"Juno" scribe Diablo Cody is back with a new column at Entertainment Weekly.  This time, it's a riff on her magazine's illustration of the author as a lead-in to screen heroines too cool to care about their looks.  Here's a peek:

Of course, by caring about this unflattering likeness, I'm bolstering the stereotype that women are vain, neurotic creatures. This is conflicting; as a writer, I hope to craft female characters who are tough, gutsy, and cocksure. Women with brio and spunk. In other words, women who probably wouldn't care if their column illustration resembled Victorian corpse portraiture. And yet, some of the strongest ladies in the pop-cult canon have endeared themselves to us because of their vulnerability and, yes, even their vanity. Remember when Angela on My So-Called Life spent an entire episode stressing about a zit even as her relationship with Sharon Cherski imploded? Angela wasn't shallow — hell, she wore more flannel than Dinosaur Jr. — but she knew that a clogged sebaceous gland can be even more traumatic than a girly meltdown.

In fact, there are plenty of killer onscreen heroines who weren't too cool to care about their hair, complexion, or wardrobe. I mean, why not reapply the ol' lip gloss before busting that villain or solving that theorem? Since when is a dab of beeswax a concession to the patriarchy?

There's more at EW.  She goes on to list her favorites in the realm of "heroine chic" (har).  Everyone from Warrant Officer Ellen Ripley in "Alien" to "Uncle" Jesse Katsopolis of "Full House" makes an appearance.  Check it out!