop out of the conversation, and people transferred their negative feelings directly to me. The already harsh online comments became outright personal attacks. One such post read: ?Could somebody tell me where I can find Anna Gunn so I can kill her?? Besides being frightened (and taking steps to ensure my safety), I was also astonished: how had disliking a character spiraled into homicidal rage at the actress playing her?

But I finally realized that most people?s hatred of Skyler had little to do with me and a lot to do with their own perception of women and wives. Because Skyler didn?t conform to a comfortable ideal of the archetypical female, she had become a kind of Rorschach test for society, a measure of our attitudes toward gender.
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