A Celebration of Women in Fiction: Comics Edition
Our very own Preeti Chhibber recently decided to start a string of shout-outs on Twitter to some of her favorite women in fiction. It started with a few author/creator shout-outs, and then specific characters. When she adopted the #womeninfiction hashtag for the effort, it eventually led to a trending tag with hundreds of responses by all sorts of lovely folk sharing their favorite ladies in fiction. Some of their transmissions include reasons why the ladies rock, others are simple lists. I’ve collected a bunch below that feature ladies in comics:
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Aunt May, because it wasn’t Uncle Ben’s death that defined Peter Parker. It was May’s presence. #womeninfiction
— Swapna Krishna (@skrishna) March 21, 2015
page sisters from fables because
1. they are librarians
2. they kick ass#womeninfiction pic.twitter.com/4JKGLTXG23— Berna Devezer (@zerdeve) March 22, 2015
Catwoman because she's flawed, pissed, and a complete #badass. #womeninfiction
— Edith Hope Bishop (@ehbishop) March 22, 2015
Kitty Pryde. #womeninfiction pic.twitter.com/9kFtj7QjaF
— loudlysilent (@loudlysilent) March 22, 2015
I'm not even the hugest comics fan but have to mention She-Hulk and Oracle. Both awesome. #WomeninFiction
— Liz Henry (@lizhenry) March 22, 2015
Kagome from InuYasha, bc her first reaction to finding a cursed, unconscious dog demon was to play with his ears #metoo #womeninfiction
— Nic (@AnicaLewis) March 22, 2015
Cathy, who veered between work, dating, her parents & her friends. People forget how revolutionary Cathy was. #womeninfiction
— Living 400lbs (@Living400lbs) March 22, 2015
Alana from Saga. Because nothing can stop her. #womeninfiction pic.twitter.com/zuoBHwbBFf
— Eric Smith (@ericsmithrocks) March 21, 2015
Ms. Marvel. Because finally seeing myself in a superhero is enough to make me teary. #womeninfiction
— Swapna Krishna (@skrishna) March 22, 2015
"I like airplanes. I like anywhere that isn’t a proper place. I like in-betweens." ~ Delirium (Sandman) #womeninfiction
— Jenny Lawson (@TheBloggess) March 22, 2015
Snow White in Fables for not doing or being what was expected. For bring hard and soft and effing complicated.#womeninfiction
— Interplanedarian (@dlindle) March 22, 2015
Have to say it. Dejah Thoris is also a bad ass. She gets to run around Mars naked in jewels being a great warrior queen. #WomeninFiction
— Liz Henry (@lizhenry) March 22, 2015
https://twitter.com/bookmobility/status/579410341362319360
All the women in #FullmetalAlchemist. Did I mention it was written and drawn by a woman as well? #womeninfiction
— Xuxa 🎃 Sushi (@yagurlsushi) March 22, 2015
My #womeninfiction: Lizzie Bennett, Harriet the Spy, Hermione, Alanna, Susan Sto Helit, Granny Weatherwax, most of the X-Women. Many more.
— Alexa Fraser (@LexaFraser) March 22, 2015
Kristy, Stacey, Mary Anne, Claudia, Dawn, Mallory and Jessi. First Women business owners I ever knew. #WomenInFiction #BabySittersClub
— Janene Palumbo Hasan (@SavvySTEM) March 22, 2015
Faiza Hussain for being what experts refer to as 'hella rad'#womeninfiction pic.twitter.com/dNwfWjoIHo
— Wednesday Sophia (@WednesdayQuest) March 22, 2015
The strong brave zombie girl on a colony planet, from Doris Piserchia's I, Zombie (she doesn't have a name) #WomeninFiction
— Liz Henry (@lizhenry) March 22, 2015
Thor. Because she’s freaking THOR. #womeninfiction
— Swapna Krishna (@skrishna) March 22, 2015
Kyoko of Skip-Beat! For making her revenge on a man who wronged her a path into a passion that made him not even matter #womeninfiction
— Bethany Rebethany (@oh_gingersnap) March 22, 2015
Michonne, the katana wielding queen of The Walking Dead. #WomenInFiction pic.twitter.com/kxgNVTvFOC
— 🦜 (@greencheekconur) March 22, 2015
Wonder Woman/Diana Prince/Princess Diana of Themyscira for doing what needs done. #womeninfiction
— Tessara Dudley (@tessaragdudley) March 22, 2015
Some of my fav #womeninfiction include the girls of Jillian and Mariko Tamaki's stories–incredibly genuine and nuanced characters
— Maria Aghⓐzⓐriⓐn (@mutteringtreats) March 22, 2015
Comics, too, were super important for little me. Shadowcat, Storm, Rogue, and Jubilee especially. #womeninfiction
— Aleksei Valentín ✡️♿⚧️🌈 (@ai_valentin) March 22, 2015
Lois Lane, back in the day when being a female in a man's world took moxie.#womeninfiction
— Irene Vartanoff (@IreneVartanoff) March 22, 2015
https://twitter.com/SarahB9098/status/579490037349380096
Of course, this is not an exhaustive list, or even a collection of all of the tweets that featured comics characters during the love fest that was the #womeninfiction hashtag. Hell, the party might still be going on. Feel free to add more awesome comics ladies of your own to this collection by replying in the comments below, or jump into the conversation on Twitter.
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