It's Rhonda's Birthday Bonus, and we are talking Superheroes, Sorceresses, Space Wizards, and other powerful women in fantasy media! 

We explore the relationship between power (like literal superpower/magic/the Force/etc.) and femininity in the narratives of some of our favorite fantasy and sci-fi heroines, from Alina in Shadow and Bone, to Katniss in The Hunger Games, to Diana in the Wonder Woman films, to Rey in the Star Wars sequel trilogy, and more. 

How does media portray these powerful women and their relationship with femininity? And what does this portrayal say about how our society views powerful women?

Works cited: 

The Violence Binary [Video Essay] by Wit and Folly

The Violent Woman: Femininity, Narrative, and Violence in Contemporary American Cinema by Hilary Neroni

Works discussed:

Black Widow, Avengers Age of Ultron, and Avengers Endgame

Game of Thrones 

The Hunger Games

Jupiter Ascending

Shadow and Bone trilogy

Star Wars Episodes VII, VIII, and IX

The Twilight Saga

WandaVision

The Wheel of Time

The Winternight Trilogy

The Witcher

Wonder Woman and WW84

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