Why wonder woman doesnt exist

A lot. I loved it. I still do…theoretically. I swear. Legal contracts definitely help. But I still rarely get as much done as I want. This might be a reason why I love to write. When I write, I can disappear into another world for a short time. I can spend a few precious minutes with dangerous bad boys with hearts of gold who are madly in love with feisty heroines. I can ignore that ever-growing pile of laundry and experience the exhilaration of stolen kisses during a treasure hunt with Min and Bryant in To Trust a Thief.

Much more fun than paying attention to my real life failures. Eventually I have to unbury myself from my manuscripts and get back to the real world. I finally figured out the problem. Even the actual Wonder Woman. They are in situations that I put them in and can write them in and out of at will. Who does? Ready to be photographed for a magazine?

It never will be. But you can navigate from room to room with minimal bodily damage. I call that a win! Yes, the kids might have sucked cereal for the third night in a row but their tummies are full and they are happy.

And I was able to stay awake long enough to watch an entire show with the hubs before we both passed out under a pile of cats who have decided our bed is the most comfortable in the house. About the Author:. She has a B. She resides in PA with her husband and two children, an insanely hyper dog, and three very spoiled cats. You can find more information about Michelle and her books on her website.

One of the biggest revelations in Wonder Woman is tucked into the end of the film. The two mythic beings have the character-defining philosophical battle of the movie, and then he slips in a declaration that makes Diana question everything she was ever taught: She is the daughter of Zeus, the king of the gods.

Up until this point, Diana believed what her mother had told her — that she was made out of clay and Zeus had given her life. By way of magic and myth, Zeus has symbolically been a father to her. But Ares implies something a bit more sordid: that Zeus had a relationship with her mother, Hippolyta, and created a child.

The original creator of Wonder Woman is a man named William Moulton Marston, who was, among other things, credited with inventing the lie-detector machine which brings to light why Diana uses a lasso that compels people to tell the truth. He also had progressive, complex, and intertwining views about gender, relationships, and sex.

Marston wrote about women being to be superior to men in some aspects, but was also intrigued by the dynamic between the dominant and submissive — hence why so many Wonder Woman comics portrayed the heroine bound and blindfolded. In his version, Diana was born on a paradise island that was home to Amazons, women who were enslaved by mankind — they were kept in chains — but eventually broke free.

On their island, they developed physical and mental strength and raised Diana, who was born out of clay and did not need a father.

Marston hitched this tale to the legend of the Amazons. Men were the source of pain and evil for the Amazons, and Marston wanted to explore what it would be like to have a hero like Diana, a woman raised solely by women, completely aware of what men are capable of at their worst. Philosophically, Marston believed that women were capable of showing humanity a different way of life, a peaceful and loving one, in contrast to the ways of man and the patriarchy.

Diana was the embodiment of this philosophy. But even with Black women playing such significant roles in the original Wonder Woman story, their erasure from the film adaptation proves the inclusion of Black women and their stories is still not a priority for mainstream feminism.

Meanwhile, Wonder Woman offers opportunities for white women to exist in a nuanced, multifaceted, humanized way. We see the complexities of Queen Hippolyta Connie Nielsen wanting Diana to be raised as a strong, kind woman. We see Diana, in her naivety and earnest resolve to save mankind from itself, settle firmly into the White Savior trope through her unabashed assumption that mankind is flawed and in need of her help, however she wants to give it—never taking the time to ask exactly how and if her help is wanted.

We are meant to—and do, without question—love her, because despite her imperfections, she is good, just and courageous. But for the few Black women and other women of color in the film, this luxury of humanization was never extended to its fullest potential, leaving them paling in comparison to the complete, complex characterizations of Diana and other white characters.

It's important that this is not overlooked, because true feminism cannot exist without intersectionality , which demands the dismantling of racism and white supremacy. Wonder Woman—if she is truly a feminist icon and a champion for those who cannot fight for themselves—has an obligation to work just as courageously and valiantly against racism as she does for gender inequality and other social justice causes.

Yes, Wonder Woman is an entertaining, gorgeously directed film and a significant marker for women-led media. My own mother is constantly referred to as Wonderwoman, being the mother and caretaker of six children and helping part-time at the family law firm. Women can do it all. Women should not have to stretch themselves thin in order to meet every outdated societal expectation dumped on them.

A man would never be expected to work 8 hours a day, get home, cook, clean, help with homework, and do childcare all by himself.