Powerpuff Girls: Equal Fights

In class we watched an episode of the Powerpuff Girls called Equal Fights. In the episode, the villain is a woman called Femme Fatale. She is a feminist who robs people in The City of Townsville, but not looking for money; she’s looking for solely for Susan Bee Anthony coins. She rants about how men are weak and can’t stop a woman like her. In a confrontation with the Powerpuff Girls, she convinces them that all men are evil and women get treated with no respect. In one scene, she asks the Powerpuff Girls to name any other respected woman superhero besides Wonder Woman. Bubbles names off Super Girl and Bat Girl where Femme Fatale replies that those characters are only weaker versions of their male counterparts. The girls let her go and become angry at all men for treating women differently.  I saw this episode as a way for the writers to express what feminism really is. I saw how Femme Fatale as a symbol how media likes to portray feminism in a negative way. At the end of the episode, the Powerpuff Girls realize they were acting wrong and Femme Fatale is not a true feminist. Femme Fatale wants females to be superior while feminism is really about everybody being equal. I thought this episode did a great job portraying what feminism should really be about, especially in a show where the main characters are kick-ass girls.