female ass-kickers links

A diet of fragile and passive female characters cannot buoy a woman’s self-esteem or build a girl’s confidence. Courtney Young asks if Hollywood’s bias against women with muscles might also help create a climate of violence against women.
Keywords: is, hollywood, afraid, to, let, women, be, physically, strong, article

Keywords: kickass, female

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."
Keywords: women, &, film, and, article, washington post, strong

Keywords: women, feminism, joss whedon, buffy, sexism, stregnth, weakness, role models

Ode to the kick-ass heroine of The Hunger Games Trilogy.
Keywords: kickass, female, katniss, everdeen, the, girl on fire, hunger games, character, book

A character and story analysis of Bethany Sloane and Dogma, and their relation to empowering women.
Keywords: women, feminism, dogma, kevin smith, movie, christianity, empowerment, linda fiorentino, salma hayek, alanis morissette

Keywords: disney, female, feminism, women, role models

Fancast.com talks about their top ten female ass kickers on TV
Keywords: women, ass kicking, list, 10, fancast, television, buffy, heroes, battlestar galactica, dollhouse