Heroines Quilt VII: Kim Possible (again)

Kim Possible is an American Disney Channel animated series that ran for five years in the early 2000s. The fictional main character and heroine is Kim Possible, a well-rounded crime-fighting teen. One of her many slogans is: “Kim Possible, she can do...

Heroines Quilt VII: Artemisia Gentileschi

I must say that I struggled quite a bit trying to think of a girlhood heroine or any hero of mine when asked to write on this topic.Throughout my life, even as a child, I didn’t particularly idolise anyone. Certainly, I enjoyed watching cartoons, tv shows,...

Heroines Quilt VII: Laila and Mariam

The first feminist book I ever read was A Thousand Splendid Suns. I was a few years younger than Mariam and Laila when they first started their journeys the first time I read the book. The first thing I felt was that these girls seemed like women to me. Mariam and...

Heroines Quilt VII: Beatrix Potter

As a young girl, I constantly had my head in a book. With two older sisters who were allowed to go out and play, it was a way to keep myself entertained. I quickly fell in love with the mode of escapism. So much so, that as I grew older, I often still opted for a...

Heroines Quilt VII: Granny Weatherwax and the Wyrd Sisters

My mother introduced me to the wonderful world of books and the power of words. She made sure we often left the library in a car packed with books about anything and everything.  I soon took an interest in fantasy books, which led me to the Terry Pratchett...

Heroines Quilt VII: Fairy

My childhood heroine was an invisible fairy watching over me as I skipped a run in my blossoming garden, as I cooked flower petals on my cooking stove made of plastic and wood, as I spoke to my Barbie dolls after a tiring day at school. That invisible fairy would...

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