Mirror, Mirror: Women Protagonists in Crime Fiction

Author Victoria Dowd spotlights several female protagonists in crime fiction, including Miss Marple, Nancy Drew, and many others.

Writer's Digest
Angela Bettis plays a woman unraveling in May (2002), a film that poses as a character study but dodges psychological truth in favor of blood-soaked fantasy. What begins as empathy ends as vindication — and not in a good way. #May2002 #HorrorCriticism #TraumaInFilm #FilmCriticism #HorrorCinema #MentalHealthInMedia #PsychologicalHorror #FemaleProtagonists #FrankensteinTrope
https://ninetypercentcrapmoviereviews.wordpress.com/2025/07/12/save-me-trauma-vindication-and-the-uncritical-gaze-of-may/
“Save Me”: Trauma, Vindication, and the Uncritical Gaze of May (2002)

Lucky McKee’s May (2002) presents itself as a horror-tinged character study, but it ultimately delivers neither psychological clarity nor moral insight. Instead, it flirts with empathy before withd…

90% of Everything is Crap

#OnThisDay in 1997: G.I. Jane dropped into theaters... then kept dropping. The box office bomb made just $48M on a budget of $50 million. Underrated and unfairly razzed, Demi Moore kicks ass in the Ridley Scott film.

Stream it on: Paramount+, DirecTV Stream, Sling TV, Tubi

#Movies #90sMovies #FemaleProtagonists #WomenInFilm

Smashwords – The Belonia Chronicles

Hello Mastodonians! Welcome to a much better world. It's a different ecosystem and takes some getting used to. But give it some time and energy and you'll build a helpful and rewarding friend base here.

#fiction #mystery #writing #publishing #thrillers #femaleprotagonists #kiddetectives #kindness #fun

Final Fantasy VI – The First Female Protagonist

CW: Suicide mention

 

Both Final Fantasy V and Final Fantasy VI were in the development stages at the time the SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System) era drew to a close. While V was critically overlooked upon its release, Final Fantasy VI garnered a much different reaction from fans

http://lunastationquarterly.com/final-fantasy-vi-the-first-female-protagonist/

#celeschere #femaleprotagonists #finalfantasyvi #terrabranford

Final Fantasy VI – The First Female Protagonist

CW: Suicide mention   Both Final Fantasy V and Final Fantasy VI were in the development stages at the time the SNES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System) era drew to a close. While V was criti…

Luna Station Quarterly

If folks interested in #SuperHeroes #BlackProtagonists #BlackSuperHeroes #QueerSuperHeroes #FemaleProtagonists or #BlackQueerSuperHeroes could give a teeny tiny boost.

Also if you haven't read any of the first 2 books they are pretty good and quick reads. I don't know if it is still going on but recently half the profits for the 2nd book were going to the Okra Project if that's an incentive to pick the series up.

35 Games With Female Protagonists to Anticipate in 2019 - J Station X

J Station X rounds up a list of 35 games with female protagonists to anticipate in 2019, including BioWare's Anthem, The Division 2, and Far Cry New Dawn.

J Station X

I am not going to make a habit of these I promise but... but!

Jaina short is now up. (and without spoiling too much, who knew Laura Bailey had a lovely singing voice)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo7XPvwRgG8

#worldofwarcraft #warcraft #gameing #gaming #femaleprotagonists #JainaProudmoore