Modern Myth, Meet Feminism
Jennifer K. Stuller
Jennifer Stuller is an American writer, editor, popular culture critic, and historian best known for her work on female representation in comic books, TV, and movies. The main idea of the text is that as the later half of the 20th century progressed, women depictions in media became increasingly progressive, sexy, and complex. The reading was assigned to give us a sense of how hard and long it took for women to be depicted as equals.
Modern Myth, Meet Feminism was published on January 30th, 2010 as the second chapter in Ink-stained Amazons and Cinematic Warriors. The text depicted the history of women depiction in literature and critically anylises the works to obtain a cultural and political meaning …show more content…
Relating to this course, the text focuses on feminism, but still stays within the classes focus of comic book superheroes. Marvel’s move to create a large superhero team of just women is very interesting, because comic book companies are now self-aware that females are rapidly becoming their primary readers. As of 2014, 46.67% of comics are read by women, meaning that the genre will undergo noticeable changes in the coming decade. Since women have gained more power and equality in the last half of this century than they had ever had, it is obvious that the media that man and women consume will merge to become one in the same. This is prevalent in comic books, whereas more women become readers, the more the comic companies publish women oriented stories that both demographics …show more content…
In this course we want to recognize the political and cultural significance of superheroes in American society, and by examining female heroes such as Wonder Women, we can learn how women are seen through the genre of comics and what that tell us about femininity. What I found particularly interesting was that women super heroes have all been modeled after Marston’s depiction of female power. Society generally views femininity and masculinity as separate entities, but female superheroes are an oxymoron because they are both feminine and aggressive. This has been the defining characteristic of female superheroes since Wonder Woman, and has shape the greater society’s view of
Jennifer K. Stuller
Jennifer Stuller is an American writer, editor, popular culture critic, and historian best known for her work on female representation in comic books, TV, and movies. The main idea of the text is that as the later half of the 20th century progressed, women depictions in media became increasingly progressive, sexy, and complex. The reading was assigned to give us a sense of how hard and long it took for women to be depicted as equals.
Modern Myth, Meet Feminism was published on January 30th, 2010 as the second chapter in Ink-stained Amazons and Cinematic Warriors. The text depicted the history of women depiction in literature and critically anylises the works to obtain a cultural and political meaning …show more content…
Relating to this course, the text focuses on feminism, but still stays within the classes focus of comic book superheroes. Marvel’s move to create a large superhero team of just women is very interesting, because comic book companies are now self-aware that females are rapidly becoming their primary readers. As of 2014, 46.67% of comics are read by women, meaning that the genre will undergo noticeable changes in the coming decade. Since women have gained more power and equality in the last half of this century than they had ever had, it is obvious that the media that man and women consume will merge to become one in the same. This is prevalent in comic books, whereas more women become readers, the more the comic companies publish women oriented stories that both demographics …show more content…
In this course we want to recognize the political and cultural significance of superheroes in American society, and by examining female heroes such as Wonder Women, we can learn how women are seen through the genre of comics and what that tell us about femininity. What I found particularly interesting was that women super heroes have all been modeled after Marston’s depiction of female power. Society generally views femininity and masculinity as separate entities, but female superheroes are an oxymoron because they are both feminine and aggressive. This has been the defining characteristic of female superheroes since Wonder Woman, and has shape the greater society’s view of