Femenist Frequency kicks off a new chapter in its video series, introducing Positive Female Characters in Video Games. Host Anita Sarkeesian talks about The Scythian, protagonist of 2011's superb Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP.
Sarkeesian discusses how The Scythian is a hero first, who happens to be a woman—not a caricature of a woman with hyperactive gender signifiers, like pink clothes, bows in her hair, or the recipient of jiggly breast physics. The most important takeaway from this video is that women can quietly fill the role of hero as easily as men can.
