Still Unrecovered

[odditycollector]

re: Wonder Woman's new origin

The most amusing (read: "amusing") thing is that a couple years ago, I was discussing Wonder Woman with someone who offered that "Wonder Woman makes guys uncomfortable."

Me: What, cause she can beat them up?

Her: No, because no man was involved in her genesis. Simply by her *existence*, she's a threat to the assumption of male necessity.*

But of course, I did not take this theory very seriously!

People the joke is on: ME.

*English major. I am paraphrasing, but I got the impression she'd just finished an essay on the topic.

Comments

[happydork]

/o\ The joke is on all of us.

[astraldream]

I want to send Brian Azzarello a copy of Joanna Russ' "Whileaway" as a giant FUCK YOU.

I really wish he was on Twitter.

[(Anonymous)]

Er, the name of the story is "When It Changed", the place is Whileaway. That's just the name I file it under in my brain. Scariest. Story. Ever.

[tartary-lamb.livejournal.com]

Gah, this is so damn frustrating. I'm new to DC (like, really new) and the first issue of the rebooted Wonder Woman was the first issue involving her character I'd read.

And I liked it, I really liked it. I liked the horror vibe, that it wasn't cheesecake -- she was badass and the art was gorgeous and I liked it.

But even that's not safe. I, just... what the hell, DC.

[odditycollector.livejournal.com]

Why do we these people own so much of our cultural capital again? This is what I've been asking myself all day.

[foolsguinea.livejournal.com]

Because you put your cultural capital in corporately owned characters. Private ownership + shifts with editorial turnover = worst of both worlds?