Fighting, Flirting, Feminism: The Bond Girl Evolution

What makes a Bond Girl? Ever since Ursula Andress’ Honey Ryder walked out of the ocean 50 years ago in Dr. No, the term has meant a sexually independent, attractive woman with whom 007 shares a flirtation…or more than a flirtation. Sometimes she turns out to be evil and a good chunk of the time she ends up dead, but she always makes an impression. (Not included in the category are early female villains like From Russia with Love’s Rosa Klebb as well as more recent strong female recurrin...

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