It's Rhonda's Birthday Bonus, and we are talking Superheroes, Sorceresses, Space Wizards, and other powerful women in fantasy media!
We explore the relationship between power (like literal superpower/magic/the Force/etc.) and femininity in the narratives of some of our favorite fantasy and sci-fi heroines, from Alina in Shadow and Bone, to Katniss in The Hunger Games, to Diana in the Wonder Woman films, to Rey in the Star Wars sequel trilogy, and more.
How does media portray these powerful women and their relationship with femininity? And what does this portrayal say about how our society views powerful women?
Works cited:
The Violence Binary [Video Essay] by Wit and Folly
The Violent Woman: Femininity, Narrative, and Violence in Contemporary American Cinema by Hilary Neroni
Works discussed:
Black Widow, Avengers Age of Ultron, and Avengers Endgame
Game of Thrones
The Hunger Games
Jupiter Ascending
Shadow and Bone trilogy
Star Wars Episodes VII, VIII, and IX
The Twilight Saga
WandaVision
The Wheel of Time
The Winternight Trilogy
The Witcher
Wonder Woman and WW84
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