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How many on-screen badass women can you name?

(I'll update the list periodically.)


Badass On-Screen Women


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[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Eh, I don't see why being a woman has to be an important part of a character, it's cool to see when it is, but people can have many important qualities in their life besides their gender.

As a kid I didn't really think much of the gender when thinking about characters, heck, one of my biggest heroes was Chihiro from spirited away and I'm sure as heck she didn't have a penis like I do.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

You don't see why being a woman should be part of a "strong woman character"?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

No, they're saying that as a person they don't really care about it when relating to characters. We experience things as human beings, not by sexual orientation or sexual identification.

Unless the specific human experience is related to sex/gender in some way, we feel what others feel and relate to them based on the character work and related narrative elements. Not just "is man/woman, please relate."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

They're doubting why that part is important in the first place.