fuck you, she's awesome!

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Gakked from stellaluna_.

So I was adding some new interests to my LJ profile (because I, uh... have some new interests. Yes.) and found myself feeling defensive every time I typed a female name, thinking, basically, FUCK YOU, SHE'S AWESOME, because I felt as if someone somewhere was going to be criticizing my love for them.

So, anyway, then I made a list of women who make me want to say FUCK YOU, SHE'S AWESOME. They are far from the only women who are awesome, or the only women people need to be told to step off of, but they are the top ten I feel that way about, right now, off the top of my head.

If you want to argue with me about the awesomeness of any of these women, I am afraid I will simply be referring you to the subject line. THAT IS ALL.

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So! Tell me who's awesome in your book! Post your own list if you like! FUCK YOU, SHE'S AWESOME!

My list (also, clearly more than ten):

Alanna the Lioness (Tamora Pierce's Alanna novels)
Commodore Marian Alston (S.M. Stirling's Nantucket novels)
Doreen Arnstein (S.M. Stirling's Nantucket novels)
Herald-Mage Savil Ashkevron (Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar novels)
Allison Blake (Eureka)
Molly Blane (The Unit)
Detective Stella Bonasera (CSI:NY)
Dr. Temperance Brennan (Bones)
Kim Brown (The Unit)
Detective Aiden Burn (CSI:NY)
Colonel Samantha Carter (SG-1)
Chiana (Farscape)
Queen Cimorene of the Enchanted Forest (Patricia Wrede's Enchanted Forest Chronicles)
Original Cindy (Dark Angel)
Sarah Connor (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles)
Lieutenant Vanessa Damphousse (Space: Above and Beyond)
Agent Ziva David (NCIS)
Calleigh Duquesne (CSI:Miami)
Teyla Emmagan (SGA)
Penelope Garcia (Criminal Minds)
Angela Gennaro (Dennis Lehane's Kenzie-Gennaro novels)
Barbara Gordon (DCU)
Lieutenant Colonel Kathryn Hollard (S.M. Stirling's Nantucket novels)
Agent Jennifer "JJ" Jareau (Criminal Minds"
Keladry of Mindelen (Tamora Pierce's Keladry novels)
Herald Captain Kerowyn (Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar novels)
Deputy Jo Lupo (Eureka)
Juniper Mackenzie (S.M. Stirling's Emberverse novels)
Detective Kathleen Mallory (Carol O'Connell's Mallory novels)
Detective Eva Marquez (New Amsterdam)
Max (Dark Angel)
Professor Minerva McGonagall (Harry Potter)
Angela Montenegro (Bones)
Evie O'Connell (The Mummy)
Princess Leia Organa (Star Wars)
Susan Pevensie (C.S. Lewis' The Chronicles of Narnia novels)
Agent Emily Prentiss (Criminal Minds)
Agent Megan Reeves (Numb3rs)
Detective Lilly Rush (Cold Case)
Abby Sciuto (NCIS)
Sansa Stark (George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels)
Buffy Summers (BtVS)
Officer Aeryn Sun (Farscape)
Captain Shane Vansen (Space: Above and Beyond)
Dr. Elizabeth Weir (SGA)
Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan (Farscape)

Contrary to appearances, that is not every woman I've ever seen on TV/DVD or read about. I'm probably forgetting a bunch. (And I feel a little less anxious about how I always feel like I don't know any good women on TV.) Also, I really don't want to think about what this says about my viewing/reading habits.

ETA: Because oh my God, I actually forgot some of my favorite female characters ever.