- Hey look the Mary Sue did a roundup of all Felicia Day’s great and inspiring characters!
- Also from the Mary Sue, book and television recommendations for fans of Orphan Black, and the seven best female animated villains.
- Here’s an ode to Dana Scully, from someone who, growing up, thought she was “Athena, Justice Ginsburg, and Princess Leia all rolled into one.” Which is not an incorrect statement. [The Toast]
- The Toast also has a great essay on the importance of diversity in fantasy worldbuilding.
- “If you like Return of the Jedi but hate the Ewoks, you understand feminist criticism.” [The AV Club]
- Extra mini episode of Feminist Frequency, all about the sexy ladies purchasable with DLC.
- Kotaku has a great review of Kelly Sue DeConnick’s Bitch Planet.
- Head over to Tor to read about eight ways in which the military uses, or deals with, magic.
- This Buzzfeed article on the ways the movie industry still fails women has some useful statistics to back up its claims.
- Comic writer Alex de Campi, who has previously worked for DC, wrote a blog post about the mismanagement of Wonder Woman, the lack of women’s voices in DC’s offices, and the company’s continued overlooking of harassment.
- And finally, Scientific American delves into the risks of making all women in superhero stories, whether damsels or heroines in their own right, hypersexualized.
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