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Dear Wonder Woman
I know you’re just fictional, but I see you in the faces of women everywhere.
Do you remember when you were small and felt like you were so weak and incapable? Have you ever had a moment where you faced a situation and thought, “I don’t have the strength for this”? It’s easy to see you on screen and think that you have it all, but I’m sure you’ve struggled too. You wouldn’t be called Wonder Woman otherwise; your very name speaks to a legacy of triumphing in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.
But you’re also a woman in a world that speaks highly of its men while talking down to its women. You are a paragon in even that light, because you stand beside the superhero men and take your true place as their equals. I’m sure there are many ladies out there who could relate with having to deal with men whose egos are inflated to the point of narcissistic tendencies. (And we don’t blame you for putting Clark or Bruce in their places when they need it.)
No one can deny either that you’re beautiful, to the point of obnoxious, but you use that beauty as your strength too. In a world whose currency leans upon praising the eye-catching and derailing the mundane, you know how people look at you and judge you every single day. And you’ve learned to harness that attention as your own weapon, another to wield in your…
