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Costumes
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If all superheroines were as indestructible as Superman, leaping across rooftops, smashing through windows, and flying through flames in a skimpy swimsuit wouldn't be such a problem. However, male heroes are usually presented as being unquestionably more powerful than women.Yet, they wear costumes that cover and protect most of their bodies. Women on the other hand, are written as weaker, and presumable less able to protect themselves. Yet they charge into battle with most of their bodies expose
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― The Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines
― The Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines
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A mask you ask? Optional I find!
Masks lend appeal of a mysterious kind.
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― Phantom Phantasia: Poetry for the Phantom of the Opera Phan
― Phantom Phantasia: Poetry for the Phantom of the Opera Phan
