Girls Who Bite Back

Table of Contents

Introduction
The Mutant Generation: Shaping Stronger and Wiser Superheroines
Emily Pohl-Weary

Holy Butt-Kicking Babe, Batman!:
The Comic-Book Origins of TV's Superheroines
Nikki Stafford

... And the Myth that Things Have Progressed
Sonja Ahlers

'Cuz the Black Chick Always Gets It First:
Dynamics of Race in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Candra K. Gill

Stinky Girl
Hiromi Goto

The Parkdale Three
Matthew Blackett and Meagan Crump

How to Be Your Own Superhero:
A Chronicle of Experimentation and Fascination
Carly Stasko

Her Eyes and Hair Repeat
Paola Poletto

Diary of a Broom Girl
Mariko Tamaki

Everyday Superhero
Rose Bianchini

Miniature Coloured Marshmallows
Lisa Smolkin

Ready to Be Strong?:
Buffy, Angelina and Me
Nancy Gobatto

A Manifesto for the Bitten:
The Cyborg, The Vampire, The Alien and Me
Sophie Levy

High Fashion and the Necromantic Arts
Daniel Heath Justice

Slumpyheroes
Sherwin Tjia

Faces of Gemini
A.M. Dellamonica

Report on Five Case Studies of Females with Enhanced Characteristics:
Molecular Basis and Treatment Strategies
S.P. Bustos

Madame Mouth's Little Get-Together:
Female Video-Game Entities Talk Life, Love and Bloodshed
Carma Livingstone

Danger Room Girls
Sherwin Tjia

Suffragettes, Vigilantes and Superheroes:
One Girl's Guide to Chicks in Comics
Elizabeth Walker

Levitation Girl in Good Afternoon America!
Willow Dawson

Diamond Dame
Emily Pohl-Weary

Act of Grace
Judy MacDonald

Divine Secrets of the Yaga Sisterhood:
From Supervirgin to Supermom to Supergoddess
Sandra Kasturi

Medusa: Supermom
Sheila Butler

The Smile on the Face Nalo Hopkinson

The Left Hand of God
Shary Boyle

Myth Girls
Kij Johnson

Red-Headed Orphans Rule:
Why Girls of Shady Origin and Impure Breeding Kick Ass
Catherine Stinson

Raw
Zoe Whittall

Cinematic Superbabes are Breakin' My Heart:
It's Hard to Go All the Way with the New Breed of Lady Killers When They Just Won't Let Go of that Man
Lisa Rundle

Karate Girls
Eliza Griffiths

Bond, Jane Bond
Halli Villegas

When I Was a Girl, I Was a Boy:
My Quest for a Female Action Hero
Esther Vincent

The Combing
Larissa Lai

Spring Roll Adventure
Marc Ngui and Magda Wojtyra