13 Kick-Ass Heroines (Vol. 1)
Thursday, May 31st, 2007
Lay down your weapons, resistance is futile!
I love my testosterone-fueled action, but there’s something about a warrior-woman that’s really inspiring. Here are some of my faves.
1. Buffy: the Vampire Slayer 
2. Xena, Warrior Princess 
3. Sidney Fox, Relic Hunter 
Artwork by Morten Moeslund
4. Sarah Connor, from Terminator I/II 
5. Catwoman. Sometimes a heroine, sometimes a villain, always her own woman.
6. Elektra 
7. Wonder Woman - I’d love to have her Lasso of Truth! 
8. Ripley of the Alien movies 
9. Sam, Clover and Alex of Totally Spies 
10. Storm of the X-Men 
11. She-Ra, Princess of Power (an indulgence from my childhood)
12. Jen Yu from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon . I love the scene in the western saloon where she knocks out hundreds of blokes! 
and of course
13. Shirtless Girl!
Tune in next week for more Kick-Ass Heroines!
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12:59 am on 31-May-07
She-Ra! I’m so excited that you acknowledged her awesomeness!
Great list, and I like the new layout by the way! (Very hip!)
1:26 am on 31-May-07
Yeah, whatta great list! Kick ass women, all of them. And I also want to say, I love the new look of your blog!
Happy TT!
1:49 am on 31-May-07
Oh yeah, Xena was a total kick-ass babe. Loved her. And She-Ra was awesome, for a cartoon…
Great list.
2:51 am on 31-May-07
Now this is a great list! Badass women!
3:03 am on 31-May-07
Shirtless girl! Bahahahaha . . . .
3:48 am on 31-May-07
Awesome list (I’d have been bummed if you hadn’t put Buffy first, I’ll admit it)!
some of mine: Princess Leia, The chick from Witchblade, and Aeryn Sun from Farscape. In addition to your list, of course!
I still want arms like Sarah Connor…
4:01 am on 31-May-07
How geeky is it of me that I can regcognize the episode of buffy by the picture. You forgot “The Bride” from Kill Bill, but good list.
6:28 am on 31-May-07
Yay for Sidney Fox, Relic Hunter! I miss that show.
6:52 am on 31-May-07
Very Cool TT.
Happy TT’ing
10:44 am on 31-May-07
Hey all, thanks for commenting.
Hi Susan: I also want Sarah Connor’s arms…
Hi Journeywoman: I’ve seen just about every Buffy ep, but I can’t remember that scene, what was it? Oh and I didn’t forget The Bride, she’ll be in the next installment of heroines.
1:33 pm on 31-May-07
I’m on a diet PJ. Why did the security word here have to be CHOCOLAT?
What about Uma Thurman in “Kill Bill”, now that’s my kind of heroine
I also loved the Charmed sisters from “Charmed”, my all time fave TV show.
I’ve never ever head of this shirtless girl. She fights evil with her…tits? lol
1:41 pm on 31-May-07
Great list. I’d have had River from Firefly/Serenity there too, but I see that there is to be a part two
As for the Buffy episode, isn’t it the one where Faith wakes up. Before she does she has a coma dream that Buffy attacks and kills the mayor while they are having a picnic. I’m pretty sure that that is the scene just after she has stabbed the mayor.
2:02 pm on 31-May-07
Love this list. I would have put Buffy on #1, too.
My #2 would have been River from Firefly, but now I am curious to see the second part of this list. ;o)
3:12 pm on 31-May-07
I love your list. She-ra was one of my kid’s favorite toys. Am I feeling old now, or what? lol. Good job of pulling it all together (getting those pics together is work, isn’t it?)
7:43 pm on 31-May-07
I love love LOVE CATWOMAN, she’s soooo sexy, I definately would!
You know who else was wicked - Hillary Swank in the girl karate kid thing back in the day…
7:45 pm on 31-May-07
Great list I’ll look forward to future instalments.
8:38 pm on 31-May-07
All girls fight evil with their tits, SW.
As for the list, what, no Veronica Mars?
10:04 pm on 31-May-07
Kick-ass indeed, great list!
My TT shares 13 things about the blue moon.
8:26 pm on 1-Jun-07
Me again.
SW: sorry - I didn’t mean to tempt you away from your diet. I’m planning to include the Charmed One too, so come back next week to see part 2.
Hi Fence, I’m thinking about River, I was going to choose another lady from Serenity/Firefly, but River did kick supreme ass in Serenity…
Eclectic: it did take me a while to get the pics and put it all together, thanks.
Miss WIlls: you just crack me up, girl!
BV: shame on you, you must know that girls use our superior intellects and natural gifts to fight the forces of evil. Our tits are just for breastfeeding, and distracting the boys… Veronica Mars is okay, but I wouldn’t call her a kick-ass heroine, when was the last time you saw her throw down?
9:56 pm on 1-Jun-07
Semi off-topic: There’s a line in the beautiful movie Science of Sleep where the hero says to the heroine ” I like your boobs. I think they’re very friendly and unpretentious.” If I were a girl, that would charm the socks off me.
As for Veronica throwing down or not, define your terms. If you mean could she kick somebody like Buffy’s ass in a physical fight, no, probably not. But Buffy would still be right to fear her.
1:40 am on 2-Jun-07
Um, let’s agree to disagree here. Everyone on this list has fighting skills or some kind of special power/ability. I’m afraid that Veronica doesn’t qualify under that criteria. My blog, my rules.
Continuing the discussion of booby admiration, don’t you love that line in Shakira’s song Whenever Whatever, “Lucky that my breasts are small and humble/So you don’t confuse them with mountains”?
And I remember reading a Young Adult novel (back in the day) where a teenage boy was imagining having breasts. He said if he had them he wouldn’t leave the house, he’d just fondle them all the time. I’ve thought the same about having a penis - I mean I can’t blame you guys for being obsessed with them… they just hang there… waiting and peeing and plotting.
2:19 am on 2-Jun-07
Brains’ll beat brawn every time, in the long run, and that’s the last I’ll say about it.
6:46 pm on 2-Jun-07
I was planning to do a TT about TV detectives at some point, and Ms Mars would fit nicely into that list.
5:32 pm on 12-Aug-07
“Totally Spies”! Yay! (
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