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The History of the Universe as Told by Wonder Woman had a fabulous experience with our panel at Geek Girl Con. The issues and facts presented in the film seemed to really resonate with the crowd and there was a general acceptance of the material even though it was presented in rough-cut form. We had a great panel and a great time and we got a WONDER-ful review from Fan Girl you can read here.
Fangirlblog.com writes, “The panel was set for 90 minutes; it could have gone 190 minutes as far as most of us in the room were concerned. A disappointed sigh rose from the audience when we were asked to move on to make way for the next panel.”
Like many other women, she grew up with Wonder Woman, and wonders what effect that this 70’s TV show had on her life. Fan Girl agrees that women have not been given the same opportunities to be super. Wonder Woman in particular has yet to make a big screen presence when so many male heroes take up the spotlight.
She closes saying that the film, “… will encourage more women to believe that they too can make a difference. Most importantly, though, I walked out of that room realizing I’m not alone.”
Thank you Fangirlblog for coming to see the film at Geek Girl Con and sharing your views on the film!
Marvel's female superheroes
The awesome Tricia Creason Valenicia of Flaca Films sent us this great blog link about women in comics over at BlogHer. What is the potential of these heroes and what should be our concern.
If it is irritating raising a girl in a culture obsessed with living blow-up dolls, it is even even more so when my daughter falls in love with intelligent, capable characters like Marvel’s Emma Frost or Misty Knight, then sees those women’s bodies drawn like living blow-up dolls. Though Iz currently seems less concerned with the comic artists’ objectification of women and more perturbed by comic writers’ proofreading errors (“Mommy, Cyclops misspelled ‘anarchist’!”), I worry that those images, those attitudes will warp the way she sees herself and how she judges other women.
She invites a few well-informed female comic geeks to ponder: What draws them to comics, science fiction, and fantasy? Which characters are role-model-worthy for girls? And what should we tell young girls about how they are represented?
Read the article by Shannon Des Roches Rosa, HERE!
Big shout out to Basil Tsiokos who gave us a mention in Indiewire’s: In the Works. Check it out here and see the company we keep!