Some random advice studios should follow (but likely won't) when considering a female superhero film.

This contest has given us all the opportunity to celebrate and support the Women in Fiction we love so dearly, characters that are important to praise loudly and proudly. So long as it is still a challenge to convince publishers and producers to give us art featuring powerful and interesting female characters, it…

Wow. What can I say?

When we started this March Madness competition, we had no idea how amazing it would be. With the hundreds of character submissions and thousands of votes each round, we found it difficult to narrow down the options session by session – and our audience clearly had the same heartbreak while voting. Time and again a…

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We've posted podcasts of all the upsets in previous rounds of our Women In Fiction contest, and we're down the 16 contestants from comics, novels, games, television, and film! Voting is open until tonight when we narrow the list down to the Elite Eight!

Underrated. Ignored. Undervalued. Overlooked. Shamelessly ripped-off in The Incredibles. Susan Storm has been wronged in pretty much every way a popular comic book character can be wronged. I come to you here to say that Susan Storm is worthy of more than your respect, she is worthy of your vote...

One of the things that drew me so much to Sailor Moon as a kid – and continues to draw me in – was the fact that Usagi wasn't depicted as some kind of amazing, incredible wunderkind. She was a klutz, did poorly in school, had self-esteem issues, and was in general very relatable. I felt like Usagi wouldn't judge…

In honor of March being "Women's History Month" we're focusing our yearly nerd-centric March Madness coverage on awesome women in fiction. Vote for your favorite fictional female characters below. Characters can come from anywhere, be it television, film, comics, or games, and we encourage you to go wild and…

Here's something I hope the good geeks at io9 can help us with...