Wonder Woman, Bondage and Feminism!

The origin of Wonder Woman includes bondage, fetishism and a creator who had a live -in 3 way relationship! At a time when no one did!

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William Marston based Wonder Woman on his wife and an ex student of his, Olive Byrne, the woman who conducted an initial interview about Wonder Woman and who would also become the couple's lover. Yep, you read that right. Also, that same trio invented the lie detector! Which in turn, inspired Wonder Woman's lasso of truth. The threesome lived happily together under one roof, and Marston fathered children with both women (although Byrne’s offspring were told their father had passed away). Via You don’t read comics

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William Marston was into bondage but he also did this to make a point about the concept of a damsel in distress. While Wonder Woman may have been that damsel, she was also the hero. She always got herself out of the situations. A woman liberating herself was a very important cultural message back then (as it is today).

He took inspiration from iconography used in the woman's suffrage movement, which he, his wife and their lover were very heavily involved in. Feminist ideologies built the character of Wonder Woman and so, this is why she is still such an important and iconic character today.

It's unclear whether or not he knew just how iconic Wonder Woman would become, however, he definitely had high hopes. As Marston once put it; “Frankly, Wonder Woman is psychological propaganda for the new type of woman who, I believe, should rule the world.”

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The Chicago Psychotronic Film Society which begat The Global Psychotronic Film Society is quite a party. From it's earliest days with guests JOHN CLEESE, ROBERT DeNIRO, BILL MURRAY (our first dues paid member), DAN AYKROYD, SYDNEY POLLACK, RUSS MEYER, CLIVE BARKER, JOHN DUGAN, PENN AND TELLER, KENNETH ANGER, DARIO ARGENTO and many more there was nothing like it on earth. People travelled from all over the world to attend our parties or host them and none of the celebrities were paid to be at the events.

We did shows at bars and clubs LIMELIGHT, KABOOM, THE LYRIC OPERA (!), THE BIOGRAPH THEATER, THE LIAR'S CLUB and many more places. This meant you had to be 21 to attend and there were no dealer tables.

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