From Rapunzel trapped up in her tower to legions of scream queens hitting high decibels, the damsel in distress trope is long rooted in sweet, helpless characters incapable of staying out of trouble.

Once upon a time, a damsel sat hopeless in her tower. Suddenly, the door to her prison burst open, and a prince appeared. Before asking if she was fine or mentally stable after years of isolation, he ...

Joseph has always had a passion for film, TV, and gaming. He's been writing entertainment articles since 2011, contributing his work to the Reading Eagle newspaper and websites like Ready Steady Cut ...

Each quest in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is a unique interaction between Henry and the characters available in both regions ...

Purportedly protecting white women has justified centuries of racist violence — while doing little to actually protect white women Amy Cooper went viral this week — and not for a good reason. In a ...

The image of a lady in need of rescue could be one of the oldest literary tropes in history. In traditional stories, the Hero has to rescue a woman, one in some kind of danger or "distress" as it were ...