For all his various meanings, attributes and forms, the hero of a Romance novel is really just the male protagonist. He can be heroic in nature, of course, and he often is, but it isn’t required. Sometimes the actual heroism, should there be any, falls to the heroine. […]
Yan Basque is troubled by the gender dynamics and female characters in The Walking Dead. Kelly at She Has No Head takes a look at 10 female characters and tries to see the shining moments in characters she’s not entirely comfortable with.
Two articles about female characters and representing sexism and misogyny in Mad Men and The Social Network.
Overthinking It presents: The Female Character Flowchart. It is intricate, exhaustive and thought-provoking. (via SFSignal)
Lady killers get their revenge in this Vaultcast from Vault of Horror interviewing I Spit on Your Grave director Steven Moore and actress Sarah Butler. Vault of Horror also debates misogyny in the film with producer of both the original and the remake, Meir Zarchi. Meanwhile, ladies serve […]
Here are some pictures of the ladies reading comics for Read Comics in Public Day. As Gail Simone writes, “Take note everybody in comics!” (For the record, Carol read Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service 5 on a sidewalk bench, but there’s no photo).
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The Cultural Gutter 