FEMMES FORMIDABLES
a DIACHRONIC study of the IMAGE of the POWERFUL FEMALE in POPULAR (and maybe other) CULTURES
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
YEAR 1940: INDIRA THE COBRA QUEEN
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I could write about a number of reasonably well known characters for 1940, but for once I'll focus on a character almost no one know...
Sunday, August 4, 2013
YEAR 1939: THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST
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Though the MGM version of Hollywood's most famous evil witch would have been impossible without the L. Frank Baum model, Baum doesn...
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
YEAR 1938: QUEEN AZURA
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I must admit that it's been a while since I rescreened the serial in which Queen Azura made her first live-action appearance. Thus ...
Thursday, July 25, 2013
YEAR 1937: THE EVIL QUEEN
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This is easily one of the most recognizable Walt Disney villains, the nameless queen-- currently called "the Evil Queen" in co...
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
YEAR 1935: QUEEN AZURA
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I don't have a collection of the early FLASH GORDON strips handy, but I have the general impression that Queen Azura, aka "the ...
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
YEAR 1936: BLACK MARGOT
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I confess that I've only read the 1969 Avon paperback publication of THE BLACK FLAME, which is actually two Stanley G. Weinbaum stor...
YEAR 1935: KYRA ZELAS
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Published in the November 1935 issue of ASTOUNDING MAGAZINE, "The Adaptive Ultimate" had the honor of being more frequently ad...
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