http://www.about-face.org/kids-want-to-see-heroic-female-protagonists/ Wed, 05 Jun 2013 08:05:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://www.about-face.org/kids-want-to-see-heroic-female-protagonists/#comment-101931 Grackle Fri, 22 Feb 2013 18:15:57 +0000 http://www.about-face.org/?p=13913#comment-101931 When I was a little girl, I was obsessed with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Batman. I settled on pretending I was dull, helpless Vicki Vale, and my friend and I argued over who would grow up to look as pretty as she was. I barely even paid attention to April O'Neill; she was even more boring than Vicki. When I was a little girl, I was obsessed with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Batman. I settled on pretending I was dull, helpless Vicki Vale, and my friend and I argued over who would grow up to look as pretty as she was. I barely even paid attention to April O’Neill; she was even more boring than Vicki.

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