My strong female protagonists lift heavy things

My work is a hailstorm of strong female protagonists. But not the annoying “boss girl” type. My girls shine a positive light on feminism.

Every female protagonist in my work wants a guy to settle down with. By modern literary standards, it’s a crime against women. Hell, that’s often the case in modern-day HR offices.

Remember the scrutiny Harrison Butker got back in 2024 when he reinforced natural human nature? He acknowledged women seeking a career following graduation, before touching on how most would look more forward to raising families. And it’s sad he had to clarify things:

“My whole career, I’ve talked about how I’m a husband and I’m a father before it comes to me as a kicker, something I’ve always preached. But then when I use that to talk about women, I say that they should embrace and love being wives and being mothers over their career, I think then it gets construed that I’m trying to put women down, which I’m not at all.”

If you only read takes from the progressive media following Butker’s benign statements, you’d have thought he said something horrendous, when he acknowledged Natural Law.

You can’t kill Natural Law

I’m no Christian, at least in an institutional sense. But the Bible constantly warns about rebellion against Natural Law when you read it closely. What these negative feminists, as I call them, are doing is just that. It’s why they’re always pissed—they’re fighting a losing battle and they know it.

I learned to accept that I can neither challenge nor change Natural Law, no matter how hard I push. Therefore, the best course of action is to surrender to Natural Law.

But that doesn’t mean my work can’t shine with strong female protagonists. Not only are they strong in the mind, but they exemplify beauty. And not because they’re naturally good-looking. They just lift heavy things and end up looking damn good.

Using strong female protagonists in my work to spread a positive message

Whether it’s Tarja, Mina, Yote, Sabre, and any female protagonist I may create, they all have one endgame: Marry their dream guy and tend to a home and family. 

That would send those shouting from the rooftops that all men are evil and they’re the reason for women suffering into a frenzy. How dare they submit to a man, tend to a home, and raise kids! Well, that method has only worked throughout the vast majority of recorded history, so many our ancestors knew a thing or two that we don’t.

But submissive behavior and adhering to the natural human desire to raise a family in a peaceful setting doesn’t equal enslavement. Women aren’t enslaved to anyone, nor should they submit to any man unless they actively choose to. Which is a strength, not a weakness.

Submission is weakness when it’s forced. When chosen, it’s power

Railing against Natural Law and human nature is weak. It actively destroys society because many of these negative feminists don’t want strong family structures. But are we any better off? With divorce rates so high and broken families in record numbers while families that are intact have fewer and fewer kids?

Hey, my women can kick ass. They’re masters of their own elements and, in some cases, chosen ones. They’re destined for great things, and trust me, they take out a lot of corrupt men. But that doesn’t mean they need to hate men just because men rule most societies.

They’re smart enough, wise enough, to know that they’re a yin to their man’s yang. And they know their role in what makes families tick.

These women are body-conscious in a positive way

Yes, my women are smoking hot for a reason, but none of them naturally look that way. Tarja Titan was small and insecure before she picked up a dumbbell. Mina Hirai described herself as a “tiny little thing,” but still showed off sensational physical strength and endurance.

Yote Diamondback was also small, skinny, and insecure. But she’s a killer athlete who also grows into her frame, courtesy of her many weight lifting sessions. As for Sabre Kjaergaard? She’s already toned, and an intense training program adds to her physique.

One of my biggest goals is for all of these women to send one massive message to my female readers, especially if they’re between the ages of 14 and 21: You want to look good? Eat a lot of good, nutritious food, and lift heavy things.

Every single girl at my local gym who lifts looks way better than those addicted to cardio and ab exercises. Treadmill Girl, as I call one of them, hasn’t changed in two years. That 40-year-old mother of at least three who joined this past summer? She’s racking 100 lb plates onto the leg press machine and has a streamlined physique.

I know another girl who’s shredded, but in an attractive, and not a bodybuilding way. She’s a powerlifter who routinely picks up 300-plus pounds.

I recently asked another girl whose body fat percentage had to be in the lower teens, which is ultra-lean for a woman, “Do you do CrossFit?” “No,” she replied with a smile. “I just like to work out that way.”

Using strong female protagonists effectively

Not only would I love to do my part in getting young women away from that toxic, family-killing feminism so many Leftists preach and embrace, but the other message is even more important. Body image is a big thing to girls, especially in the age of social media, and my works are one way to combat them.

Young women don’t need to be doing endless hours of cardio and starving themselves. But it happens way too often. They need to be in the gym, lifting weights, and eating.

That’s why, when you read my books, I’m anal about laying out how my female characters eat and work out. I’m not doing that to add detail for the sake of it. It’s nuance with purpose.

So many young women want that “toned look,” and building muscle is the way to get there. You’ll also notice that many of my characters gain weight throughout a series. That’s because weight gain isn’t always a bad thing.

Muscle is more dense than fat. So putting on a few pounds while watching the waist (and entire body, at times) get narrower should be celebrated, not scrutinized. Unfortunately, too few women acknowledge this.

Catch one training program in action

Yote Diamondback stands out more than anyone else. Yote’s training program is intense, and it’s a blend of weight training, cardio, and elemental magic. But you’ll also notice early on in my book, The Arcane Prophecy, that Yote eats a lot.

At fourteen, she’s still scrawny. But she evolves throughout the book and in the first three chapters, which you can check out right now. Catch Yote in action, see how hard she works, and take notes on how much she eats.

She might go all googly-eyed for a dude later on in the work and get caught in a love triangle. But she never loses focus on her physical fitness, and that’s what makes her such a positive character. Or, yet another positive character in my long list of strong female protagonists. Catch her in action now.