Dr. Carol J. Clover coined the term "final girl" to refer to an archetype in horror films, specifically slashers, where a sole female character is left standing when all of her companions are murdered by a villain. She's Sally from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), Ripley from Alien (1979), and Kirsty in Hellraiser (1987). The trope has been explored in literature, such as Grady Hendrix's "The Final Girls Support Group," and deconstructed through comics and films. What's the appeal of the "final girl" trope? Is the moral "rightness" of the character empowering or limiting?

• Gillian Daniels, author and poet

• Lindsay Moore, author and founder of Hellcat Press

• Cat Scully, author and illustrator

• Trisha Wooldridge, author and editor