I can't make real-life workplaces safer and more fair for women just by showing them with briefcases or crossbows. But I can try to grant my characters the quirky gift of humanity - whether they're adjudicating torts or dishing tortes or saving the world. And hope the little girls watching do the rest. (Jane Espenson)

I can't make real-life workplaces safer and more fair for women just by showing them with briefcases or crossbows. But I can try to grant my characters the quirky gift of humanity - whether they're adjudicating torts or dishing tortes or saving the world. And hope the little girls watching do the rest.

Jane Espenson

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