Professor Lepore, I started reading your book last night and it's absolutely wonderful. I haven't gotten very far into it, so I'm not sure whether this is addressed or not, so here goes.
In the New 52 iteration of Wonder Woman, her backstory has been changed in a lot of ways, the most important way being the removal of her being made from clay and a gift of the Gods. Instead, she is the daughter of Zeus and Hippolyta. In doing this, a lot of things about the Amazons themselves have strayed from the original portrayals, to the point where their sons are working for Hephestus. Do you believe that this change in backstory has at all neutered Wonder Woman's feminist message?
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Professor Lepore, I started reading your book last night and it's absolutely wonderful. I haven't gotten very far into it, so I'm not sure whether this is addressed or not, so here goes.
In the New 52 iteration of Wonder Woman, her backstory has been changed in a lot of ways, the most important way being the removal of her being made from clay and a gift of the Gods. Instead, she is the daughter of Zeus and Hippolyta. In doing this, a lot of things about the Amazons themselves have strayed from the original portrayals, to the point where their sons are working for Hephestus. Do you believe that this change in backstory has at all neutered Wonder Woman's feminist message?
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