Are Evil Stepmothers The New Anti-Hero?

April 11, 2012Erik Kain

Can pop culture overcome stereotypes about women, and give us more complex female anti-heroes? Given the rise of popular male anti-heroes in television and film, Alyssa Rosenberg thinks that evil stepmothers and fairy-tale villainesses could be a good way to give female protagonists a similar role. Shows like Mad Men or Breaking Bad or The […]

Erik Kain

Erik writes about video games at Forbes and politics at Mother Jones. He's the editor of The League though he hasn't written much here lately. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter.