How do you like your girl power?

Debuting on the newspaper comic strip circuit in 1941, crime-fighting, catsuit-wearing Miss Fury has the honour of being the first female superhero. She was followed by Wonder Woman six months later, and since then, superheroines from Catwoman to Aquagirl have made their marks in the world of comics as well. Trina Robbins, who edited the collection of Miss Fury reprints, discusses the role of women in comics, and that got us thinking about strong, smart female characters in general. And reminded us how anticipatory we are for Brave. (You’ve watched the awesome Brave trailer, right?)

Here are some of our favourites:

1. The Unprincessy Princess

Elizabeth from The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch (1980)

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Meet Watoto from the Nile, your new favourite rap group

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We don’t even know where to begin extolling the merits of Watoto from the Nile. Sisters, the oldest being 10, making a rap video? Someone making a song to call out Lil Wayne for all his bitches and hoes and misogynistic BS? Young girls making a rap video telling Lil Wayne they “hate when he be doing that”? Amazing.

Watoto from the Nile is three sisters: 10-year-old Nia, 9-year-old Nya and 5-year-old Kamaria. They took Lil Wayne’s “I’m Single” (Sample lyrics: Yeah now she hearing with them other bitches, Yeah, I told her mind her fucking business) and wrote their own song over top of his beat, calling it “Letter to Lil Wayne”

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