Four Ways To Avoid The Trope Of The ‘Strong Female Character’

R. K. MacPherson:

As someone whose lead is a female character, who I find rather strong, I’m always on the lookout for tropes to avoid–or subvert.

Excellent post. Read it!

Originally posted on The Z-Axis:

There’s been a lot of buzz lately about the role of women in literature and film from an article called “We’re Losing All Our Strong Female Characters To Trinity Syndrome”. Published last week by Tasha Robinson, the article primarily argues that screenwriters are providing cop-out “strong female...