• more about #thegirlieshows
    clevernamehere: I think there is a distinction between strong female characters and feminist characters. Strong female characters benefit from the women's movement an... more »
    embarcadero13: Many WOC are busy trying to survive as women. of. color. They don't waive a feminist flag any more than they waive their POC flag because their identi... more »
    Tracie: i can't believe i forgot daria! but yeah, i thought of claire huxtable, but i was specifically looking for women who openly talked about being a femin... more »
    Diet.Coke.: I LOVE THIS I AM DOING MY THESIS ON SITCOMS! what about that blonde one from step by step? more »
    Natali Wind: This is great. Anyway, does anyone know how long it takes for a new account to be approved? I know you have to audition and I did that early this morn... more »
    lanersg: Am I the only one who's really disappointed in the information that Dixie Carter didn't like delivering those speeches? more »
    Slovenly Muse: Can I get some love for Grace Polk from Joan of Arcadia? more »
    rednrowdy: you had me until janice from the sopranos. she was such a whiner and relied far too much on her family to get her out of her own self-made jams rathe... more »
    sshacker: I am so disappointed that no WOC were included on this list when so many deserved it. Stating 'unfortunately they are all white' just does not seem to... more »
    maryja: Ann Marie from "That Girl". If memory serves, she bailed on her own wedding in the series finale and dragged Donald to a feminist rally. more »
    RockyMay: Yeah you blew it...not including Diahann Carroll....so wrong. It was amazing to see a character like that on the tube; her character was soooo like m... more »
    halo323: What about Brenda and Claire from "Six Feet Under"? more »
    Old Jean Gallagher: It's really too bad that Miranda's feminism would always get swallowed up by the rest of the irksome vulgarity of that show (I'm not talking about the... more »
    picardia: Don't forget Olivia Dunham, on "Fringe," whose male supervisor once told her she was being "emotional" and who responded by explaining why that is a s... more »
    randomnessish: Haha, I love it that you included Femme Fatale. That episode was always one of my favorites. more »
    katie.scarlett.o'hara: I don't think Sydney Bristow ever really self-identified as a feminist, but she was definitely a strong, complex woman (at least in the first few seas... more »
    MaMaMoose: Oh, what about Kima Greggs from The Wire? I don't think she explicitly stated she was a feminist, but she was working in a traditionally male profess... more »
    The Queen of No: And every female character on a Joss Whedon show! Haha, I dunno about that actually, but definitely Zoey and Inarra on Firefly. more »
    Flackette Goes Retro: I think Jessie Spano may have set us back, actually, as she played into all the worst stereotypes that men like to lob at feminists - humorless, too c... more »
    deeemer: Midge? Really? The ditz? more »
  • #thegirlieshows

    20 Feminist TV Characters