I gotta disagree with you there. Ellen Ripley is undoubtedly a badass, but she also clearly gives a fuck. She does what’s right when all around her are hesitant to do so for various reasons. It’s her whole raison d’etre.
Joanna Schroeder wrote a twitter thread last August about how YouTube boy culture radicalizes boys, but making these inappropriate jokes and then doubling down on the “why can’t you take a joke” and discipline of these boys creates this shame feedback loop (she’s not saying don’t discipline them, but think more about…
I mean, she played a badass warrior princess from ancient Greece, so she practically already did.
From Battlestar to Spartacus to Parks and Rec to Ash v. the Evil Dead, Lucy Lawless has been crushing butts for the past 25 years. Three cheers for the role that started it all.
As a kid, I watched “Hercules” until “Xena” became a thing, and then I couldn’t go back to it after it just couldn’t measure up to how awesome Lucy/Xena was. Not only did she look like a million bucks, she was exciting and fun to watch in action, esp. when she got to YIYIYIYIYIYIYIYIY before chucking her frisbee of…
As a chick growing up in the 90's, Xena and Relic Hunter were some of my favorite shows. Badass women, kicking ass and not apologizing for it. Kind of sad that movement faded away. We have female superheros now having to be careful and considerate. We get Captain Marvel and Brie Larson bringing a bit back, just to get…
And even wilder—Xena liked it. Lucy Lawless played Xena with this incredible joy, smiling and screaming as she laid waste to whole armies. Even when things were dire Xena usually had a manic grin on her face. Lawless always played her as unapologetically delighted to commit wanton murder and destruction.
Off-screen, Liu has been anything but restrained. In August 2019, she posted a comment on Weibo (to her 65 million followers) supporting Hong Kong’s police at the height of state-sanctioned violence against pro-democracy protesters. Liu received criticism for supporting police brutality, especially from a position of…
Depends on the time period and the exact region. Mulan is set during the Tang dynasty, a thousand years before footbinding became widespread and long before Neo-Confucianism established the woman’s place at home. The Disney animated film actually plays up the sexism to ahistorical levels for the sake of drama; there…
Meanwhile, millions of US workers are still without jobs, either due to economic collapse or government fiat.
They should be Running up That Hill to go give her a Power Suit
Really glad for this. Before the morons got after her and absolutely destroyed her Star Wars experience, she was incredibly fun and just INTO being part of the SW universe. I love that she got what they were doing in this story and they gave her a chance to put her stamp on it. I’m looking forward to seeing it.
Hell yeah.
Big problem with Korra is no Aaron
I swear to whatever entity you want, my husband is the spitting image of Mummy era Brendan Fraser. Like, people used to walk up and tell him all the time. But with beautiful, soft brown curls. He can also use tools, fix things, and is very nice. He has a Master’s, but is very proud of my PhD and how bright he thinks I…
I think Chris Evans seems pretty smart. I would add Jason Momoa to the list, though!
Still pissed about Roxy. That was some b.s.