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	<title>Comments on: Superheroes</title>
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	<description>This blog is supposed to be about all sorts of things but, shall we say, Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a minor interest of mine.</description>
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		<title>By: Hazel</title>
		<link>http://www.moley75.co.uk/2010/07/05/superheroes/comment-page-1/#comment-1267</link>
		<dc:creator>Hazel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m a little bit ignorant of the comic books aspects of all these characters. I&#039;m afraid I only really know them from cartoons and films. All in all, not one of my best thought out blog posts but it did get a better reply than it deserved.

However, I do think they are &lt;em&gt;inspirational&lt;/em&gt; characters rather than &lt;em&gt;aspirational&lt;/em&gt; characters i.e. you can want to be &lt;em&gt;like&lt;/em&gt; Superman but you can actually &lt;em&gt;be&lt;/em&gt; Batman (except for the not being a billionaire or a man thing).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I'm a little bit ignorant of the comic books aspects of all these characters. I'm afraid I only really know them from cartoons and films. All in all, not one of my best thought out blog posts but it did get a better reply than it deserved.</p>
<p>However, I do think they are <em>inspirational</em> characters rather than <em>aspirational</em> characters i.e. you can want to be <em>like</em> Superman but you can actually <em>be</em> Batman (except for the not being a billionaire or a man thing).</p>
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		<title>By: saranga</title>
		<link>http://www.moley75.co.uk/2010/07/05/superheroes/comment-page-1/#comment-1265</link>
		<dc:creator>saranga</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I would disgaree that Superman and Wonder Woman aren&#039;t aspirational.

For me, Superman represent hope, he is the best that we can be.  ok, so he&#039;s an alien, he has all these powers, but he&#039;s also very human (due to his upbringing on the kent farm), and he knows and cares about people and he does the right thing.  he never kills, he never gets angry with the innocent, he is just and fair.

Wonder Woman is similar - ok, she&#039;s practically a goddess, but she&#039;s also a role model and very aspirational. She&#039;s a warrior who values truth above all else.  she respects everybody and wants to help us be better people.  She wants to eradicate war and hate and she is dedicated to her mission.
She shows us that women can be heroes too, that we aren&#039;t inferior to men and we can also be the best and do the right thing and save the world, and that we have a place in it.
She shows us that we can speak out and be ourselves.

It&#039;s not about the powers, it&#039;s about the people they are, inside.

Whew, that was longer than I thought.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would disgaree that Superman and Wonder Woman aren't aspirational.</p>
<p>For me, Superman represent hope, he is the best that we can be.  ok, so he's an alien, he has all these powers, but he's also very human (due to his upbringing on the kent farm), and he knows and cares about people and he does the right thing.  he never kills, he never gets angry with the innocent, he is just and fair.</p>
<p>Wonder Woman is similar - ok, she's practically a goddess, but she's also a role model and very aspirational. She's a warrior who values truth above all else.  she respects everybody and wants to help us be better people.  She wants to eradicate war and hate and she is dedicated to her mission.<br />
She shows us that women can be heroes too, that we aren't inferior to men and we can also be the best and do the right thing and save the world, and that we have a place in it.<br />
She shows us that we can speak out and be ourselves.</p>
<p>It's not about the powers, it's about the people they are, inside.</p>
<p>Whew, that was longer than I thought.</p>
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