Equality Now--a top-flight internation women's charity--honored Joss Whedon recently and he gave a short speech that is characteristically Whedon-esque in both its brief route to the point and witty enough to be profound. Anyone creating female characters in media (yes, game developers, I'm squinting at you and pointing accusingly) should be strapped to a chair with their eyelids taped open and forced to watch this several times over.

Instead of just linking the YouTube video, I'm linking directly to the Shakespear's Sister entry as the more people reading that blog, the better the world will be.