I Don’t Know About You, But I Prefer My Strong Female Characters To Pass The ‘Sexy Lamp’ Test

If you write “strong female characters,” it’s basically inevitable that you’ll get asked this question. Kelly Sue DeConnick writes comic books for a living, and her response is one of my favorites, mostly because it involves what she calls the “sexy lamp” test.

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Rebecca Eisenberg

Jul 24, 2014

https://youtube.com/watch?v=BAoUAq-yjiM%3Frel%3D0%26start%3D%26end%3D145%26autoplay%3D0

I cut this short, but if you have time, I recommend watching the rest of the panel. It’s pretty great.

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