The reason we love stories is the characters. Sure, we like a good, exciting plot and an interesting world, but complex characters are what turn those worlds and plots into something memorable—they ...

There’s no single way for a woman to be a badass—she can kick ass like the Bride (Uma Thurman) in “Kill Bill,” solve a crime like Clarice (Jodie Foster) in “The Silence of the Lambs,” or lead a ...

Your character adaptations are the ways you have learned to respond and adapt to the environment, given your genetic predispositions, your life history and events, and your cultural context. For ...

The most central elements of any story, be it a novel, a film, a TV series, or a stage play, are its characters. They are the drivers of the story. They drive the content, they drive the conflict, and ...

You know about the Bechdel test, right? It's the famous and very simple test that is used today to assess the gender bias of films, TV series and books. It's actually very simple - to pass this test, ...