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Smithsonian’s “Sidedoor” Podcast Examines How Ms. Made Wonder Woman a Feminist Icon

Smithsonian’s “Sidedoor” Podcast Examines How Ms. Made Wonder Woman a Feminist Icon

Katie Fleischer and Aviva Dove-Viebahn

Ms. Magazine aligned itself with the Amazonian fighter for peace and justice from its inception, featuring the red-, white- and blue-bedecked heroine on the cover of its first full issue. Five times, to date, Wonder Woman has graced this magazine’s cover, linking her inexorably with women’s empowerment and feminism.

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Despite A Promising Beginning, WW84 Falls into the Same Old Traps

Despite A Promising Beginning, “Wonder Woman 1984” Falls into the Same Old Traps

Aviva Dove-Viebahn

My problem with “Wonder Woman 1984” isn’t so much the plot itself—although it’s pretty muddled—but the way the machinations of the plot rest on gendered characterizations we really shouldn’t have to put up with anymore in 2020.

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Why 2020’s Women-Dominated Superhero Movies Are Movies We Need to See

Blair Davis

This is the year in which women take control, both in starring roles and behind the camera.

  • Arts & Entertainment

Wonder Woman, Captain Marvel and the Power of Gender Stereotypes

Afshan Jafar

These are the only two female superhero leads that we have ever seen in Marvel or DC films, and whether it’s incidental or not, the two heroes tell us a lot about how our culture thinks about power, femininity and womanhood.

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Peace, Strength, Wisdom, Wonder

Aviva Dove-Viebahn

It’s no wonder she’s graced the Ms. cover five times and counting. Wonder Woman remains a dynamic symbol of women’s potential, the possibilities of feminism and the hopes of humanity.

  • Community

Not Backing Down

Kathy Spillar

We promise to keep making history, pushing forward and inspiring a movement that has changed the world.

  • Arts & Entertainment

Is Wonder Woman a Role Model: Yes, But Do We Really Have to Ask?

Zachary Michael Jack

The question isnt whether Wonder Woman’s sexy dress, satin tights or even increasingly violent on-screen heroics merit her a role model. The question is: Why we don’t ask the same questions of male superheroes?

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  • Herstory

Embracing the Amazons

Christine Contrada

Western culture remains exceptionally wary of these warrior women—even in the latest iteration of Wonder Woman.

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Wonder Woman is Back on the Cover of Ms.—And You Could See Your Name in the Issue!

Kathy Spillar

Wonder Woman is leaping off movie screens as part of our 45th anniversary celebration, returning for the fifth time to the cover of Ms. Join her on the pages of our Anniversary Issue by becoming a Ms. member!

  • Arts & Entertainment
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Taking My Son To See Wonder Woman Was Just As Important As Taking My Daughter

Nicole Johnson

In Trump’s America, our girls—and possibly, more importantly, our boys—need strong female role models.

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