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January 2004
Print ISBN: 9781894549332
Overview
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.
Table of Contents
Introduction
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
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