http://www.redroom.com/blog/gina-misiroglu/feed Samples of blogs en http://www.redroom.com/blog/gina-misiroglu/superheroine-revolution <p>Warrior women—from Wonder Woman to Elektra to Xena to Ripley—have won a die-hard fan following among women in the last decade because, in addition to being sexy, they are strong, in control, smart, and successful. Lara Croft may have originated as pure male fantasy—a buxom video game character with impossible proportions—but on the big screen, she is, as one critic put it, ...</p> <p><a href="http://www.redroom.com/blog/gina-misiroglu/superheroine-revolution">read more</a></p> http://www.redroom.com/blog/gina-misiroglu/superheroine-revolution#comments comic books pop culture superheroes superheroines Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:01:03 -0800 Gina Misiroglu 166619 at http://www.redroom.com http://www.redroom.com/blog/gina-misiroglu/the-ever-popular-femme-fatale <p>As I was reading USA Today's discussion of the upcoming spy thriller Salt, and Angelina Jolie's starring role in it, I was reminded how much I love the femme fatale, a major archetype in The Supervillain Book and a leading lady in my next project. Celebrated in media from the comics to Hollywood blockbusters to tabloid pages, the femme fatale (“deadly woman” in French) is adept at love, ...</p> <p><a href="http://www.redroom.com/blog/gina-misiroglu/the-ever-popular-femme-fatale">read more</a></p> http://www.redroom.com/blog/gina-misiroglu/the-ever-popular-femme-fatale#comments action adventurers antiheroines femme fatale supervillains Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:11:23 -0800 Gina Misiroglu 110649 at http://www.redroom.com