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Real Life Anti-Bella: Amelia Arsenic
In 2002, two Australians met on an online zine forum. Their names were Karl Learmont and Amelia Tan, and they fight crime they make music designed to make your head explode. Amelia was running a zine distro called Vox Populis, and with Karl's help, it became the biggest zine distro in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Mrs. Brisby: Courage of the Heart
What does Don Bluth have in common with Stephenie Meyer?
They’re both Mormons and their values tend to influence their work, especially when it comes to extolling the virtues of motherhood. However, that’s where the similarities end.
Why did I bring this up?
Well, first things first, I’m gonna talk little about The Secret of NIMH.
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Sally: More a woman and human than Bella
My first post here to the community shall be one of my most favourite female characters ever. A character that is everything Bella is NOT. Warning, a small case of picspam, and also VERY long. I can't help it, I love her.
I present to you:
Sally, the lovely rag doll from The Nightmare Before Christmas
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Awesome Women - Agrias Oaks, Lady Knight
This post is spoiler heavy for the game Final Fantasy Tactics, but really only for the first mission and some of the backstory.
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Why are the entries locked?
Hey guys! As you might have figured out by now, you may have your entry settings set to "Show to Members" when they should be on "Show to Everyone (Public." As a result, the entries are showing up as locked. This is not what we want ( Read more... ) -
Jessica Packwood: Bella Only Wishes She were This Awesome
Name: Jessica Packwood, from Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey
Age: 17 (18 by the end)
Why She Pwns Bella: When the Really Hawt exchange student from Romania, Lucius Vladescu, tells Jessica that he's a vampire and her long-lost fiancee (they're both vampire royalty and were betrothed as infants), Jessica, who's adopted, ( Read more... ) -
Extolling the Virtues of Seriously Awesome Women (Tess Mercer, Smallville)
Hello comm! Glad to be here. :3
The part about us being able to state our love for women who eat, sleep and breathe awesomeness is part of what drew me to join this community, because what I more or less do to deal with the sheer rage that Bella and her whiny, immature, and ridiculously codependent behavior is to meditate on my favorite fandom women ( Read more... ) -
Welcome, all!
It was only yesterday that, over at das_sporking, I expressed my personal wish that someone create a comm in which everyone who was vehemently against characters like Bella Swan and her (almost) counterpart Ana Steele of Fifty Shades of Grey got a chance to discuss, write, and share stories about female characters who are actually really awesome, and not ( Read more... )
