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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
The first half of the book was my favourite because of the deep and detailed history of various parts of history as they related to the "characters", it gave me a broader context for the book. I was pleasantly surprised by the history of american psychology in this book, as a psychology student myself. I found it interesting also, the argument the author put forth about their not being "waves" of feminism. I feel like this book taught me a lot and I would absolutely reccommend it.
I though this was a very interesting read. It doesn't really focus on Wonder Woman very much, but I think that's because there is SO MUCH BACKSTORY to unravel here.
You've got a daffy polygamist who invented the Lie Detector test. You've got Margaret Sanger, queen of birth control and unfortunate eugenicist. You've got Holloway and Burn who live in the bizarre tension of a husband who claims to be a feminist, yet has two wives (one to work and support him and one to watch the children). You've got a bunch of weird psychology, awkward politicking, the rise and fall and rise and fall of feminism... Oh, and kinky bondage sex.
It's a complicated history of the man who invented Wonder Woman, but it's also a fascinating history of a smallish social circle in the first half of the 20th century and their exploits in psychology, women's rights, and unconventional relationships. It was a really good read, especially after reading The Caped Crusade by Glen Weldon. Highly recommend.
You've got a daffy polygamist who invented the Lie Detector test. You've got Margaret Sanger, queen of birth control and unfortunate eugenicist. You've got Holloway and Burn who live in the bizarre tension of a husband who claims to be a feminist, yet has two wives (one to work and support him and one to watch the children). You've got a bunch of weird psychology, awkward politicking, the rise and fall and rise and fall of feminism... Oh, and kinky bondage sex.
It's a complicated history of the man who invented Wonder Woman, but it's also a fascinating history of a smallish social circle in the first half of the 20th century and their exploits in psychology, women's rights, and unconventional relationships. It was a really good read, especially after reading The Caped Crusade by Glen Weldon. Highly recommend.
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Superheroes! Bondage! Polyamory! Planned Parenthood! Lie detector tests! All of these sound pretty interesting, right? The book should have been a fascinating romp. Instead, it was almost uniquely boring. I really am not sure how it managed to be so, but it was. I don't regret reading it, if only for the parts about the struggle of feminists to give women some semblance of control over their own lives by giving them access to birth control pills. I enjoy reading about such things. I had no clue that Margaret Sanger had a family member who was so closely involved with Wonder Woman. That's cool. But still, this book is slow and not very interesting despite having plenty that sets this story apart from most.
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informative
slow-paced
I had a hard time deciding between two and three on this one. An enthralling topic is presented well in the first third of the book and then an intense amount of detail serves to weaken it. There is also not much about Wonder Woman until roughly the last fourth of the book.
Otherwise, this is a fascinating history of feminism that makes me incredibly sad that its gains have been defused so badly in recent years. It's also a fascinating look at the people behind Wonder Woman and the lifestyle that they led together. In fact, this serves much more as a history of and expose on feminism and alternative lifestyles than it really does on Wonder Woman.
It's definitely worth the read, you just have to be patient with all of the superfluous minutiae.
Otherwise, this is a fascinating history of feminism that makes me incredibly sad that its gains have been defused so badly in recent years. It's also a fascinating look at the people behind Wonder Woman and the lifestyle that they led together. In fact, this serves much more as a history of and expose on feminism and alternative lifestyles than it really does on Wonder Woman.
It's definitely worth the read, you just have to be patient with all of the superfluous minutiae.
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This was really very interesting, but a more accurate title would have been " The Secret History of the Man Who Created Wonder Woman." I could have used a lot more of the excellent writing about Wonder Woman as a popular icon and her place in social history and the feminist movement, and perhaps far less on the family drama of the truly odd man who wrote the original scripts for the comics. But still, super interesting.