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‘The Last of Us’ Spoke to a Specific Group of People: The Ellies of the World

By Mar 15th
How Are We Still Having the “Strong Female Character” Debate?

By May 17th
Twitter Did Not Hold Back in Responding to James Cameron’s Wonder Woman Criticism

By Aug 25th
Empowering “Hostage Girl”: Why We Need to Subvert Woman-As-Prize Tropes

By Oct 5th
Writing For Me: How Fantasy Tropes Can Bring Out the Power of Being a Fangirl

By Aug 24th
More Than “Strong”: Why Men Need to Write More Complex Female Characters

By Jul 11th
6 Upcoming Female-Driven Shows I’m Already Hyped For

By May 19th
Daisy Ridley Signs On as Exec. Producer of Sundance Doc Starring Young Female Heroine

By Jan 23rd
The Force Awakens Gives Us a Strong, Capable & Competent Female Character in Rey

By Dec 20th
Why Southern Cross’s Alex Braith Is the Ellen Ripley Revival You’ve Been Waiting For

By Nov 26th
We Don’t Need Supergirl OR Jessica Jones. We Need Both.

By Nov 25th
Black Canary‘s Brenden Fletcher and Annie Wu Talk Writing Female Protagonists and the Music that Inspires Them

By Nov 16th
Ant-Man and The Wasp Director Peyton Reed Is Excited to Bring a “Complicated” Female Hero to Life

By Nov 12th
CBS’s Supergirl Celebrates Girl Power and Girly Power

By Oct 26th
Edge of Tomorrow‘s Angel of Verdun: Nuanced Female Characters

By Oct 20th
Interview: Guillermo del Toro on the Future of Pacific Rim 2, His Dream to Make a Noir, and Why He Flipped the Gender Script for Crimson Peak

By Oct 15th
Jessica Chastain’s List of Great Female Action Heroes Is Dead-On; Let’s Keep It Growing

By Sep 30th
Candice Patton on The Flash‘s Iris West: “It’s Ok to See Women Be Angry”

By Sep 21st
Strong Female Characters are Rarely Strong and Barely Characters

By Sep 21st
Nobody’s Damsel Study Looks at Modern Female TV Characters and the People Who Love Them

By Sep 2nd