If there is any show featuring so many powerful, multifaceted female characters that has inspired me the most, it is Xena: Warrior Princess. Yes, even more than Buffy the Vampire Slayer. From the titular character to her sidekick girlfriend to villains to any number of one-off characters, you have your pick of resourceful and intelligent women to praise. It is so damn refreshing, even all these years later, to see a show champion women unabashedly, where they are just as strong, and just as vicious, as the men who inhabit that world.

Now, the quality may not be the absolute best, and realism wasn’t even a thing the writers worried about, which I … kind of love it more because of that? But regardless of your opinion on Xena, it was a show that made an impression, enough so that it is still referenced today. It’s sure as hell more relevant than Kevin Sorbo and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, but that’s a whole other conversation that I don’t really want to waste my breath on. Instead, enjoy, my loves, the wonder that is Xena: Warrior Princess.

• day 1: in which I was introduced to xena: warrior princess …
• day 2: in which I have a favorite season one episode …
• day 3: in which I have a favorite season two episode …
• day 4: in which I have a favorite season three episode …
• day 5: in which there are hilarious mid-90s SFX …
• day 6: in which I have a favorite xena outfit …
• day 7: in which I have a favorite gabrielle outfit …
• day 8: in which I have a favorite subtext moment …
• day 9: in which I discuss violence vs nonviolence …
• day 10: in which I have a favorite xena-centered episode …
• day 11: in which I have a favorite gabrielle-centered episode …
• day 12: in which I have a favorite season …
• day 13: in which I have a least favorite season …
• day 14: in which I have a favorite recurring character …
• day 15: in which I have a least favorite recurring character …
• day 16: in which I have a favorite villain …
• day 17: in which I have a least favorite villain …
• day 18: in which something happened I wish didn’t …
• day 19: in which something didn’t happen I wish did …
• day 20: in which I have a favorite season four episode …
• day 21: in which I have a favorite season five episode …
• day 22: in which I have a favorite season six episode …
• day 23: in which I have a favorite episode …
• day 24: in which I have a least favorite episode …
• day 25: in which I discuss female relationships …
• day 26: in which I have favorite music …
• day 27: in which I would like to see this next …
• day 28: in which I am inspired by xena: warrior princess …

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