Kristen Wiig and Gal Gadot in Wonder Woman 1984. (Image: Warner Bros.)
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Wonder Woman is supposed to be the best of women. This isn’t me starry-eyed about a fictional character and forcing her to be a defender and icon. William Moulton Marston created her to be the best of women. The character, besides being heavily rooted in Marston’s love of bondage, was also rooted in his love for women and his desire to promote them not just as being awesome, but explicitly more awesome than men.
Wonder Woman 1984.
Image: Warner Bros.
Wonder Woman is supposed to be the best of women. This isn’t me starry-eyed about a fictional character and forcing her to be a defender and icon. William Moulton Marston created her to be the best of women. The character, besides being heavily rooted in Marston’s love of bondage, was also rooted in his love for women and his desire to promote them not just as being awesome, but explicitly more awesome than men.
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While that particular brand of feminism is considered outdated and reductive now, Marston spent a lot of time on the DC comic book exploring how women were better by promoting a myriad of friendships between Wonder Woman and other ladies.