FEMMES FORMIDABLES
a DIACHRONIC study of the IMAGE of the POWERFUL FEMALE in POPULAR (and maybe other) CULTURES
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
YEAR 1942: IRENA DUBROVNA
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Femmes formidables in 1942 aren't quite as numerous as in '41, but the superhero comics-boom still showed some strong contenders...
Saturday, February 25, 2012
YEAR 1941 : WONDER WOMAN
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1941's actually a pretty good year for femmes formidables, but there's no question that WONDER WOMAN rises to the top of the hea...
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012
YEAR 1940: THE CATWOMAN
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Given that someone else already thought of doing the "nine lives" schtick with the nine (or more) costumes of the character...
Friday, February 3, 2012
YEAR 1939: THE GOLDEN AMAZON
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I have little direct experience with the actual stories of The Golden Amazon, a character who first appeared in the July 1939 issue of F...
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Thursday, February 2, 2012
YEAR 1938: LOIS LANE
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Like Wilma Deering, Lois Lane is best known through association with a top-billed male hero, though I do consider Wilma to be a valid si...
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
YEAR 1937 : SHEENA
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In THE PREHISTORY OF THE FEMME FORMIDABLE IN POP CULTURE , I wrote: Wilma’s prose advent marks a turning point in the development of t...
Monday, January 30, 2012
YEAR 1936: COUNTESS ZALESKA
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While 1934 is a rich year and 1935 is just okay, 1936 really drops the ball, as I found no significant femmes formidables for this year ...
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