Friends managed to differentiate between its three female protagonists by instilling each of them with a unique set of personal attributes. Continue reading »
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Women in the Box: Dawn Summers, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Sabienna discusses the most maligned member of Buffy The Vampire Slayer’s Scooby Gang, Dawn Summers. Continue reading »
Women in the Box: Winnie, Topanga, and The ’90s Girl-Next-Door
Two iconic girls-next-door from the 1990s are the subjects of this month’s Women in the Box column. Continue reading »
Women in the Box: Ethel Mertz, I Love Lucy
Ethel Mertz was more complicated and trail-blazing than her gossipy personality and dowdy appearance would have you believe. Continue reading »
Women in the Box: Marilyn Whirlwind, Northern Exposure
This month, Sabienna tracks the development of Northern Exposure’s Marilyn Whirlwind. Continue reading »
Women in the Box: Roseanne Conner, Roseanne
Roseanne Barr sought to draw on her own experiences as a mother, a feminist, and a woman who knew the struggles of the working class in creating Roseanne Conner. Continue reading »
Women in the Box: Janet Tyler, The Twilight Zone
A woman becomes a symbol in a struggle involving conformity and beauty in an iconic episode of The Twilight Zone. Continue reading »
Women in the Box: Katherine Chancellor, The Young and the Restless
Forget Susan Lucci’s Erica Kane. We’re all about Jeanne Cooper’s Katherine Chancellor in this month’s Women in the Box. Continue reading »
Women in The Box: Ellie Walker, The Andy Griffith Show
Sabienna Bowman begins her column on iconic female TV characters, starting with Ellie Walker, the one woman who challenged Andy Griffith and Mayberry. Continue reading »
