Superheroines and superstereotypes? Queer postfeminism, intersectionality and female superheroes in Supergirl by Maxine De Wulf Helskens

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Cómo las superheroínas se convirtieron en amas de casa: Pixar y “Los Increíbles” / How superheroines became housewifes: Pixar and “The Incredibles” by Xavier Mínguez López

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Peeping into Powerpuffs’ Power-house: Unravelling Politics of Projection by Sayantani Chakraborti

Subjects: “…superheroines…”
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More Liveable” Speculations: the Gender of SF in Margaret Atwood’s Short Story “Oursonette” and in the Comic Book / Graphic Novel War Bears by Katarzyna Ostalska

Subjects: “…contemporary English-language literature, speculative fiction, Margaret Atwood, comic books, graphic novels, “Canadian whites,” superheroines, gender discourse…”
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A Review of Wonder Woman: Bondage and Feminism in the Marston/Peter Comics 1941–1948 by Cia Kate Jackson

“…Wonder Woman is one of the world’s most recognisable comic book superheroines, yet the history of her creation and the unique universe of the early Wonder Woman comics are often eclipsed by television shows, and limited edition merchandise; whilst scholars simply focus upon Wonder Woman as the first mainstream comic book superheroine, a mere placeholder in the tapestry of comic book history. …”
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Nuns in Action: A Graphic Investigation into a Graphic Issue by Elizabeth Allyn Woock

“…Examining this issue from different perspectives, this article argues that despite the presence of nuns in the contemporary world, the stock character in comics is dependent on some degree of medievalization, and maps these characteristics as they evolved over time, finding that, thanks to the medievalization itself, nun stock characters present a unique model of superheroine in comics.…”
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"Re-Encountering Scheherzade": Gender, Cultural Mobility, and Narrative Transformations in Alia Yunis's The Night Counter by Pauline Homsi Vinson

“…First, the paper looks at Yunis’s comedic articulations of cultural mobility in her description of her childhood attachment to Scheherazade in her essay “My Arabian Superheroine.” Next, the paper examines how the novel reconfigures those childhood articulations to present a “reverse 1001 Nights,” transforming Scheherazade from a storyteller to a listener that elicits stories of more than a century of Arab American history. …”
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“Lasso of Truth”: Rediscovering the Forgotten History of Wonder Woman by Irena Jurković

“…That warrior later becomes a superheroine known by the name of Wonder Woman.…”
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Mulher-Hulk - de raivosa monstra à bem humorada advogada: Pós-Feminismo nos Quadrinhos dos anos de 1980 by Savio Queiroz Lima

“…From a mere female replica of the Hulk character to a unique superheroine with a proud and endearing personality, the changes occurred far beyond the transition between the epithets of Savage and Sensational in her monthly title. …”
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Ms. Marvel: Marvel’s New Model of Islam’s Representation in Popular Culture by Anisa Hanifah, Lili Awaludin, Hasbi Assiddiqi

“…Marvel, known as Kamala Khan, is the first Muslim superheroine character to have her own series at Marvel. …”
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The Katabasis Trope and a Descent into Future in Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale by Marija Nešić, Milena Kaličanin

“…She presents a female narrator, a superheroine, trapped within the boundaries of a claustrophobic world, where women live subjugated and segregated by the oppressive male regime. …”
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Análisis del efecto de una intervención para sensibilizar al alumnado sobre su percepción y reconocimiento de la diversidad funcional (Analysis of the effect of an intervention to... by Cristina Menescardi, Raquel Ballester

“…All this was framed using the theme of superheroes and superheroines. Before and after the intervention, the inclusive school questionnaire was administered to assess their preexisting beliefs and opinions about students with diversity. …”
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Sensibilización de los futuros egresados y egresadas de Magisterio hacia la diversidad desde la Educación Física por medio de la propuesta de buena práctica “More Than Able” (Dive... by Cristina Menescardi, Isaac Estevan, Israel Villarrasa-Sapiña, Adrià Marco-Ahulló, Gonzalo Monfort-Torres, María Teresa Pellicer

“…The aim of this work was to design, apply, and evaluate a good practice offering a proposal for raising students’ awareness based on the use of comic characters such as superheroes and superheroines. In order to assess the degree of satisfaction of the proposal, a questionnaire of good practices and an open question in relation to the experience were used. …”
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