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So, why do you write these strong female characters?  

Because you’re still asking me that question.- Joss Whedon 

 For the last couple of days I've been reading a lot of hate towards female characters. It seems that either I have a different meaning to what a strong female lead is or other people do. stories like 

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/03/magazine/a-plague-of-strong-female-characters.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 

Where they believe that these characters are only there to show that you need to be a "ninja" with a weapon  Carol Peletier from the Walking Dead is a strong female character but she possesses no fighting skills and she barely ever fights. She is a strong character because she is fighting to live for her daughter and the group. She is strong willed and very motherly to everyone. This shows my example of what a strong female character is to me. Am I the only one who sees that a strong female character doesn't have to be physically strong but mentally.

 

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http://annieneugebauer.com/2012/03/12/the-problems-with-strong-female-characters/

     While I understand  what Admin is saying, when I say the words "strong female leads" I meant people who fight for what they believe in either physically or mentally. I think she took it very literally. There are many strong female leads. Strong female leads to me is someone I can look up to. Someone I can model and become a better person. Now I don't model myself like Carrie Bradshaw from Sex and the City at all, she is a strong female character because she fights for love and friends constantly. One of the weakest female leads is pretty much any Marilyn  Monroe movie where she is looking for a sugar "daddy" sure she fights for him but she doesn't fight for the right thing and how she gets him is disgusting. I do get that the saying " strong female leads" is "... vague and subjective; at worst it’s confusing and sexist..." but we can't get rid of the saying just because there is no new weak female leads.

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       Before I began I just want to tell you that this blog will not include all strong female leads, only the ones that I have watched or have hear about and then saw an episode or two and want to talk about. As well I just read the title again and I will only talk about strong female leads in movies and television.