Taking on the bombshell spies, slayers, witches and assassins who are fighting their way into movies and television shows everywhere, Girls Who Bite Back examines what these new role models for young women are really about.
With rich insight as well as wry irreverence, Girls Who Bite Back cuts through the layers of the new “female power,” questioning its corporate origins and investigating issues of race and sexual orientation. From Little Orphan Annie to Kill Bill, Girls Who Bite Back shows how far we’ve come and how far we have to go.
The Mutant Generation
Shaping Stronger and Wiser Superheroines Emily Pohl-Weary
Holy Butt-Kicking Babe, Batman!
The Comic-Book Origins of TV’s Superheroines Nikki Stafford
…And the Myth That Things Have Progressed Collages by Sonja Ahlers
‘Cuz the Black Chick Always Gets it First
Dynamics of Race in Buffy the Vampire Slayer Candra K. Gill
Stinky Girl Short fiction by Hiromi Goto
The parkdale Comic strip by Matthew Blackett & Meagan Crump
How to Be You Own Superhero
A Chronicle of Experimentation and Fascination Carly Stasko
Her Eyes and Hair Repeat Illustrated poem by Paola Poletto
Diary of a Broom Girl Short fiction by Mariko Tamaki
Everyday Superhero Short fiction by Rose Bianchini
Miniature Coloured Marshmallows Art folio by Lisa Smolkin
Ready to be Strong?
Buddy, Angelina and Me Nancy Gobatto
A Manifesto for the Bitten
The Cyborg, the vampire, The Alien and Me Sophie Levy
High Fashion and the Necromantic Arts Short fiction by Daniel Heath Justice
Slumpyheroes Drawings by Sherwin Tjia
Faces of Gemini Short fiction by A.M. Dellamonica
Report on Five Case Studies of Females with Enhanced Characteristics
Molecular Basis and Treatment Strategies S.P. Bustos
Madame Mouth’s Little Get-Together
Female Video-Game Entities Talk Like, Love and Bloodhseed Carma Livingstone
The Danger Room Girls Short fiction by Sherwin Tjia
Suffragettes, Vigilantes and Superheroes
One Girl’s Guide to Chicks in Comics Elizabeth Walker
Levitation Girl in Good Afternoon America! Comic strip by Willow Dawson
Diamond Dame Short fiction by Emily Pohl-Weary
Act of Grace Short fiction by Judy MacDonald
Divine Secrets of the Yaga Sisterhood
The Journey from Supervirgin to Supermom to Supergoddess Sandra Kasturi
Medusa: Supermom Paintings by Sheila Butler
The Smile on the Face Short fiction by Nalo Hopkinson
The Left Hand of God Paintings by Shary Boyle
Muth Girls Short fiction by Kij Johnson
Red-Headed Orphans Rule
Why Girls of Shady Origin and Impure Breeding Kick Ass Catherine Stinson
Raw Short fiction by Zoe Whittal
Cinematic Superbabes are Breakin’ My Heart
It’s Hard to Go All the Way with the NEw Breed of Lady Killers When They Just Won’t Let Go of that Man Lisa Rundle
Karate Girls Art folio by Eliza Griffiths
Bond, Jane Bond Halli Villegas
When I was a Girl, I was a Boy
My Quest for a Female Action Hero Esther Vincent
The Combing Short fiction by Larissa Lai
Crisis Girl in Spring Rolls! Comic strib by Marc Ngui and Magda Wojtyra
Contributors
Biography
“I’m smitten! (And bitten!) The biting writer-girl contributors of Girls Who Bite Back fight back at the old, worn-out helpless-girl clichés of yesterday’s pop culture. They know – and I know, too! -the Great Secret, learned from comics, taught us by the likes of Buffy and Xena: we are all superheroines.”— Trina Robbins, author of The Great Women Cartoonists and Tender Murderers: Women Who Kill
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