Coffy saw Pam Grier as the main propulsive force in a Blaxploitation movie, breaking ground for later female roles such as Ripley in Alien, Sarah Connor in Terminator and Nakia in Black Panther.
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While other superheroes draw on past trauma for strength, super-detective Jessica Jones wryly bares her wounds and questions the whole hero gig.
Female protagonists in young adult fiction are unlikely heroines who embrace their flaws. But when it comes to diversity, they are still largely white and middle class.
The history of children’s books gives us very few really villainous female characters – and most of them are witches or evil queens.
Of all his characters, Sir Walter Scott’s outlaw Rob Roy appealed most to the public and has paved the way for outsider heroes ever since.
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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow, Centre for Corpus Research, University of Birmingham
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Professor of English Literature, University of Dundee
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Professor of Corpus Linguistics, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor of English; Program Coordinator, 6-9 and 9-12 licensure programs in English, Meredith College
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Senior Lecturer in American Literature and Film, Loughborough University