Today is April Fool’s Day.
It’s also the first day of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
Last year, I recognized this month with a series of semiweekly posts about sexual violence in comics and real life. I’m not going to drag myself back over that ground this year: it is tremendously difficult and draining, and I don’t have [...]
April 1st, 2008
Categories: SAAM, activism, feminist stuff . Author: Rachel Edidin . Comments: 1 Comment
This is the final post of a series on Wonder Woman, in context of her recent appearance on the cover of the February 2008 issue of Playboy magazine. You can find the first three posts here:
There’s Something About Wonder Woman - Introduction
There’s Something About Lynda Carter / Blogging for Choice
Less than Wonderful
In all of the [...]
February 26th, 2008
Categories: Superheroes, Wonder Woman, activism, characters, feminist stuff . Author: Rachel Edidin . Comments: 1 Comment
This is the third post in a series looking at the cultural and personal significance of Wonder Woman as a character and a symbol.
I’ve spent the previous two posts introducing a few perspectives on Wonder Woman, but thus far, I’ve skirted fairly clear of both my own attitude toward the character and how it relates [...]
February 11th, 2008
Categories: Superheroes, Wonder Woman, activism, characters, feminist stuff . Author: Rachel Edidin . Comments: 1 Comment
This is the second post in a series looking at the cultural and personal significance of Wonder Woman as a character and a symbol.
Today, it just so happens that this Wonder Woman series is intersecting with Blog for Choice day. Make of that what you will.
I have never watched Lynda Carter on TV. Never saw [...]
January 22nd, 2008
Categories: Personal, Wonder Woman, activism, feminist stuff . Author: Rachel Edidin . Comments: 3 Comments
Ladies, Gentlemen, and Persons Who Identify as Neither of the Preceding or Reject Binary Gender Designations Altogether, Happy New Year!
This is the time traditionally set for making resolutions for improving one’s behavior, and since mine has (of course) been exemplary (aside from that split infinitive two words back), I’ve decided to suggest resolutions that will [...]
January 1st, 2008
Categories: Creators, activism, fandom, general comics . Author: Rachel Edidin . Comments: No Comments