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I never thought about it before, but there's practically a night and day transition between 80s and 90s action movies. In the 80s, the female lead or love interest was usually a character who couldn't fight. She might point a gun at somebody, or even shoot one of the random goons, but she would normally be frightened when doing so. It'd be clear that she was not an action hero.

Then came the 90s and you saw women in action movies who would punch, kick, and shoot with competence. I wonder if there's a specific year or even a specific movie that can be pinned down to. If you look at ethnic diversity in films today, the future will probably not remember "Hollywood So White." They'll simply take note that films in the 2000s often had one black or Latino character and that movies in the 2010s had a lot of diversity. Was there a specific article or movement which kicked off women kicking ass in the movies?