Wednesday we empty out our Recycle Bin, which means we take one of the entertaining sites or videos people have forwarded to us and share them with you.

Anyone who has ever read Women in Refrigerators knows that more often than not, writers portray women as victims who must be saved by their male counterparts. But occasionally, Hollywood gets it right and comes up with female characters who kick ass and take names.

Last week, The Park Bench compiled a list of “12 fictional females who don’t take crap from anybody.” Everyone from Alien‘s Ellen Ripley to Hermione Granger from Harry Potter is represented. You can check out all three parts of the list here:

• Part One
• Part Two
• Part Three