Recently SyFy’s Jessica Toomer released an article that focused on how making a female main character “the Chosen One” is problematic and if you take the time to read it, it makes a lot of sense. And not just because I’m a female. So we here at Film Combat Syndicate decided to write up a small list of female leads that get it right.
What does it mean to get it right? We want to focus on heroines who may not have special dormant powers and do not have a kind of fate or destiny that carves who she is, but instead, highlights her “otherness” and underscores her struggle in the course of achieving something greater than herself.
So, in no particular order, here’s what we came up with, including myself along with contributors Cathy LaFrance, Vance Ang, and this site’s founder and editor, Lee B. Golden III.
NOTE: Make sure your browsers are set to desktop so that you’re able to expand the gallery below, and comment on our social media with some TV/film heroines of your own.
