Get Us Out From Under, Wonder Woman!

by Matt

It really shouldn't be this hard.

I'm a big comic book fan, as I'm guessing a few of my fellow Knights are. I have tons of comic book memorabilia all over the house. My favorite is easily Superman. It's still my opinion that every kid should have some sort of Superman item in their possession. He can do anything! Nightmares, shadows, colds, coughs, belly aches, thunder, lightning, aversion to clowns: none of them can stand a chance against the Man of Steel. Right L, E, & Phinn?

As I've said before, my girls are almost completely Disney-ified. But over the past year or so, L & E have shown great interest into two female powerhouses: Supergirl & Wonder Woman, respectively. For Christmas, I got L a pink Supergirl t-shirt, while E got a purple Wonder Woman one. We've watched some clips on YouTube of the Supergirl movie for L. (I can't sit through the actual movie. ) And E & I have seen so much of the Lynda Carter Wonder Woman show, she runs around the house singing the theme song.

I have been trying to find them both, the action figure version of their favorite heroines. I found a decent Supergirl toy at a local comic shop.


But I'm having a difficult time finding a good Wonder Woman one. I can't find an iconic one. I can find plenty of Repressed (?) Sexuality Wonder Woman.


Don't forget Wonder Stripper.



And there's always this.

How am I supposed to get any of these for E? Seriously? It's not that I'm a prude. I realize that at some point, my girls are going to want to seem attractive to another person...

Hmmm. Okay. Let's just say it's a process I'm working on.

But I don't think it's okay to give a kid a hero, and say, "Hey! You should idolize her!" when she looks like any of the above examples. And yes, I know Wonder Woman runs around in bikini bottoms, with a metal bustier on.

But she also kicks bad guy-ass. And fights for peace. And more often than not, she works on resolving differences through words first.

I want E to like Wonder Woman because she's a hero that fights alongside Superman & Batman because she's an equal, not a recording secretary. I don't want her or L to think that to be a female super hero, you have to define yourself by your relation to a man. I want them both to know that peace is worth fighting for; and that the golden lasso of truth can be our best answer to everything.

(Incidentally, this is from Series 4 of the DC Universe line of action figures. If you see it for less than $20, give me a shout!)

(Also, it took everything I had not to type, "That's what she said" after the first line of this post.)