Watch your back, patriarchy. These bitches are coming for you.
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Of the top 20 movies of 2014 (as of Dec. 18), 14 focused on men, while only three — The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, Maleficent, and Divergent — inarguably feature female protagonists. That is bananas (phallic double entendre intended).
In a sad, women-light landscape, the below eight female characters proved lady action heroes can hang with their male counterparts. They showed courage and conviction, and they reminded us just how stupid it is that people mean "tough and heroic" when they say "manly."
Gamora (Zoe Saldana), Guardians of the Galaxy
There was a pretty big flaw in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, one that even a then-9-year-old girl I know picked up on: Why would Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) be the "leader" of the Guardians when he is, at best, its third most competent member behind Gamora and an anthropomorphic raccoon? Gamora, man. She is super competent. She's a no-nonsense, moral-as-fuck renegade who really, really doesn't take kindly to the "be grateful, bitch" narrative. She will not put up with your bullshit. And also, she will beat you down. GAMORA FOR PRESIDENT.
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Sergeant Rita Vrataski (Emily Blunt), Edge of Tomorrow
Sergeant Vrataski is the antithesis of Major William Cage (Tom Cruise), the sniveling hero of Edge of Tomorrow. Savvy, steely, and uncompromising, she becomes the warrior humanity needs in a fight to the death with an alien race, endlessly courageous and persistent where Cage cowers and hesitates. If this had been a movie about Rita Vrataski instead of a movie where Rita Vrataski pushes a man to do better, it would have been a perfect movie. Love you forever, Sergeant.
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