What are the grounds for inclusion?
For want of a better phrase, they must have central female characters with a fondness for violence. Or appear to have – some video companies know it sells, and will put any such image on the sleeve, regardless of relevance; such films will be included, but largely only to warn the unsuspecting. Terms such as “central” and “fondness” are ill-constrained, and it’s much like pornography – hard to define, but you know it when you see it. Villainesses are also more than welcome, as in Terminator 3, for example. • There are plenty of girls with guns sites out there already, y’know… Oh, believe me – I know! See our links page for details. However, most of these seemed to concentrate on the more, ah, visual side of the genre. I felt there was a gap in the market for a site which acknowledged that appeal, but also had a stronger emphasis on critical writing. And didn’t require a credit card. 🙂 Indeed, I even took the site out of Google’s image search, when I realised half the visitors were
