The reason we love stories is the characters. Sure, we like a good, exciting plot and an interesting world, but complex characters are what turn those worlds and plots into something memorable—they ...

George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire books and their 2011 HBO adaptation, Game of Thrones, are well known for how they subvert numerous fantasy tropes. One of the most famous examples is that ...

You know about the Bechdel test, right? It's the famous and very simple test that is used today to assess the gender bias of films, TV series and books. It's actually very simple - to pass this test, ...

Throughout the history of television, there are examples of characters from shows just disappearing. In one episode they are there, and in the next, they are gone without so much as an acknowledgment ...

Representation in film and television is something that so many people have been striving for for decades now. There’s still work to be done within the industry to ensure that diverse experiences are ...

There’s no single way for a woman to be a badass—she can kick ass like the Bride (Uma Thurman) in “Kill Bill,” solve a crime like Clarice (Jodie Foster) in “The Silence of the Lambs,” or lead a ...