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The Rise of Female Action Heroes

The Rise of Female Action Heroes

Stuff Mom Never Told You

November 20, 201341m 17s

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Show Notes

In the 1970s, Pam Grier became Hollywood's first female action lead, debuting a new type of strong, fierce woman on screen. Following a slow and highly sexualized evolution of the female action hero, or superheroine, there appears to be a resurgence of butt-kicking women at the box office, and Cristen and Caroline explore the modern plight of the superheroine.

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