tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790007383019831033.post5070425505277415782..comments2023-10-20T05:37:10.755-07:00Comments on HERSTORY: Comic book womenHERSTORYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06374723556859239554noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5790007383019831033.post-63475441823799683232008-12-16T06:26:00.000-08:002008-12-16T06:26:00.000-08:00I would argue that in a society that presented suc...I would argue that in a society that presented such an idealized version of the middle-class woman (in other words, the society of the 1950s) in order for a comic to be socially acceptable to that demographic (i.e. the TARGET demographic) there needed to be some defining characteristic that elevated Wonder Woman above and beyond what women of her time were expected. Therefore, princess. Princesses weren't middle-class, and she was from a strong female society (as fierce as the amazons are, I think rarely are they portrayed as outright hostile), and therefore could "play outside of the rules", as it were. It didn't matter that she was a strong woman, because she was a princess and the rules didn't apply to her.<BR/><BR/>Not helping matters is the fact that in her ENTIRE forty-fifty year history, it's only in the last year that women have begun to write one of the first true female superheros - Jodi Picoult and Gail Simone. <BR/><BR/>I like Invisible Woman best. She started as "Invisible Girl" and then was like "Yeah, no one takes me serious. I'm the best fucking member of the fantastic four... I am INVISIBLE WOMAN." (hear me roar?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com