Wonder Woman: Reading and teaching feminism with an Amazonian princess in an era of Jessica Jones. It is a call to confront the “the institutions of men care not for the weal of women.” Historia is beautiful and compelling as another contribution to the long history of Wonder Woman, but this is also a work that speaks to “not-men” and “men” in the U.S.

“The history of men is a chronicle of crimes against women,” Hera proclaims to protestations that history too includes “tales of love and beauty,” followed by: You don’t have to be the Queen of Gods to recognize injustice.”īook One moves from introduction to an exchange between Hera and Zeus, where Hera requests the elimination of not humankind but all men. Next, an admission more sober: “For the institutions of men care not for the weal of women. This powerful refrain not only sets the focus of Historia, but carries an eerie weight in a time of book censorship-books ripped from classrooms and libraries, school board members calling for book burnings-as well as the threat of of the State denying women reproductive rights, “the subjugations and abuses of not-men by men” and the women who do men’s bidding. “For the Institutions of Men Care Not for the Weal of Women“: Just in Time?Īfter a beautifully rendered introduction of Goddesses, the narrator admits, “The subjugations and abuses of not-men by men are too numerous to catalog in a library…let alone a book.” Wade, a feminist manifesto is not just in time, but essential. Occasionally calling a work a feminist read on a topic can seem reductive, or insubstantial-how many feminist reads has there been of Wonder Woman?-but in a world darkened by censorship and the looming threat of overturning women’s reproductive rights nearly 50 years after Roe v.

Williams III and Kelly Thompson’s run on Black Widow-although in many ways, Historia proves to be dramatically unique. but their existence could not stay secret for long.The creative team of DeConnick (writer) Jimenez (artist) Hi-Fi, Arif Prianto, and Fajardo (colorists) and Clayton Cowles (letterer) remind me of J.H. A new society was born, one never before seen on Earth, capable of wondrous and terrible things. and far from their sight, they put a plan into action. 'The wait is over, and the entire story of the Amazons can finally be told! Millennia ago, Queen Hera and the goddesses of the Olympian pantheon grew greatly dissatisfied with their male counterparts. Genres: Action, Adventure, Leading Ladies, Mature, Mythology, SuperheroĪrtist: Phil Jimenez, Gene Ha, Nicola Scott

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