- 1. Want More Body Positive Kid's Books? Start Doing Better By Fat Characters, Says Children's Book Illustrat
- (Books)
- ... athletic have been challenged had I read about more fat adventurers and superheroes? Our culture drills a very clear message into children; that their worth is conditional. Based on a set of sexist, white ...
- Created on 25 February 2022
- 2. Bridget Regan To Play Toxic Temptress Poison Ivy on Season 3 of the CW's Batwoman ...
- (TV)
- Another beloved DC Comics character will hit the CW this fall. Poison Ivy, Batman’s toxic, eco-terrorist enemy, will be portrayed by Bridget Regan on Batwoman’s upcoming third season. This won’t be ...
- Created on 02 September 2021
- 3. Emilia Clarke Is Set To Release "M.O.M.: Mother of Madness," A New Comic Book Series About A Woman Who Gets Superpowers From Her Perio
- (Books)
- ... it was arresting.” This forms part of Clarke’s motivation to forcibly make the realm of superheroes a space more geared towards its female fans, with the premise of the comic having a distinctly feminist ...
- Created on 30 June 2021
- 4. Jameela Jamil Is Set To Star As Villain Titania In "She-Hulk," A New Marvel Series Coming To Disney
- (TV)
- Jameela Jamil will star in the next Marvel series on Disney+, She-Hulk. Known for her role as Tahani Al-Jamil on the comedy series The Good Place, Jamil will be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe ...
- Created on 16 June 2021
- 5. DC Won't Let Batman Go Down on Catwoman Because "Heroes Don’t Do Tha
- (TV)
- Justin Halpern, co-creator and executive producer of the HBO animated DC series Harley Quinn, has inadvertently caused an uproar on social media, after revealing to Variety that DC forced him to cut ...
- Created on 15 June 2021
- 6. Issa Rae To Play Spider-Woman In Upcoming Marvel Film, And We're Here For I
- (Movies)
- Insecure star, Issa Rae, will be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the upcoming sequel to Into the Spiderverse. Rae, 36, will be lending her voice as Spider-Woman—aka Jessica Drew—in the sequel ...
- Created on 07 June 2021
- 7. Whoopi Goldberg Is Writing A New Movie About An Older Black Female Superhero
- (Entertainment)
- ... I was a little kid, I’ve been obsessed with superheroes,” The View host told Variety. “They’re all saving the earth all the time. But do you know who’s really going to save the earth? Old Black women.” ...
- Created on 06 May 2021
- 8. "Wandavision" Is About Love, Family, And Grief. It's Also About Powerful Wome
- (TV)
- ... Latest Event Showed The Necessity Of Diversity In Superhero Media Nicole Kang of "Batwoman" talks Superheroes, Quarantine, Asian Representation, and BLM Solidarity: BUST Interview From "Captain America" ...
- Created on 17 March 2021
- 9. 10 Timely, Empowering Books to Read During Women's History Mont
- (Books)
- ... patients as doctors and nurses through the global pandemic. In honor of these women and others, we’ve rounded up a list of reads that celebrate medical pioneers, wartime heroes, superheroes, “spinsters,” ...
- Created on 08 March 2021
- 10. DC Comics’ Latest Event Showed The Necessity Of Diversity In Superhero Media
- (Movies)
- ... Gadot points out, there must be more female heroes. “We’ve seen so many male superheroes but we haven’t seen enough female superheroes and for girls, little girls once they see it they believe it. For ...
- Created on 27 August 2020
- 11. Charlize Theron Opens Up About How Women Are "Unfairly" Treated In The Action Genr
- (Movies)
- ... they are “heroes” or “villains”: she is attracted to well-rounded, human characters. “They aren't victims but they aren’t superheroes. I am intrigued by the messiness of being a human, especially a woman. ...
- Created on 30 July 2020
- 12. "Warrior Nun" Star Lorena Andrea Dishes on Quarantine, Epic Fight Scenes, And Representatio
- (TV)
- One of Netflix’s newest original series stars a group of nuns who fight demons. Yes, really. Warrior Nun dropped on Netflix on July 2. Based on a comic series named Warrior Nun Areala, the show follows ...
- Created on 13 July 2020
- 13. Nicole Kang of "Batwoman" talks Superheroes, Quarantine, Asian Representation, and BLM Solidarity: BUST Intervie
- (TV)
- If this year has proven anything, it is that not all heroes wear capes. Actress Nicole Kang of The CW’s Batwoman has to agree. The show Batwoman premiered on The CW in October 2019 starring model ...
- Created on 15 June 2020
- 14. 12 Books By Black Women Authors To Add To Your To-Read List
- (Books)
- ... roots. She Would Be King follows three young protagonists who can only be described as superheroes: June Dey, who uses superhuman, bulletproof strength to survive childhood on a plantation in Virginia; ...
- Created on 12 June 2020
- 15. Meet “Far Sector’s” Sojourner Mullein, The First Black Female Green Lantern
- (Books)
- A black woman is (finally) wearing the Green Lantern ring. Meet Sojourner Mullein, the newest human Green Lantern and protagonist of a new 12-issue comic series, Far Sector. Lantern Mullein is the ...
- Created on 27 March 2020
- 16. Natalie Portman’s Cape and 9 Other Feminist Moments We Loved From The 92nd Academy Awards
- (Entertainment)
- ... these are getting the recognition they so deserve. 9. Brie Larson, Gal Galgadot, and Sigornie Weaver’s proposed female-fight club This trio of badass ladies, who have also all happened to play superheroes ...
- Created on 10 February 2020
- 17. Leave Summer Walker Alone
- (Entertainment)
- ... glamorous superheroes who are impervious to shame, awkwardness, pain, fatigue, etc. Black women are humans. We struggle with mental illness too. We are anxious. We are shy. We are quirky. We are weird. ...
- Created on 20 November 2019
- 18. Cecil Castellucci Is Writing The Batgirl We've Been Waiting Fo
- (Books)
- ... the Joker.” That resilience and tenacity to survive and rise above her trauma have made countless fans to fall in love with her. Batgirl is one of the most accessible superheroes. “I think the thing ...
- Created on 06 September 2019
- 19. Capable Is Our First Name: One Woman's Story Of Traveling Alon
- (Feminism)
- ... I was a lucky girl. I still am. I grew up in a two-parent household who raised their daughters as superheroes. There were no limits in our house. It was “atta girl,” “try again,” “we believe in you.” I ...
- Created on 09 August 2019
- 20. Misogyny and Manacles: The Real Story Behind "Wonder Woman
- (Entertainment)
- ... superheroes in comics, sparked the imaginations of fledgling female leaders, and is now kicking the door down on the future of female-led blockbusters. She may be in her 70s, but Wonder Woman’s got a lot ...
- Created on 17 May 2019
