10 Reasons Why Barbara Kean is a Feminist Character

Here are the ten reasons why Barbara Kean from Gotham is a feminist character. Barbara may be psychotic, but she’s a complex character :

1. Barbara Kean used to own an art gallery.
2. Barbara is a bisexual woman who has dated two cops Jim Gordon and Renee Montoya.
3. Kean wrestles with addiction to pills and booze because of the emotional abuse her wealthy parents inflicted on her.
4. Barbara lets street kids Selina Kyle and Ivy Pepper stay at her penthouse apartment for as long as they liked. Kean even gave the girls clothing from her closet.
5. The serial killer the Ogre kidnaps and tortures Kean eventually breaking her mind. He forces Barbara to kill her parents.
6. After trying to kill Lee Thompkins, Ms. Kean gets committed to the Arkham Asylum where she uses her sexuality to procure protection.
7. Leslie becomes sexually interested in the torturer Tabitha Galavan and one of the people who kidnapped her from Arkham Asylum. The two women whip Mayor Audrey James together for fun.
8. Barbara Kean becomes bored when the Galavan’s don’t let her out of their penthouse. Eventually, Theo Galavan allows her to distract Jim Gordon by taking him hostage in the church where they were supposed to get married. Barbara wanted revenge on Jim for falling in love with Lee.
9. Kean left Jim Gordon originally because he could not be her emotional support after she was abducted by the Falcone Family.
10. Before Barbara’s psychotic break, Kean was a kind supportive person who tried to be there for Jim. Maybe the psychopath let herself fall down several floors of building because she hated what she became.

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10 Reasons Why Dr Leslie Thompkins is a Feminist Character

Here are the ten reasons why I think Dr. Leslie Thompkins from Gotham is a feminist character:

1. Dr Leslie “Lee” Thompkins was in charge of the medical needs of the female inmates in the Arkham Asylum. Lee  sometimes volunteered to help out in the male ward, which is how she met Detective Jim Gordon.
2. Lee later took over as the M.E. for the Gotham City Police Department. She’s very intelligent and finds interesting clues like how adrenal glands’ only use being the fact that at the moment of death they might be super charged.
3. Dr Thompkins also acts as a therapist like she did for Barbara Keane before they all realized that the Ogre broke Gordon’s ex-fiance’s mind.
4. Lee may not be a police officer or gangster, but she can defend herself or at least keep her cool during dangerous situations. Leslie barely broke a sweat when Cat pointed a gun at her while they were waiting for Jim to come home. The Doctor was able to knock Barbara down before the psychopath could kill her.
5. Leslie was so heartbroken over the loss of her unborn child and Gordon being locked up that she left Gotham.
6. Lee knows all of Jim Gordon’s darkest secrets like how he killed a man for Penguin to get back on the force, but she still loves him because he has a good heart.
7. Dr Thompkins helped Gordon solve the murder of Lila Valeska the snake dancer before she even joined the Police Department. Lee was able to solve a riddle that led the couple to find an axe that eventually led to Jerome Valeska her killer son.
8. Leslie Thompkins has a strong moral compass that leads her  to host the Children’s Hospital fundraiser. Lee must volunteer at Gotham’s Hospital to be a host of a giant event.
9. Lee doesn’t let Gordon wallow in the darkness, but still gives the detective space to make his own choices.
10. Leslie and Jim escaped a mob of Arkham Asylum Inmates together when the patient and nurse Dorothy let all the men out.

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