Essay:Media with female protagonists that ISN'T woke

With the recent (as of 2020) trend of shoehorning female protagonists into male roles (such as the infamous lady Ghostbusters). Progressive voices have labeled the criticism of such media as "sexist." It's the wokeness we don't like, not the female presence. Here's a message to Hollywood on how to create media with female leads that doesn't irritate conservative America. Many of these examples have entries in the articles about great movies, TV shows, and video games, so see those articles for further plot details.

Examples

Movie: Mary Poppins

Julie Andrews plays the titular protagonist as a very traditionally feminine, yet strong-willed woman who is one of the few characters to not be intimidated by the children's father George Banks. She acts a firm yet kind caretaker of the Banks children, and purposefully avoids becoming too attached to the children and discourages them from becoming attached to her so as not to detach them from their own father. The Banks' mother, Winifred, is shown to be a feminist who neglects her children for the sake of feminist causes. By the end, she realizes her kids are more important.

Movie: The Sound of Music

A year after Mary Poppins, Julie Andrews played another traditionally-female protagonist who also helps heal a broken family by not only rekindling Captain Von Trapp's love for his children, but also by marrying him and becoming the children's new mother. While she is initially intimidated by the Captain, she does eventually stand up to him, he initially fires her, but his heart is softened by hearing his children sing and he admits that she was right.

Movie: The Little Mermaid

The film that launched the Disney Renaissance is also one of the best movies of all time. The protagonist, Ariel, wants to migrate and assimilate to the human world to become, in her words "part of that world." She is proactive in that she rescues the prince twice, once by saving him from drowning, then by attacking Ursula the Sea Witch so that her trident shot misses Eric and hits her eel minions instead. This movie also allows Eric to be equally protective of her and for Ariel to show her gratitude.

TV Show: Jem

Shows the value of traditional femininity AND masculinity as the protagonist's boyfriend Rio is traditionally masculine and very protective of Jerrica. Jerrica shows a caring and maternal side by taking care of the Starlight girls. The series lead antagonist Phyllis "Pizazz" Gabor acts more like a modern feminist, wanting fame, attention, and power for herself.

Video Game: Metroid series

Just a series of well-made games which happen to have a female player character with no baggage attached to them.

Movie: Tomb Raider (2001)

Pro-Second Amendment actress Angelina Jolie stars in this movie adaptation of the video game series in which Lara Croft hopes to gain an artifact that she intends to use to bring her father (played by Jolie's real life father and conservative actor Jon Voight) back to life. When she finally obtains the artifact, she sees an image of her father who warns her not to play God despite her good intentions.

Movie: Unplanned

Obviously, since it's about Abby Johnson and about abortion, a very female-focused issue, the protagonist and most of the important characters are naturally women (including the main antagonist). Of course, the liberal critics hated it because of the "lies" and the "danger to women's health" canards that they like to throw around.

Book: Little House...series by Laura Ingalls Wilder

A series of novels by Laura Ingalls Wilder loosely based on her life growing up on the American frontier. Liberals changed the name of her eponymous literary award because they deem her books "racist"