Status Updates From Wonder Woman: Earth One Vol. 3

Wait, Marva EXISTS? Then why the hell is Zeiko a PUA?

After defeating the mech suit in unimpressive fashion, Diana essentially does a Feminist Imperialism on the rest of the world, which we are supposed to support because the Amazons are the Good Guys TM.

Somehow all the women of the world have planned a Lysistrata Gambit. There are no tradwives, no Republican women, nada.

But then again, this is the series that decided redeeming Paula the literal Nazi was okay, so you really can't expect nuance.

They pay lip service to intersectionality, sure, but they don't actually take it seriously.

Although, credit where credit is due- the line "What's time to a god?" is pretty cool.

It's not saving this book though.

The only thing these future-world meninists do is provide a source of fatphobia, homophobia with that one caricature of a gay man, and create dark implications about this supposed paradise.

They provide nothing for the story at all.

And the Big Bang is scientific fact with piles of evidence behind it.

But for some reason we're gendering it in order to make the Amazons look good? WTF?

Anyway, none of the factors that traditionally make MRAs are present in this utopia, plus there's been 1000 years since the patriarchy.

Meaning there is NO REASON for these meninists to exist. At all.

Therefore, a fear of being "unmanned" by women is not something that is likely to occur, because these men would likely either grow up used to gender equality, or with the belief that men are inferior to women.

Also, I just realized: the bad guy meninist shouts out that he is "The Big Bang", something which refers to the start of the universe.

And on top of that, hyper toxic masculinity is something the Amazons look down upon. So it wouldn't be encouraged in this utopia either.

And of course, male dominance/female inferiority is DEFINITELY not an idea that's encouraged in this utopia.

The text itself seems to want us to read these men as more typical MRAs, but that doesn't make any sense.

Part of the reason MRAs are the way they are because of their entitlement to women, something which would NOT be encouraged in a futuristic matriarchal utopia. Plus, this society ostensibly is about "peace" and "love"...

But anyway-where did the misogynists come from?

There is a possible interpretation that the Amazons' ideals have NOT led to a true gender equal utopia, but merely a flip of the patriarchy. But that interpretation is dicey at the best of times, and I certainly don't trust Morrison to handle it with care.

However, rather than drawing parallels to how fatphobia encourages sexism, I suspect Grant is just mocking these male MRAs of the future for being less than ideal physical specimens. (Which is in and of itself feeding into the patriarchy, but I digress)

I too am curious as to how this pacifist matriarchal utopia 1,000 years in the future still manages to have misogynists and MRAs.

There is a mention of "Greek statue ideals" that the men feel pressured to conform to, implying that body diversity is not necessarily accepted in this utopia.

Oh, no you didn't. You did NOT just compare a bad nickname to a trans woman's deadname.

Granted, it's still a sign of disrespect to call someone by an unwanted name but there are NUANCES. Nuances!

So we have a female leader, named Artemis, give voice to gender separatism.

Then Nubia helpfully points out that intersectionality exists, thankfully.

So, according to Aunt Desira, the men of her planet are "subdued and pampered creatures. Domesticated, content with their privileged lives, their all-consuming hobbies."

Which is exactly the sort of language a misogynist might use to describe how they think WOMEN ought to behave. Even Diana points out that it's questionable.

Diana goes to visit an alternate plane of existence where her Aunt Desira rules, which begs the question: why didn't the Amazons simply retreat to this plane? Why build Paradise Island on Earth at all?

Really good art, pretty bad writing