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How TV fell in love with female gangsters

Mostly Good and Very Bad: Five Memorable Women in Crime Fiction

I chose these female characters for their agency. No man pushes them around. No man hems them in with their expectation of feminine behavior. And I noticed these five stories are a...

The Horror of Being a Woman Expressed in Egyptian Art

  Is the devil a woman? This was a question that often seemed to permeate some of the earliest Western and Egyptian films, reflecting the misogynistic anxieties surrounding a woman...

This '60s TV Action Thriller Broke Ground By Being Named After Its Female Lead

At a time when men were still headlining virtually every action series, one '60s detective set a new standard for female protagonists on television.

A young Jane Fonda & a fierce Barbara Stanwyck make this queer Southern Gothic worth a watch

The sapphic yearning simmers in 'Walk on The Wild Side,' a southern-friend potboiler from 1962.

10 Erotic Thrillers to Watch After Verity

Loved Verity? These 10 erotic thrillers, from Rebecca to The Housemaid, trace the genre's history of obsession and desire.

Anna Maloney on Writing Badass, Believable Older Women in Thrillers

It is now common to see young women depicted on screen and in books fighting skillfully and killing people—often much bigger men. That’s a welcome break from past depictions of the...

Iranian stuntwomen breaking gender norms with daring feats

Coach and stuntwoman Nasrin Teymouri leads Iran's sole all-female stunt crew as women are increasingly establishing themselves in the field.

Horror About Feminine Rage

Whether it’s a bloodbath or psychological terror, the women in these horror books about feminine rage leave readers saying, “Good for her!”

10 Shows Like 'Ride or Die' You Should Watch Next

Spies, assassins, and ladies in over their heads

Golden girls gone wild: 12 movies about older gal pals getting into hijinks

The LGBTQ+ community has a long history of rallying behind our divas and dames.

NO PARADISE IF YOU ARE KILLED BY A WOMAN Teaser Sends a Female Sniper Back Into the Horrors of War

Woman Featured on Another 'Baddies' Show Fatally Shot In Downtown Oakland

A 29-year-old reality TV personality was killed early Sunday in Oakland, in the second local incident of violence in a week that's been linked to a show with the word 'Baddies' in...

The <i><em>Furious</em></i> Finale Takes an Even Darker Turn

Both Alice and Catherine make terrifying discoveries as the show explores the nuances of power.

How Elizabeth Meriwether Made a Thriller for the Epstein Era

Furious delivered one of the most nuanced portrayals of gender violence in recent TV history.

#WCW — From Angels To Art, A Look At The Hottest 50 Queer Queens Of The Week, Vol. 44

Temperatures may be dropping, but there is no shortage of beauty to swoon over on this Women Crush Wednesday.

Notorious gangster molls behind Scotland's top cons from pole dancer to celebrity makeup artist

We name some of the most high-profile molls in Scotland in years gone by.

Starke Frauenfiguren in Venedig: In ihrem Körper brennt es

Bei den Fimfestspielen geben Alba Rohrwacher und Vanessa Scalera starke Frauenfiguren mit Schwächen. Und Ilja Chrschanowskis „DAU“-Projekt irritiert weiter. mehr...

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5 TV Shows To Watch If You Like Neagley

If you're a Neagley fan in need of a new TV show to hold you over until Season 2, these five female-led series will keep you thrilled until the last episode.

WCW: Fall Is Here — And We’re Falling For These 50 Gorgeous Queer Queens This Women Crush Wednesday, Vol. 41

Fall is officially here, and so is our latest excuse to shamelessly thirst over some of the internet's finest queer queens.

Niddhi Agerwal Anupama Parameswaran Kamakshi Bhaskarla headline female-centric films

Rising actresses like Niddhi Agerwal, Anupama Parameswaran, Kamakshi Bhaskarla are headlining women-centric narratives. Continue reading ...

10 Best Female TV Detectives Of All Time, Ranked

Crime stories continue to be very popular on TV, and there are many female detectives who have left their mark on the genre. These are the 10 best.

“A woman’s weapon”: Maria Malone on the Tropes and Truths of Female Poisoners

A family meal, one on which much was riding, Erin Patterson determined it would unfold exactly as she planned. Erin was unused to hosting; she rarely invited people to eat with her...