Female Heroes

There are many female heroes. Princess Leia, Wonder Woman, Jean Grey, etc., just to give a few examples. Unfortunately, though, these characters are often underdeveloped or passed on for more established and known male characters. There are plenty of examples in film or literature where women are empowered. For example, in the original Star Wars, there is an expedition led to rescue Princess Leia. In fact though, once Han, Luke, and Chewie "rescue" Leia, they are about to be killed and the whole mission is for nothing. But in fact, Leia ends up saving them, gets them out of trouble, and is arguably a better shot than the rest of the group. Interestingly enough, in Japanese anime, many of the stories center around female protagonists. It seems as though in America and the west, not always, but often times when there's a an action film or a male-type role played by a female, it seems inauthentic and forced. I think that regular women need to behind the empowerment movements, and not some corporate executive. We do value our female heroes, a we do value them being women, but i think we can more appreciate them for being heroes. We're able to look beyond their gender and just see them as heroes. This is better than just focusing in their womanhood. We like Samuel L. Jackson, and it may be an issue, but we don't see him as a black man. We see him as an iconic actor. Sure his heritage affects some of the things he does, but we don't think of him just being good because he's black, but because he's talented. He just happens to be black.