Prerecorded panel to premiere at Comicazi. Available on YouTube later.
The idea of the "Strong Female Character" as a feminist requirement for storytelling has been around long enough to become as much of a benchmark of a text's quality as the Bechdel Test before it. But what do we really mean when we describe a female character as "strong"? That she's self-sufficient? Courageous? Emotionally tough? Complex? Can bench 400 lbs? Is Wanda Maximoff allowed to play, or just Carol Danvers? Join our panel for a lively discussion of this trope's meanings and implications across comics, film, tv, and fiction, from perspectives ranging from creators to academia and journalism.
Panelists:
Marianna Martin (PhD Cinema & Media Studies; Broad Universe Motherboard)
LJ Cohen (Author)
Randee Dawn (Author, Journalist)
Trisha Wooldridge (Author, Editor).