FEMMES FORMIDABLES
a DIACHRONIC study of the IMAGE of the POWERFUL FEMALE in POPULAR (and maybe other) CULTURES
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
YEAR 2008: KAHLAN AMNELL
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It took over ten years, but television finally took advantage of the soap-operatic epic of Terry Goodkind's SWORD OF TRUTH novels, ...
Friday, April 12, 2013
YEAR 2007: SARAH WALKER
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Though Chuck Bartowski was the central character of the NBC comedy-adventure series CHUCK, arguably two of Chuck's support-cast-- hi...
YEAR 2006:THE DOA GIRLS
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The film DOA: DEAD OR ALIVE may not be among the best American-made martial-arts flicks, but its title is certainly the most repetitive ...
Sunday, March 17, 2013
YEAR 2005: BLUDGEONING ANGEL DOKURO-CHAN
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Where possible I generally try to list a femme formidable's first appearance in any medium before moving on to secondary appearances...
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
YEAR 2004: CATWOMAN
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I probably wouldn't do a post on the 2004 CATWOMAN film if 2004 hadn't been such a dub year for femmes formidables-- especially ...
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
YEAR 2003: BEATRIX KIDDO
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Without a doubt Beatrix Kiddo, central character of KILL BILL Parts 1 and 2, was the most notable femme formidable to debut in 2003. I...
Sunday, December 30, 2012
YEAR 2002: ALICE (RESIDENT EVIL)
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Lara Croft remains the best known action-heroine created for an American videogame. However, the zombie-killing game RESIDENT EVIL has ...
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