Author J. Ishiro Finney decodes the Strong Female Character™ trope in his new book Boobs of Steel: Decoding the Amazon.
Lara Croft… Power Girl… Tifa Lockhart… They’re three of the most loved and loathed characters in all pop-culture. Since the late 1990s all three have also been favorite targets for outraged feminists and woke keyboard warriors who believe that a bountiful cup size is a crime against humanity.
Within these pages, sci-fi author J. Ishiro Finney chronicles the history of the Boobs of Steel trope, its associated archetypes, and the impact these Amazons have had on our art, literature, and cultural landscape. Often assumed to be a modern creation, the so-called “Boobs of Steel” heroine is an outgrowth of a storytelling tradition as old as humanity itself. This first installment of the Boobs of Steel series explores the legacies of the Amazon, the Valkyrie, and Jungle Queen, and how they formed the basis for nearly every action heroine today. It also addresses these archetypes in the age of cancel culture, and how the heroic feminine is being systematically purged from all media. In here you will learn exactly why the woke mob are dead wrong when they scream that our favorite busty heroines are “sexist, racist, and offensive!”
So, suit up and strap in. It’s gonna be a fun ride.
“…a deep dive to find the historical and political forces that have chipped away at traditional female archetypes to give us women who act (and often look) like a poor copy of men.”
-PHOENIX RISING
You can read it here.