We don’t need men to like us and the approval we seek often destroys us. While Birds of Prey celebrates this freedom, Assassination Nation shows us why it’s necessary. ...

Sam (Karen Gillan) is an elite assassin working for a criminal operation known as The Firm. She’s on thin ice with her bosses and when she eschews her latest hit job to rescue 8 year old Emily (​​Chloe Coleman), she becomes the target of an army of male hitmen...

I love Final Girls. This term, coined by Carol Clover in her book Men, Women, and Chainsaws, describes the last character, usually female, left alive in a slasher film. Ever since watching Sidney Prescott in Scream, I’ve been enamored with these strong women and the many shapes they’ve taken...

Halloween was one of the most eagerly anticipated films of 2018. A direct sequel to the original 1978 film, it continues the story of Laurie Strode 40 years after her attack at the hands of Michael Myers. The announcement that Jaime Lee Curtis would be reprising her role only...

Mother’s Day is traditionally viewed as a joyous celebration. Filled with brunches, long-distance phone calls, and flowers, it’s a day to honor the women who gave us life, then sacrificed their own to raise us. But the reality is far more complicated. For many, the second Sunday in May...

Strong Female Antagonist is a blog dedicated to examining the bad girls of horror, the female monsters, the women we’ve been taught to fear.  I was raised with rigid ideas about what it means to be a “good girl,” most of which revolved around staying in the good graces...