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Are you a warrior or a princess? Xena taught us we don't have to choose.

It’s hard to believe, but, 20 years ago today, " Xena: Warrior Princess" first debuted, making its way into pop culture history and into our hearts for all eternity. The fantasy adventure told the story of Xena (Lucy Lawless), a warrior princess trying to atone for her former warlord ways. She was joined by gal pal Gabrielle (Renee O’Connor), a vivacious, compassionate companion who dreamed of something different than married village life (and kind of rocked at it).

Filled with Amazons, centaurs, sword fights, cyclops, secret children, fuzzy mythological history, body-swapping, and backflips, "Xena" was awesome — not only because it was ridiculously compelling and totally bonkers in the best possible ways, but because it gave us an action adventure show with two strong female leads. "Xena" didn’t get always get everything right, but in a pop culture landscape still lacking enough female-centric stories, 'Xena' remains an example for us all.

With that in mind and in honor of the show's anniversary, here are 14 times Xena was our feminist role model!