Girl action heroes are a start, though, especially ones with mass-market appeal. "They have a powerful, powerful cultural impact," Kearney said, "which is girls seeing these things and boys seeing ...

The Female Action Hero is much more rare. Like Eve, she was born out of her relationship to her male counterparts, and held to such narrow expectations that we have few successful examples.

If you enjoyed Charlize Theron's brutal turn in Mad Max: Fury Road this past summer, you can thank Pam Grier, the original bad-ass female action hero. While working as a receptionist for American ...

Female action pics need heroes of their own Updated: 2007-06-01 09:11 (Reuters) Comments Print Mail Large Medium Small ...

Long before Angelina Jolie or Lupita Nyong'o were some of Hollywood's go-to female action stars, Pam Grier was doing her own stunts, chasing bad guys and seeking vigilante justice in low-budget ...

With Women Of Action, Caroline Siede digs into the history of women-driven action movies to explore what these stories say about gender and how depictions of female action heroes have evolved over ...