I kind of disagree with this article. I feel that Wonder Woman's costume has been altered as many times as Superman's & Batman's. Sure Batman's symbol has changed many times, his color has changed, his gloves BUT it's basically the same costume, same design. Wonder Woman has changed through out the years. She went from skirt to shorts to underwear. The symbol on her chest has also changed a couple of times. Wonder Woman's costume has change in the New 52 as much as Batman's, Superman's, the Flash, etc. But their costumes ALL have the same basic principle. Nobody wants that to change. And when they changed her costume in 2010, I liked it. I really liked the pants (not so much the jacket though).
And she does have a nickname, she is also known as The Amazon Princess. I've also heard: the Amazon's Champion.
The REAL problem is to find a GOOD WRITER for her. She is a difficult character to write (but not as hard as Superman I should say.) Azzarello has been really good on his run so far. Though I DON'T agree with everything he has changed (i.e the Amazons, Zeus being her dad.) But it has been a great story!
And the whole "sex sells" thing, I think it's BS! You're honestly going to tell me people would stop reading the series just because she's a little more cover up?! If they would, that says a lot about a person & it's not good! If DC refuse to cover her up a little just to satisfied those types of people then TO ME that comes off as "The Writing Isn't That Good." If your just basing your sells on "sexuality" then MAYBE the writing ISN'T GOOD. It's as simple as that.
I also think some people have a bad aspect of her. I think some people think she's this "man-hating feminist who just goes around kicking men's ass" But she's not like that at all. She's a strong woman who can take care of her self & a very compassionate person. She cares about everyone, no matter black or white, female or male.
It also boils down to society's view of women & men. We are Not treated the same. Unfortunately.What you do to a male character, you can Not do the same to female character (in MOST cases).
Wonder Woman is a great character, a character I look up to. There's a reason why she's one of the Big 3:)
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