{"id":7089,"date":"2015-03-01T17:00:04","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T00:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=7089"},"modified":"2015-03-01T17:00:04","modified_gmt":"2015-03-02T00:00:04","slug":"polyamory-and-the-secret-history-of-wonder-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=7089","title":{"rendered":"Polyamory and the Secret History of Wonder Woman"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"wonderSnow is falling, and I am elbow deep in putting together the next Bulletin for the Study of Religion<\/em>, which among other things carries an article called “What is a Superhero? How Myth Can Be a Metacode,” by Kenneth MacKendrick of the University of Manitoba.<\/p>\n

So, with comics on the mind, here is “The Surprising Origin Story of Wonder Woman.<\/a>”<\/p>\n

Back story? Oh yes, not to mention polyamory, eugenics, and chains.<\/p>\n

Some of [the comic books] are full of torture, kidnapping, sadism, and other cruel business,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, that is true,\u201d Marston admitted, but \u201cwhen a lovely heroine is bound to the stake, comics followers are sure that the rescue will arrive in the nick of time. The reader\u2019s wish is to save the girl, not to see her suffer.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Snow is falling, and I am elbow deep in putting together the next Bulletin for the Study of Religion, which among other things carries an article called “What is a Superhero? How Myth Can Be a Metacode,” by Kenneth MacKendrick of the University of Manitoba. 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