Chapter 1: General Primer................6
A Monster, Not a Gender .................................... 7
Understanding Countess Strahd..................... 8
Raising a Princess in a Patriarchal Society................................... 8
Gender Identity and Gender Expression .................................... 9
Sexual Identity.......................................... .................................... 9
Military Life.............................................. .................................. 10
Avoiding Cliché............................................ .............................. 10
Respectfully Embracing the Tropes ............. 14
Beauty Obsessed vs. Youth Obsessed ........................................ 14
Fragile Little Thing .................................................. .................. 15
Embracing Femininity .................................................. ............. 15
Physical and Emotional Violence .............................................. 17