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Girls Who Bite Back contains cultural essays, fiction, comics and art by 34 contributors from across Canada and the U.S.
The Mutant Generation: Creating Better, Stronger Superheroines (an introduction) by Emily Pohl-Weary
Holy Butt-Kicking Babe, Batman!: The Comic Book Origins of TV’s Superheroines (cultural essay) by Nikki Stafford
…And the Myth that Things Have Progressed (collages) by Sonja Ahlers
Cuz the Black Chick Always Gets It First: Dynamics of Race in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (cultural essay) by Candra K Gill
Stinky Girl (short story) by Hiromi Goto
The Parkdale Three (comic strip) by Matthew Blackett and Meagan Crump
How to Be Your Own Superhero: A Chronicle of Fascination and Experimentation (do-it-yourself guide) by Carly Stasko
Her Eyes and Hair Repeat (poem and art) by Paola Poletto
Diary of a Broom Girl (short story) by Mariko Tamaki
Everyday Superhero (short story) by Rose Bianchini
Miniature Coloured Marshmallows (art) by Lisa Smolkin
Ready to Be Strong? Buffy, Angelina, and Me (personal essay) by Nancy Gobatto
A Manifesto for the Bitten: The Cyborg, The Vampire, The Alien and Me (an essay in parts) by Sophie Levy
High Fashion and the Necromantic Arts (short story) by Daniel Heath Justice
Slumpyheroes (drawings) by Sherwin Tjia
Faces of Gemini (short story) by Alyx Dellamonica
Case Studies of Females with Enhanced Characteristics: Molecular Basis and Treatment Strategies (scientific report) by Susan Bustos
Madame Mouth’s Little Get Together (video game fiction) by Carma Livingstone
Danger Room Girls (fictional online chat) by Sherwin Tjia
Suffragettes, Vigilantes and Superheroes: One Girl’s Guide to Chicks in Comics (cultural essay) by Elizabeth Walker
Levitation Girl in Good Afternoon America! (comic strip) by Willow Dawson
Diamond Dame (short story) by Emily Pohl-Weary
Act of Grace (short story) by Judy MacDonald
Divine Secrets of the Yaga Sisterhood: From Supervirgin to Supermom to Supergoddess (cultural essay) by Sandra Kasturi
Medusa: Super Mom (art) by Sheila Butler
Smile on the Face (short story) by Nalo Hopkinson
The Left Hand of God (paintings) by Shary Boyle
Myth Girls (short story) by Kij Johnson
Redhead Orphan Superheroes: Why Girls with Shady Origins and Impure Breeding Are the Ones Who Kick Ass (personal essay) by Catherine Stinson
Raw (short story) by Zoe Whittall
Cinematic Superbabes Are Breakin’ My Heart (cultural essay) by Lisa Rundle
Karate Girls (paintings) by Eliza Griffiths
Bond, Jane Bond (cultural essay) by Halli Villegas
When I Was a Girl, I Was a Boy: My Quest for a Female Action Hero (personal essay) by Esther Vincent
The Combing (short story) by Larissa Lai
Spring Roll Adventure (comic strip) by Marc Ngui and Magda Wojtyra
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