heroines

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Unlike such Pixar heroines as Riley in the “Inside Out” movies and Mei in “Turning Red,” she isn’t especially relatable, and the script by Jesse Andrews relies heavily on dull slapstick and broad gags.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

What “Canticle” and “Skylark” get right about their very different heroines and time periods is that change doesn’t happen overnight, nor does it benefit everyone.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

Over the years, Dharmendra said he was cast against 70 heroines, but his most successful screen pairing was with Hema Malini, who later became his second wife.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025

Generations of readers have turned its eponymous heroines into cult figures, but the March sisters are more than stereotypes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

The more convoluted the story lines, the more I liked them, and I imagined that all the long-suffering heroines looked like me, or rather, that I looked like them.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago