The 26 Most Brilliant Female Cartoon Characters

Time Magazine compiled a list of the 26 most brilliant cartoon characters.

Who do you feel they left out? Answer in the comments.

Lata.

-WTS.

Daria Morgendorffer, Daria


Aside from her oversized round glasses, Daria Morgendorffer is best remembered for maintaining her hilariously cynical observations while dealing with challenging social situations and her everyday life in high school.

Ms. Frizzle, The Magic School Bus


Ms. Frizzle, voiced by Lily Tomlin, is an eccentric and knowledgable teacher at Walkerville Elementary who, along with a chameleon named Liz, takes her class (and the show's viewers) on educational field trips. In Netflix's remake of the '90s cartoon, Kate McKinnon will lend her voice to the unique teacher.

Helga Pataki, Hey Arnold!


Helga exhibits a mean, tough, tomboyish demeanor. She is the class bully, especially to Arnold, who she calls "football head." Secretly, Helga has an obsessive crush on Arnold, going as far as building a shrine to him in her closet.

Lana Kane, Archer


Lana was the top female agent at ISIS (International Secret Intelligence Service) before it was dissolved. Throughout the series, Lana (voiced by Aisha Tyler) and ex-boyfriend Archer are paired on various missions, and she constantly insults him in the field because of his lack of judgment, though she still harbors occasional feelings for him.

Patti Mayonnaise, Doug

Patti Mayonnaise is Doug's friend and secret love interest. Creator Jim Jinkins reportedly based Mayonnaise, who generally has a positive demeanor and is a star athlete, on his own crush from his junior high and high school days.

Eliza Thornberry, The Wild Thornberrys


Eliza is a smart and fearless 12-year-old with the ability to communicate with animals —a secret she keeps from her family. She is accompanied by Darwin, her pet chimp, who often joins her on adventures in the wilderness.

Angelica Pickles, Rugrats


A spoiled only child, Angelica is the cousin of Tommy Pickles and is regularly dropped off at his house for babysitting. Angelica uses Tommy and his toddler friends for her own selfish needs and often bullies them, regularly calling them "dumb babies."

Velma, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?


Velma is portrayed as the brains of the crew in Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?, which premiered in 1969. Always losing her glasses, she is usually paired off with Shaggy and Scooby while solving mysteries, and her keen sensibility normally leads to solving the mystery at hand.

Francine Frensky, Arthur


Francine, an orangutan, is a tomboy, athlete and musician. A classmate of Arthur's in Mr. Ratburn's class at Lakewood Elementary school, she is often seen with her best friend Muffy.

Lisa Simpson, The Simpsons

Lisa Simpson is the middle child in the Simpson family and is known for being highly intellectual and aware of issues ranging from the environment to women's rights. She plays the baritone sax and often takes a moral stance throughout the series.

Diane Nguyen, Bojack Horseman


Voiced by Alison Brie, Diane is a ghostwriter, initially working with Bojack Horseman on his autobiography. She dates and later marries Bojack's frenemy Mr. Peanutbutter. In the show, Bojack and Diane's friendship gradually devolves from a strong bond to an awkward one, thanks to his feelings for her.

Lois Griffin, Family Guy

Lois is a housewife and the mother to Stewie, Meg and Chris. On a daily basis she serves as a counterbalance to her clueless husband Peter Griffin's poor judgement.

Leela, Futurama


Leela is the one-eyed captain of the Planet Express Ship. Her signature outfit is a white tank top with grey boots and black leggings. She is the ongoing love interest of Fry, whom she eventually marries.

Lucy, Peanuts

In the Peanuts series, Lucy is an antagonist with a bossy personality and is the older sister of Linus and Rerun. She picks on Charlie Brown and is known for having a psychiatry booth, where she charges a nickel for "advice" that typically doesn't help.

The Powerpuff Girls, The Powerpuff Girls


Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup, a.k.a. the Powerpuff Girls, were created by Professor Utonium and live in Townsville, USA. Using their powers to fight criminals and monsters, the girls also face common issues associated with children their age, like sibling rivalries and bed wetting.

Sandy Cheeks, SpongeBob Squarepants


Sandy, a squirrel from Texas, is a good friend of SpongeBob's. Her many skills include karate, and she lives in a glass-like dome under the sea in order to survive.

Dora, Dora the Explorer


Nick Jr.'s Dora is a young Mexican-American girl who embarks on quests with her close friend, a monkey named Boots. Dora and Boots encounter a number of obstacles and puzzles to solve, calling on participation from the show's viewers.

Princess Bubblegum, Adventure Time

Princess Bubblegum is the monarch of the Candy Kingdom. Finn, one of the show's main characters, views her as a love interest, but the two remain friends throughout the series. Though she can be a powerful force when provoked, she is usually portrayed as a kindhearted figure in the world of Adventure Time.

Doc McStuffins, Doc McStuffins


Dottie "Doc" McStuffins is a little girl who wants to be a doctor like her mother. She prepares for her future career by fixing broken toys with the help of her toy friends in her clinic. Her magical stethoscope allows her to time-travel and bring her stuffed animals to life.

Wendy Testaburger, South Park


Wendy is often the voice of reason amid the chaos of South Park and is regularly involved in political and feminist causes. She frequently and vocally stands up to bully Eric Cartman.

Storm, X-Men: The Animated Series


One of the most powerful animated superheroines of 1990s cartoons, Storm's superhuman ability to control the weather while fighting evil enemies continues to make her a pivotal figured in the X-Men universe.

Jane Jetson, The Jetsons


As the matriarch of the Jetson family, Jane Jetson is the glue in her family's happy life at home. Outside of her life with with husband George and children Judy and Elroy, she is a member of the Galaxy Women Historical Society.

Wilma Flintstone, The Flintstones


In The Flintstones, aside from being a mother to Pebbles, Wilma is seen as the sensible and calm half of her marriage to Fred Flintstone, who often approaches situations in a hasty and hot-headed manner.

Tina Belcher, Bob's Burgers


The eldest Belcher child, Tina helps out at her family's restaurant but exhibits awkward social skills as she transitions into adolescence. As obsessed with horses as she is with butts, Tina is a strange but beloved member of the family.

Penny Proud, The Proud Family


The protagonist of The Proud Family, Penny is a teenager living in Wizville, Calif. and a well-rounded person: she's a straight-A student, a talented singer, a football player and a high school newspaper staffer. Her everyday ups and downs with her friends and family make her an all-around relatable teen.

Kim Possible, Kim Possible


Kim Possible is not your average high school cheerleader. She also fights crime with her friends, saving the world time and again from evil villains like her arch-enemy, Dr. Drakken, all while dealing with teenage life.

An Honorable Mention:

Jem is one of the best cartoons of all time dammit.

Borrowed From :-)

The Haunting and Twisted Case of the Gibbons Twins

It is said that twins occur because a soul is so powerful, it needs two bodies because one is not enough. The story of the Gibbons twins would have me believe such a theory. This is a tale straight of of a 'Ripley's Believe it or Not' catalog. Eerie, interesting and weird. I don't know if this tale is entirely true, but it captured my attention throughout.

Hopefully it will capture yours.

-WTS.

Twins share physical and mental bonds that are unparalleled in human interaction, including the bonds between differently aged children of the same parents. One of the strangest stories of twin bonding is that of June and Jennifer Gibbons, identical twin sisters who made a childhood pact to cut themselves off from the outside world and only talk to each other. Known as the Silent Twins, Gibbons devised a secret language which set them apart from friends, family, teachers and classmates. In the end, their relationship brought them to the depths of despair – they loved and loathed each other with equal passion – and eventually proved their downfall: One of them is claimed to have died so that the other could lead a normal life!

Born in 1963, June and Jennifer Gibbons grew up to be known as “The Silent Twins” because they only communicated with each other.

Soon after their birth, their family moved to Haverfordwest, Wales. Known for its tranquility, the town and the twins had but one thing in common: Quiet. While growing up both sisters became inseparable. They even talked to each other in a strange, high speed, patois-like English which no one else could understand, not even their parents.

While growing up, the twins were the only black children in their community. Due to their race, they were bullied at school. This proved to be a traumatic experience for the twins leading them to avoid communication with others and only speaking with each other in a language which was almost unintelligible to anyone else.

At the age of fourteen, the twins were sent to therapists, and even to separate boarding schools, to get them to communicate with others. This only made them more withdrawn from society.

Due to their resistance to speak with outsiders, the twins were sent to a number of therapists. None of these professionals, however, could get the girls to communicate with others. In an attempt to help them break their perceived need for self-isolation they were sent to separate boarding schools, but as a result of their separation, they became catatonic and even more withdrawn.

After their reunion, the twins spent the next few years in voluntary seclusion in their room where they performed plays for one another and wrote in diaries. In their diaries they revealed the dark side of their bond.

When the doctors saw the adverse effect of separating the twins, they asked the family to reunite them. After that, the twins spent the next few years isolating themselves in their room. They entertained themselves by playing with dolls and creating and enacting plays and stories. 

During the Christmas of 1979 they received diaries as gifts. From then on they began writing extensively in their diaries. They wrote about three thousand words a day.

In the pages of their diaries the twins revealed the dark side of their bond. June wrote, “Nobody suffers the way I do, not with a sister; with a husband, yes; with a wife, yes; with a child, yes, but this sister of mine, a dark shadow robbing me of sunlight, is my one and only torment.”

Inspired by their diaries, they started writing novels about men and women exhibiting criminal behavior. June wrote Pepsi-Cola Addict and Jennifer wrote The Pugilist, Discomania, The Taxi-Driver’s Son and several short stories.

While writing diaries the twin sisters decided to develop writing careers. They took a mail order course in creative writing. Each sister wrote separate novels. The stories in June’s two novels were set primarily in Malibu, California in the United States. June wrote Pepsi-Cola Addict, which was about a high school hero who was seduced by a teacher and later sent to a reformatory where a homosexual guard terrorized him. Jennifer wrote three novels: The Pugilist, Discomania and Taxi-Driver’s Son. She also wrote a radio play called Postman and Postwoman, and several short stories. 

Their novels and other writings failed to make any serious impression in the literary world.
Next the sisters turned to criminal mischief. Due to their criminal behavior and social disorder they were sent to a high security mental facility, Broadmoor Hospital, where they spent 14 years.

After their novels failed to get any notice, the twins started committing crimes. They committed petty theft, choked each other, and even burned a building down to the ground. They were eventually brought to court on the charge of arson. The judge ruled that since the twins were suffering from a severe social disorder they were to be confined to a high-security mental facility. The twins were sent to Broadmoor Hospital where they remained for the next fourteen years. Their case attained a modicum of notoriety when journalist Marjorie Wallace covered it for The Sunday Times.

In the hospital, the behavior of the sisters puzzled the doctors. They took turns eating. One day one of them would gorge herself while the other starved, and the next day they would switch roles. The sisters were housed in different cells at opposite ends of the hospital, but the nurses often found them frozen in the same bizarre poses.

During their stay in the hospital they made a pact that one of them would die. When the doctors decided to transfer the twins to Caswell Clinic, Jennifer died in transit. Her death remains an unsolved mystery to this day.

During the time spent in the mental hospital the twins began to believe that in order for one of them to lead a normal life, one of them would have to die. After a lot of discussions, they both agreed that it would be Jennifer who would die. In March 1993, doctors decided to transfer the twins to Caswell Clinic. Before the transfer, journalist Marjorie Wallace came to interview the sisters. During the visit, Jennifer abruptly stated matter-of-factly over a cup of tea, “Marjorie, Marjorie, I’m going to have to die.” When Wallace asked why, Jennifer just calmly replied, “Because we decided.”

During the trip to Caswell Clinic Jennifer slept in June’s lap with her eyes open. Upon reaching the Clinic, Jennifer presented as unresponsive and was pronounced dead by the doctors. Later, the cause of death was determined to be a sudden, lethal inflammation of the heart. During an autopsy, doctors did not find any drug or poison in her body and her death still remains a mystery.
When June was questioned at the inquest she revealed that Jennifer was acting strangely for a few days before their transfer. June also said that Jennifer’s speech was slurred and they both assumed she was dying.

A few days later when Marjorie Wallace visited her again, June said, “I’m free at last, liberated, and at last Jennifer has given up her life for me.”

Jennifer lies buried under a headstone that is engraved with a poem. The poem was written by June: “We once were two/We two made one/We no more two/Through life be one/Rest in peace.”

Strangely, after her sister’s death, June began interacting normally with people. She no longer needs psychiatric monitoring and has been fully accepted back into her community. She now lives a quiet life in West Wales near her parents.

Even though no one really knows the bizarre and secret world of the Gibbons twins, an excerpt from Jennifer’s diary shows their shared disdain. In her diary, Jennifer had written: “We have become fatal enemies in each other’s eyes. We feel the irritating deadly rays come out of our bodies, stinging each other’s skin. I say to myself, can I get rid of my own shadow, impossible or not possible? Without my shadow, would I die? Without my shadow, would I gain life, be free or left to die? Without my shadow, which I identify with a face of misery, deception, murder.”

The Madness
The Insanity

Scrotox: Botox for the Scrotum..

Scrotox. A name coined from a 2010 SNL skit. When I first heard about Scrotox, I was amazed that of all the aesthetic issues a man could possess, the look of his balls was on the list. I can understand a guy possibly feeling self-conscious about love-handles, receding hairlines or even man-boobs, but wrinkles in his nutsack?

Seriously?

Men be honest. Do guys really care about this? Enough to get Botox INJECTIONS? What man is so self-absorbed with the beauty of his balls, that he would inject them with a cosmetic filler?

Aside from this guy?

Welp, apparently these men are out there because there's a market for it. When said men are looking to smooth out their testy-coles, they seek out plastic surgeons like Dr. John Mesa, who's performed Scrotox on 10 men in the past year. Botox relaxes muscles, allowing the testicles to drop lower, which can make balls look bigger. According to Mesa, Scrotox mimics the effect of a warm day: the balls appear lower and look smoother with fewer wrinkles. The cost of Scrotox is the roughly same as regular Botox, or $520-$800 per session.

While injecting Botox into the scrotum has gone viral for cosmetic reasons, actual medical research is slim. “There’s literally only one peer-reviewed manuscript on Scrotox, and it wasn’t for cosmetic, it was for scrotal pain,” says Dr. Mary K. Samplaski, resident scrotum expert at the University of Southern California, Institute of Urology.

I just noticed that "scrotum" rhymes with "hurt em." But I digress..

While the procedure is believed to be as safe as Botox anywhere else on the body, injecting neurotoxins into your scrotum can seem daunting. If testicles become too hot, a man can risk becoming sterile. As Dr. Mesa explains, "Since Scrotox causes the balls to drop lower rather than closer to the body, I would say Botox in the scrotum would be more beneficial because it keeps the temperature of the testicles lower.”

One man who received Scrotox for cosmetic reasons had this to say about the procedure:

"I’m a 29-year-old man, I live in Manhattan, and yes, I got Scrotox. I’m a physician myself, an internist. Botox on your scrotum can still have some stigma depending on who you're talking to, so because I’m a physician, I wanted it to be confidential. I have a bunch of friends who've gotten Botox or plastic surgeries, and many of them are guys. It’s an increasing trend for guys to be more open to plastic surgery and procedures such as Scrotox.

Dr. Mesa had done Botox on my forehead before, because I had wrinkles and I wanted to avoid them getting worse.

I learned about Scrotox through my girlfriend, who's also a physician. She'd never mentioned or complained about how my scrotum looked before, but after hearing about the procedure from friends, she started joking about me getting it done. She thought it could be good for sex, so we began  researching the procedure together. User reviews said Scrotox makes the balls hang lower and looser, and my scrotum would make contact better with her skin during sex. In particular, it could stimulate her clitoris more. We were also curious about it making sex better for me, as looser balls could feel more comfortable.

After reading comments on online forums, and noticing that no one wrote that they'd regretted it,  I decided to go for it. 

It’s an invasive procedure, and obviously the genitals are a sensitive region, but then again so is the face. I’d already had Botox done there with no problem.

I was expecting it to be a little bit more painful. They apply the anesthetic in the beginning and that’s uncomfortable for a few seconds. Then you don’t really feel any pain during the actual injections. The procedure takes about 10-15 minutes. My doctor engaged me in small talk the entire time to help distract me.

It was a bit sore and sensitive for a few hours after, but the next day I felt fine. The results didn’t happen right away, but within a week or so I felt like my scrotum was more relaxed. They're not loose all the time, which is one of the things I wasn't expecting. About five days after the results set in and I showed my girlfriend. We had sex and she was pleased with the results. It did make the sex more enjoyable. While it doesn’t make sex last longer, my lower-hanging, relaxed and looser balls were more stimulating for my girlfriend. She says it does stimulate the vulva region and the clitoris more. As they are lower, they can reach places on her body better.

If you are considering this procedure, do your research and find a good plastic surgeon.

I’m scheduled to go back for another injection in a few weeks."

And there ya have it. I think I speak for most women when I say unless they're deformed, we don't give much thought to how attractive mens' balls are, and we certainly aren't concerned with their wrinkles.

When looking at men, we don't see this:

Any man who thinks so is mistaken. However men, if you think Scrotox might help your sex life, go for it. Shoot those love acorns till they're super smooth, or leave 'em and let 'em hang loose.

Whatever you choose,

Happy humpin.

WTS.

A Source of the Madness
Ballchinian

Orthorexia - The Righteous Eaters Eating Disorder

There's a diet for the management of any and every disease, for weight loss, and even a diet for returning to caveman ways of eating. Today more than ever, we're encouraged to eat healthy.

So we eat healthy and what happens? A new eating disorder pops up, and worse, it's based around eating healthy. In fact, it's based around eating extremely healthfully. How can we win?

Having recently begun my transition to an alkaline diet, I can see that I need to be careful. My motivations for wanting to eat healthy and "clean" are harmless enough, but with the diligence I've had regarding my decidedly new ways of consuming, I can understand how a perfect diet can become an obsession. 

A diet consisting of no sugar, processed or chemically altered foods, a high chlorophyll content and an overall higher pH level has proven to be not only energy providing, but surprisingly tasty. I'm constantly shocked at how delicious recipes with two or three simple ingredients can make me swoon. The discipline required however, has proven to be quite tough and I've felt guilty when I "slip." I have to constantly remind myself I'm TRANSITIONING.

I'm allowing myself time to replace familiar food choices and re-learn ways of eating and cooking, as opposed to trying to change all my eating habits overnight. 

Because of this, my dietary goals aren't a prison. Sometimes they feel like it, I can't lie, lol. Sugar is acid, period. That's been a tough one for me. I'm slowly retraining my taste buds to find the sweetness in certain vegetables.

But I LOVE dessert! We've become great friends over the years.

Orthorexia Nervosa like any eating disorder, is an outgrowth of trying to be perfect. In this case, it's attempting to achieve the perfect diet, both in food choice and food quality.

As with anything, being kind and patient with ourselves is vital when making life improvements.

If not, even eating healthy can become unhealthy.

If one isn't careful, it could become deadly.

WTS.

Orthorexia Nervosa other wise known as Orthorexia, is a term which literally means “fixation on righteous eating.”

Orthorexia starts out as an innocent attempt to eat more healthfully, but orthorexics become fixated on food quality and purity. They become consumed with what and how much to eat, and how to deal with “slip-ups.” An iron-clad will is needed to maintain this rigid eating style. Every day is a chance to eat right, be “good,” rise above others in dietary prowess, and self-punish if temptation wins (usually through stricter eating, fasts and exercise). 

Self-esteem becomes wrapped up in the purity of diet and they sometimes feel superior to others, especially in regard to food intake.

Eventually food choices become so restrictive, in both variety and calories, that health suffers – an ironic twist for a person so completely dedicated to healthy eating. Eventually, the obsession with healthy eating can crowd out other activities and interests, impair relationships, and become physically dangerous.

Is Orthorexia An Eating Disorder?

Orthorexia is a term coined by Steven Bratman, MD in 1996. He began to use it with his patients who were overly health-obsessed. Today, he has created an official scientific definition for the disease and is working on getting it published and accepted by the medical community. However, Dr. Bratman was not the one to bring orthorexia to the mainstream some year and a half ago. Jordan Younger, a 25-year-old lifestyle blogger from California,was.

Younger was a devout raw vegan who had built an online following of tens of thousands by writing about her virtuous veganism on her then-blog The Blonde Vegan. To Younger, veganism was the cure-all she was hoping for—no longer did she suffer from chronic indigestion or feelings of bloating and discomfort. As she preached about the benefits of a plant-based diet alongside photos of bright green smoothies, mason jars brimming with chia seeds, and chopped kale salads, the popularity of her vegan persona grew.

Soon vegan cleanse companies sought her out to try their pricey cleanses for free. Younger started cleansing religiously—for a minimum of three days a week, eventually finding that every time she finished a cleanse and reintroduced solid food, her stomach problems returned. Younger was still resolute in turning to vegan cleanses as the answer. 

Soon the cycle of cleansing, getting too hungry, binging on solid food, feeling guilty, and cleansing again became the norm. Instead of looking outside of veganism to feel better, Younger started fearing vegan foods weren't as healthy as she'd like them to be, and became riddled with anxiety about the food she ate.

Eventually, Younger came to understand that she had a problem. Hers wasn't a classic eating disorder people were familiar with; hers was a fixation on the virtue of food. She introduced the term orthorexia to her following, saying that she was suffering and was going to get help. The response she got was overwhelming: "Once I started talking about experience with orthorexia on my blog, national news picked up on it. A flood of people then came forward saying they identified with me."

"People have died of orthorexia because they haven't been properly diagnosed," according to Nutritional therapist Dr. Karin Kratina, who has specialized in treating eating disorders for over 30 years. "I have absolutely seen a rise in orthorexic patients, and it's rising exponentially. Now I get a new client every week with orthorexic symptoms. It is more serious then people realize."

One of the reasons Dr. Kratina believes orthorexia is rising in popularity is because of our fixation on health. "There is nothing wrong with eating local or being a vegetarian or vegan and  a lot of those diets are valuable. The problem is food has become presented—more and more—as the answer."

How Do You Know If You Have Orthorexia

Consider the following questions. The more questions you respond “yes” to, the more likely you are dealing with orthorexia. I have filled in my own answers as well.

Do you wish that occasionally you could just eat and not worry about food quality? - More like eat w/o weight gain.
Do you ever wish you could spend less time on food and more time living and loving?
Does it seem beyond your ability to eat a meal prepared with love by someone else – one single meal – and not try to control what is served?
Are you constantly looking for ways foods are unhealthy for you? The opposite actually
Do love, joy, play and creativity take a back seat to following the perfect diet?
Do you feel guilt or self-loathing when you stray from your diet? -YES.
Do you feel in control when you stick to the “correct” diet? - YES.
Have you put yourself on a nutritional pedestal and wonder how others can possibly eat the foods they eat? Sure do!

What Is The Treatment for Orthorexia?

Society pushes healthy eating and thinness, so it is easy for many to not realize how problematic this behavior can be. Even more difficult is that the person doing the healthy eating can hide behind the thought that they are simply eating well (and that others are not). Further complicating treatment is the fact that motivation behind orthorexia is multi-faceted. First, the orthorexic must admit there is a problem, then identify what caused the obsession. She or he must also become more flexible and less dogmatic about eating. Working through underlying emotional issues will make the transition to normal eating easier.

Recovery
A practitioner skilled at treating eating disorders is the best choice. Recovered orthorexics will still eat healthy, but with a different understanding of what healthy eating is. They'll realize that food will not make them a better person and that basing their self-esteem on the quality of their diet is irrational. They'll find that while food is important, it is one small aspect of life, and that often other things are more important! 
 

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I Would Wear this Dress with Sneakers..

I like to wear heels but my feet don't. After a few hours of cuteness whilst I'm out and about, my lovely walkers go on strike. I then have to put on footwear more to their liking. Usually a nice pair of dressy sandals, or my fav of favorites, SNEAKERS.

I find that wearing sneakers with amazing dresses, especially in the bodycon style, adds style to the style.

Kindof a 'when-glam-meets-I-don't-care.'

I saw this dress and thought it just screamed for a pair of Adidas.

Super Hot Dress

This model is my favorite on all of Asos. She's the sexiest.

I wonder what her name is..

WTS.