Female ass-kickers

Submitted by bl0ndy 2 days ago

Article from the Washington Post: "With female characters, why does Hollywood fear that the stronger they are, the harder they fail? Studio executives have been increasingly chary of making movies about strong women."

Submitted by SwarlsBarkley 1 month ago

Fancast.com talks about their top ten female ass kickers on TV

Submitted by Asvini 2 months ago

The best song ever and the coolest video too

Submitted by Ose 4 months ago

Submitted by SubZero76 5 months ago

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I recently read an article that said Joss Whedon is not a feminist writer because he often shows his female characters emotionally vulnerable (it was phrased in a more patronising way, but that was the gist) and I didn't get it. For those who don't watch his shows he is known to show ALL his characters at times like that, not just the women. He focuses heavily on loss, tragedy and overcoming adversity, and I just don't understand why in shows that have every character facing vulnerability, pain and weakness it's un-feminist that some of those characters are women. I actually think the person...

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Born into a post-apocalyptic dystopia, Katniss Everdeen became an adult at the tender age of 11. After losing her father to a mining accident and her mother to a resultant diblitating depression, young Katniss is forced to step up and become the sole provider for her family in a world where every day is already tinged with want and poverty. But Kat is a survivor.

Recalling happier days spent with her father, she teaches herself to master archery, trains herself to forage for edible plants, and allies herself with an older boy to learn how to set snares. Even though hunting is...

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Not-Your-Average Role Model

When I think "female ass-kicker," Bethany Sloane is not the first person who comes to mind. She's not physically as strong as Buffy Summers or River Tam. She's not intellectually as strong as Temperence Brennan or Hermione Granger. She's just a normal, lapsed Catholic who works at an abortion clinic.

In fact, the only thing that makes Bethany Sloane even the least bit extraordinary is the fact that she is the last blood relative of Jesus Christ.