Female empowerment has always been a huge topic when it comes to the Disney Princesses, and it certainly has become a huge topic in YA. In recent years, I’ve really come to understand it in so many new ways, and when I saw Krysti @ YA and Wine came out with this tag, I immediately fell in love. Not only does it show strength is more than just kicking some major butt in the physical way, it is also in quieter ways, which is something that I, myself, hate to admit that I didn’t always realize. This tag is incredible and inspirational not only to young girls that are just starting to branch into YA and looking for some empowering examples but to those everyone that just want to see some fierce ladies. Can we change the words to “I’ll make a Woman out of you” for the day, Mulan? 😉
I was tagged by the wonderful Krysti (seriously go check out her blog, I can’t gush enough about it – YA PLUS WINE…HOW IS THIS NOT EPICNESS), and also the wonderful Sophie @ Beware the Reader. If you haven’t checked out her blog either, please do because it’s full of fun tags/meme, great reviews (YA, adult, and more!), and so much more! Plus, despite the “beware” in her title, she’s super nice. Check out both of their original posts on the links!
Now…let’s get down to business…not to defeat the huns, though, but to showcase some YA ladies that are strong as hell.
THE RULES
- Thank the person who tagged you.
- Mention the creator Krysti at YA and Wine
- Match at least one YA girl with each of the themes below.
- Tag as many people as you like!
WARRIOR GIRLS
Feyre from A Court of Mist and Fury / Nile from Air and Ash / Katniss from The Hunger Games
GIRLS WHO FIGHT WITH THEIR MIND
Cress from Cress / Kestrel from The Winner’s Curse / Abigail from Jackaby
GIRLS WHO FIGHT WITH THEIR HEART
Scarlet from Scarlet / Rebel from The Wishing Heart / Shazi from The Wrath and the Dawn / Iko from Wires and Nerve
GIRLS WHO ARE TRAINED FIGHTERS
Ismae from Grave Mercy / Nina from Six of Crows / Cammie from the Gallagher Girl series
STRONG GIRLS OF COLOR
Gauri from A Crown of Wishes / Janna from Saints and Misfits / Inej from Six of Crows / Winter from Winter / Anjeline from The Wishing Heart /
GIRLS WHO FIGHT TO SURVIVE
Cinder from Cinder / Kate from This Savage Song / Hanna from Gemina / Kady from Illuminae
GIRLS WHO ARE WEAPONS MASTERS
Inej from Six of Crows / Ismae from Grave Mercy / Alosa from The Daughter of the Pirate King / Lila from A Darker Shade of Magic
GIRLS WHO DON’T CONFORM TO GENDER ROLES
Gauri from A Crown of Wishes / Lila from A Darker Shade of Magic (is this YA? No, but I’mma still put her here to chill a bit)
GIRLS WITH KICK-BUTT MAGICAL POWERS
Evelyn from These Vicious Masks / Nina from Six of Crows
STRONG GIRLS IN CONTEMPORARY NOVELS
Janna (& Sausun) from Saints and Misfits / Dimple from When Dimple Met Rishi / Grace from Bad Romance / Norah from Under Rose-Tainted Skies / Elle from Geekerella
SERIOUSLY FIERCE GIRLS
Alosa from Daughter of the Pirate King / Any of the ladies from The Lunar Chronicles / Inej and Nina from Six of Crows / Ismae from Grave Mercy
MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK WITH A STRONG LEADING LADY
Um, Wonder Woman by Leigh Bardugo, of course!! But there really are so many books coming out with super fierce sounding ladies. Can’t wait!
Tag….you’re it!
Joana @ The Bookneeders / Rendz @ Reading With Rendz / Nadwa @ Painfully Fictional / Jackie @ Too Much of a Book Nerd / Jenna @ Bookmark Your Thoughts / Moira @ For the Lover of Books / Kate @ Meltingpotsandothercalamities / icebreaker694 / Vikki @ The Mundane Teenage Life / Eva @ Brilliantly Bookish /
…and you?
I love reading these posts 🙂
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❤ Yes! Tags + fierce ladies = the best. 😀
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Great list! I really have to read more of these books
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I love this tag so much! ❤ One of my favorite fierce ladies is Blue from the Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater.
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Yes! And ooooh, I really need to get on that series. I’ve heard so many amazing things about it, especially since she’s one of your favorite!
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Thanks for tagging me! This is an amazing one❤ I’m excited to do it.
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Can’t wait to see your answers, Eva! ❤ It's such a fun one, and I figured it would be perfect fit for your blog! 😀
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Thanks ❤ It’s perfect!
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Yay!!!!! I ADORE your book picks, Mandy! I can’t believe I forgot Lila Bard on mine! So glad you have her covered here! Thank you SO MUCH for participating!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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Thanks so much, Krysti. You did amazingggggggggggggggg. And I wasn’t sure if she counted, but I had to stick her in. But of course! ❤ It was amazinggggggggg (as I literally just said a minute ago).
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Oh, she totally counts!!!! And thank you, lady!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️ You da best!
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Ahahahah oh yay! I was worried for a second because I feel like A Darker Shade borders that weird gray area that is or isn’t YA. XD And thankies (but you’re the best!)!
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It totally does. I believe it actually isn’t YA. I think she’s Victoria Schwab for YA and V.E. Schwab for adult, but it feels like a YA. And, no! You’re the best!
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…Krysti, that literally makes so much sense that I can’t believe I hadn’t noticed it before. Wow. XD Intriguing. But yes! (We’re both the best!? <3)
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I only knew that because she did a signing here last year, and I believe she talked about that specifically then. Anyway, yes! We can both be the best! :D:D:D
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Ahahahaha, that makes sense. But Krysti’s book wisdom again for the win.
And yayyyyyyy! XD 😀
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Hahaha. I have to give credit for any knowledge I have from book signing to The King’s English. I seriously don’t know what I’d do without them!
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Ahahahahaha they do give you the inside scoop quite a bit, which is epic. 😀
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They do! That’s why I LOVE book events. Well, one of the many reasons anyway. 🙂
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Yes! Many reasons to love indeed. XD
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IM LIVING FOR THE FEMALE EMPOWERMENT YASSSS
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Yes! ❤ It's so much fun and so inspirational.
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Ahhh DAMN this is a kickass tag 😍 This is amazing, oh my God. Cress, Winter, Inej, Feyre… LOVED YOUR CHOICES, Mandy! 😍💘 Thank you so much for tagging me! 😄😍
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IT IS! ❤ It was so much fun to talk about the epic fierce ladies. 😀 Can't wait to see your answers, Nadwa! ❤
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Awesome tag! Yes, Gauri is an amazing character.
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Yes, it is! ❤ And she isssss. Totally one of my favorites in YA. 🙂
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Great tag, I´ll do this sometime. It’s so good to support female empowerment in books it gives a better and stronger role models than it used to.
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Yes! It’s so much fun and cool to see all the epic female ladies in YA. I definitely can’t wait to see your answers when you do it sometime!
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Love this! I definitely strived for a strong, independent YA character in my novel. That’s the sort of character I love to read about!
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Yes, same! They are always so interesting to read about.
P.S. I saw your contact but haven’t gotten a chance to go through them all – will respond soon! 🙂
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Epic choices and I’m so excited about this tag! Its quite frankly one of the best I’ve ever come across and thanks a ton!
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Thanks so much! And I totalllllllllllly agree. Krysti did such an amazing job with it. ❤ Can't wait to see your answers!
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Thank you so much for the tag! And I love that you included Abigail 😊. I also managed to find Ghostly Echoes at the library, so now I’m multitasking with that and One of Us is Lying.
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Absolutely! And lol, I had to add her in! And ahhhhhhh I can’t wait to see your thoughts on both!! (Good luck with multitasking since they are both good mysteries. XD)
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Hehe, I’ll write my reviews once I’m done!
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Ahh thanks for the tag! This is such an important tag to do because it explores all kinds of strengths! I definitely agree with all your picks! These girls are all kickass and fighters!! Mulan would be proud!
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Absolutely! ❤ And it really is – so many times people just focus on the physical strength. I can't wait to see your picks because there are so many amazing ladies. ❤
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Thank you for tagging me. Now I’m excited to finish exams so I have time to do this tag. I think Inej will forever be one of my favourite characters. I think I would love her even if she wasn’t as strong as she is.
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Absolutely! Yes, good luck with your exams!! I totally agree – she was an amazing character even without all of her strength.
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Thank you.
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I love how you fit in all the Lunar Chronicles girls, and in such good categories!! I particularly love Scarlet in fighting with her heart ❤
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Yes! I had to make sure that they got in there somehow. Some of them were a bit hard since they fit in quite a few. But yes! She really does fight so brilliantly with it.
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Annabeth Chase. Thalia Grace. Amani from Rebel of the Sands. Isabelle Lightwood. Clary Fray. Tess Gray. Eowyn from LOTR. Hermione Granger. Luna Lovegood. Ginny Weasely. How did you forget all these amazing kickbutt heroines? I LOVE THEM SO MUCH! ❤ 🙂 I love Lunar Chronicles btw. Winter and Cinder and Scarlet and Cress are amazing!
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I have yet to read them yet sadly. XD Something I clearly need to get on it. Although I have no clue how I forgot Tessa Gray. And TLC ladies are the besttttttttttttt.
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I know. They are amazing. And Tessa….she is just too amazing. I lurve her with a passion!
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Yes! So smart and fierce. 🙂
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i love this tag! What an empowering topic!
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Yes! Krysti did such an amazing job showcasing so much female empowerment in it.
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Awesome post, I love it! Thanks for including your least favorite Disney princess for the Snow White diehards like me lol
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Your list makes me realize just how many good books I missed while I wasn’t reading as much during college. I have a lot of catching up to do!
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Ahahahaha, yes! Even though I hate on her a voice a bit, I had to defintiely include her in there.
But so agree! There are so many books out there. D: You’ll at least have fun catching up, though. XD
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GREAT TAG! I haven’t seen this one before, and I’m so excited to do it! Thank you so much for tagging me! Great answers!
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Yes! Can’t wait to see your answers for them! ❤
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What a great tag! I love all the books on your contemporary list… Bad Romance is one I want to read so bad… Plus it is clear I need to read Six of Crows… it seems epic in your eyes!!
Yay for women’s empowerment!
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Yes, Dani! And Bad Romance was really good, and definitely to SOC. It will totally enrapture in the plot and also fall in love with the characters at the same time. 😀
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I loved your choices! So many kickass heroines. I love girl power 😉
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Yes! ❤ Thanks so much, Sophie! So much agreement about the girl power! 🙂
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OMG!! YES! I loved this one!! So freaking kickass! Thank you so much for tagging me!! 😍 Your princesses fit so perfectly with this tag! 😍 I need to get to this >.<
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YES. It was so much fun, and I can’t wait to see what you come up with, Joana. ❤ And thank you. I tried to just smish them in there. Hopefully no one realizes they aren't YA? XD
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Naaa! I think you’re save 😛 😂 I am posting this one in August! Although I will be doing it right away 😛
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Ooooooh, have fun with it, and can’t wait to see the final verdict! ❤
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