Well i was having trouble finding something to write about due to my ever so occurring writers block but then it hit me! There is things all around me that i already know about that has to do with feminism and contributions to women's kind things like sports, music, and yes, even comic books! i chose to write about wonder woman because even though she is but a fictional comic book character, she has made a major contribution to females (and males) everywhere.
Wonder Woman is a very popular character in the DC universe. she is an Amazonian from paradise island created by the queen of the Amazonians out of mud. she was given the lasso of truth and two indestructible bracelets that she uses to fight crime today.
Wonder Woman was created in 1942 by William Marston and first appeared in
All Star Comics around the time of World War II. She was often looked at as a huge feminist icon for her depiction of fighting for what every feminist fights for, love, peace, and sexual equality. WWII was a time where sexual equality where woman were fighting hard to join the workforce and the army and other things that women weren't ever allowed to do before. Wonder Woman was created to encourage women to fight for their country equal to men. (her first fights were against war related people).
I found this information very interesting because i am a huge lover of the DC universe and it was fun to be able to use it for a school related topic :) so enjoy! i would encourage everyone to research more about it. bye! :)
This post is a great avenue between the comic community and feminism. I feel that Wonder Woman probably was great for the time which Wonder Woman came to be. Like many cis-male overrepresented spaces, it is important to have break this norm by introducing MORE/OTHERS super ability people and witness its impact on the American comic fans psyche. That being said, Wonder Woman costume makes my cis-male heterosexual mind wonder what the designers intended the audience to think of her: a cute super s[he]ro with the power to force out our private interest or a super s[he]ro with the power to force out our private interest. Should we be concerned with how cis-female s[he]ros are presented. If so, how much?
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