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Thank you very much to everybody that has been following me for the past 3years? It means a lot. It’s the best early birthday gift <3.

As I promised it, and I never come back on my words, I’m doing a Giveaway of $100.

Rules : 1. From Tumblr Rules apparently you’ve to be over 18. 2. I’ll make 3 random picks in the notes; 1st will get $60, 2nd $30, 3rd $10. 3. 1 Reblog = 1 Chance. 4. 1 Like = 1 Chance. 5. You have to be following me. 6. You need to have Paypal, so I could transfer the money. (I guess we will manage something else if you haven’t but it would be easier :p). 7. Giveaway will end the 31 of July French Time OR if this post reach 10K notes (so basically it will be end of July).

Extra Chance. Corruption with nudes or money is more than welcome. (In case you didn’t understood it’s a joke…)

Over the years i’ve been there i’ve been following people but always an handful of them, so i want to thanks all these awesome people, you mean a lot to me <3 :

@academia , @aidomiraruai , @alphastigma117 , @byzantine-love-machine , @chitoge , @coffee-shop-waifu , @crazymysterychase , @darkrai10 , @dearliphia , @dotshaft , @doujinshi , @ecchii , @emiria , @evangelikon , @hanzoecchimada , @himesleepintogarden , @hiratzuka , @houshou , @ipscell @janime6 , @justintaco , @kewtiepie , @kinky-waifu , @kuzuchu , @literallytheworstblogger , @lookingdownfallingup , @maddie-neko , @octodonorian , @officialyasen , @officiallylewd , @ore-imouto , @pokieron , @psychopass , @quaintfox , @rorisama , @sekkusu-furendo , @senpaiii-please , @sugoihentai , @surugakanbaru , @tachibana-marika , @thekiriakerodewell , @thighmistress , @tsunglasses , @unlimitedbauxiteworks , @vesperiastar , @waifucvlt , @yackdickulture , @yuubarii , @zsaber

All-skyscape of the Milky way taken 5,100 meters above sea level, from the Chajnantor Plateau in the Chilean Andes

(Warning: my review has lots of spoilers!)

Star Wars has a problem, or, more accurately, the popular interpretation of Star Wars has a problem. Dismissals of Star Wars as being preoccupied with larger-than-life heroics, chosen ones, and destinies are common. The problem with this is that Star Wars, as a film series, has always been about how all of those things are terrible. Individualism and romanticism are always presented as chauvinistic and antithetical to the common good. Whether it’s the growing unity and cooperation of the Rebel Alliance, the catastrophic authoritarianism of the prequel Jedi, or the negligence of the New Republic, success and failure in every Star Wars film is measured by whether or not characters embrace and cultivate collective action. The Last Jedi follows firmly in this tradition, differing only from its predecessors in that it’s even more explicit. To quote the revolutionary Rose Tico, “That’s how we’re gonna win, not fighting what we hate, but saving what we love.”

Help me out here guys….

Okay, I may not be a huge comic book buff (yet still a huge fan!), but I’m willing to learn if there’s something I’m missing. I’ve always loved the idea of Wonder Woman - a powerful female warrioress from Ancient Greece/Amazonian culture (iirc), a Xena-like character who fights for virtue, honor, truth, all those good things. She plays with the big boys, and not only keeps up, but shows them how it’s done.

If that’s so, then…whywhyWHY is she most always shown in a skintight, strapless, pantsless, thong/swimming suit/flimsy piece of spandex???? I know she’s pretty indestructible, but do you know how HARD it is to fight in a leather corset, where there’s no straps to keep that gigantic chest in place?

It makes me VERY sad that such a famous, prominent figure of feminine power is mostly seen as a sex icon, mostly featured in sexy/escher-esque poses, wearing “clothing” that looks like it was sprayed on or hanging on with a wing and a prayer (and maybe ample amounts of superglue?), or any variation thereof? I say ‘mostly’, because I have seen some versions where she’s more practical, with pants, real armor, heck I’ll even settle for the Greek/Xena-style skirt in some versions. Bravo to those people for giving our poor warrioress some semblance of dignity.

If I understand correctly, like in the Xena universe, that is the ‘style’ of the era, the leather skirt with the bodice and shoulder armor, reminiscent of Romans and Greeks from Sparta, etc. Well okay then, give WW an outfit that actually looks/works like real armor from that period, instead of the spandex thong/corset she’s most often depicted in. Also, iirc, maybe she doesn’t wear full armor because that’s the ‘Amazon way’, IE: she’s so OP that she doesn’t need full covering. But give her SOMETHING that isn’t so obviously designed to sell sex first, and practicality last!

Spandex may be all the rage for comic books (and it’s probably easier to draw), but I’d like to direct your attention to some of these wonderful blogs for many, many more reasons why our beloved Wonder Woman deserves more than a minimal-coverage, maximum-bust corset (and why practical armor can be even more BA and gorgeous):

http://eschergirls.tumblr.com/

http://repair-her-armor.tumblr.com/

http://womenfighters.tumblr.com/

http://bikiniarmorbattledamage.tumblr.com/

http://thehawkeyeinitiative.com/

Unless there is a practical, logical reason why WW is nearly always shown in the aforementioned ILLOGICAL ways, let’s face it: Sex sells, and too many people are buying. And that is no excuse, because women like myself want to see our gender treated with more dignity, respect, and understanding than what is given. You know what, I’ll bet Superman is chivalrous. And so is Wonder Woman.

I challenge any WW artist to design her with something more akin to Lady Sif (from the movie version), instead of just going with the flow.

TL;DR - Wonder Woman is too freaking amazing to be treated as a sex icon. She deserves a whole heck of a lot more from us, her fans. She deserves something befitting who she is, and what she represents.

My post isn’t intended to insult anyone, I know we all have different ideas and viewpoints. I’m just expressing my own views and frustrations with society :/

We had posts regarding both on how questionable Wonder Woman’s strapless cleavage cut is and the rare (official!) alternative designs that are more practical and/or pay tribute to ancient Greek aesthetic, unlike the iconic outfit everyone remembers most.

~Ozzie

I really find it baffling that after sixty-four years and countless re-boots, re-designs, re-imaginings for different mediums, etc.  DC Comics keeps coming back to basically her original costume but with no skirt:

Epic creativity.

It’s shaped like a W, get it?? …For Wonder Woman!

-Icy 

This was the most appropriate throwback we could think of, with Justice League film and its degraded Amazon costumes coming so soon. Diana, as well as her people, really deserves better. 

Even the cover above, which Icy added, is a perfect  example of Wonder Woman costumes which @realms-master​ talks about! That armor is literally painted on her (impossibly narrow-waisted) torso, especially the boobplate that somehow conforms to gravity along with the breasts. No amount of intricate shading would mask that. Also note the dissonance between Wondy’s serene expression and triumphant pose. It’s obvious that the artist, Liam Sharp, aimed to make her more “appealing” than powerful.