There’s a certain difficulty inherent in being a strong female character. Their complexity leaves them vulnerable to criticism, and we all know that complex women bear the brunt of criticism more frequently than complex men. Strong female characters are not allowed to be too angry, too aggressive, too sexual, too anything, while the over-the-topness (yes, I just created a new word) of strong male characters (alphas, if you will) is overlooked or even praised. But the complexity is worth Continue Reading