Megan McArdle, Columnist

'Jessica Jones' Is Sort of Cheating at Feminism

You can't just turn male characters into females. Think post-patriarchy, not "girl superhero."

December 14, 2015 at 2:15 PM UTC

By Megan McArdle

Megan McArdle is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist.

Krysten Ritter plays a superheroine in "Jessica Jones." More "super" than "heroine."
Photographer: Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for Netflix

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If you haven’t been watching Jessica Jones on Netflix, then allow me to be the 1,000th person to recommend it to you. The leads range from good to great, the visuals are excellent, and the core dilemmas are interesting and emotionally engaging.

The show’s great strength and weakness is that it is committed to showing a woman doling out street justice without crying at rainbows, or dressing up in a skintight leotard.