For more than two decades, my scholarship has explored the women of the James Bond franchise—not as accessories to 007, but as complex figures who illuminate changing ideas about gender, heroism, race, sexuality, authority, and power. My forthcoming book, The Bond Girl Phenomenon: From Spectacle to Subject (SUNY Press), traces the remarkable evolution of Bond women across more than 60 years of cinema, arguing that they are central to understanding the cultural… Read More