Iconic Female Characters Series

How Wednesday Addams Became a Modern Weird Icon

Bridget Jones’s Insecurity - Why Women Hate Themselves

Euphoria’s Maddy - A New Kind of “Mean Girl”

How Modern Family Ruined Haley’s Story Arc

Glee’s Santana Made the “Lovable Mean Girl” a Hero

Gossip Girl - Serena and the Nice Rich Girl Fantasy

The Devil Wears Prada - How Andy Predicted the Girlboss Era

The Evolution of Cruella - From Spinster Villain to Punk Icon

Gilmore Girls - Rory, the O.G. Annoying Millennial

The Single Lady Onscreen - Why Singledom Is in Fashion

The Cougar Trope - Why this Joke Is Outdated

Jane Austen Heroines - Are You Lizzie, Emma or Marianne? | A Video Essay Quiz

Why Hunger Games’ Katniss Represents All Teen Girls

The Brainy Brunette Trope - Why People Think She’s Smarter

Sex and the City: Why No One Wants to Be a Samantha (But They Should)

Sex and the City - How Charlotte Was Wrong About Everything

New Girl’s Cece - The Limits of the “Pretty Girl”

Ozark’s Wendy Byrde - Beyond the Mob Wife

Stop Talking About If Female Characters Are “Likable”

Euphoria’s Rue - A Modern Portrait of the Addict

10 Things I Hate About You: Kat, Rom-Com Feminist

Kill Bill’s The Bride: A Feminist Hero?

Almost Famous’ Penny Lane - The Muse Archetype, Explained

One X-Cellent Scene - Becoming an X-Woman

Mean Girls - Gretchen and the Follower Mentality

Mean Girls - Janis and the Unpopular Mean Girl

Mean Girls: Regina George - The Psychology of a Dictator

The Devil Wears Prada: Miranda Priestly - A Defense of Perfectionism

The Devil Wears Prada - Emily and a History of Workaholics

Cinderella: Stop Blaming the Victim

The Office: Pam Beesly - The Perils of Being Normal

Clueless - Cher, Master of the Argument

Mad Men Character Study: Joan Holloway

Mad Men: The Tragedy of Betty Draper

Mad Men: Peggy Olson, the New Girl

Mad Men: Sally Draper - The Baby Boomers Are Alright

Rachel Green, the Real Protagonist of Friends

Phoebe Buffay, the Mystery Ingredient of Friends

Monica Geller, the Best Friend

Sex and the City: Carrie, the Perfectly Imperfect Woman of Her Times

Bridesmaids: Why Helen Has No Friends

Bridesmaids: Annie and Your Inner Addict

Bridesmaids: Megan - Why It’s Hard to Make Adult Friends

Mulan: Not a Disney Princess

How I Met Your Mother - Robin’s “Happy” Ending

Little Women - Are you Jo, Amy, Beth, or Meg?

The Evolution of Harley Quinn - Birds of Prey

Riverdale’s Veronica and the Spoiled Rich Girl

Riverdale’s Betty and the Death of the Nice Girl

Gilmore Girls - Lorelai, Growing Up as an Adult

Legally Blonde and the History of the “Dumb Blonde”

Legally Blonde: Elle Woods - The Philosophy of a Blonde

Game of Thrones: Brienne, The Real Thing

Game of Thrones: Why Arya Fights for Life

Parks and Recreation: Leslie Knope, A Woman’s Woman in Government

Margot Tenenbaum - Anatomy of a Style Icon

Downton Abbey: The Dowager Countess, Explained

Stranger Things: Eleven, The Bringer of Puberty

Jeanie Bueller: The Surprise Heroine of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Pure Fantasy or Feminist Trailblazer?

Mary Poppins: Wake from Your Sleepwalking

Scandal: Why Olivia Pope Wears the White Hat

The Antihero’s Wife - Home Is Where The Crime Is

The Sopranos’ Carmela: The Layers of the Anti-Hero Wife