Wonder Woman Fighting for Feminism

Rosa Linda Fregoso discusses what is means to a female in the Chicano culture in her short essay “Hanging Out with the Homegirls? Allison Anders’ Mi Vida Loca”. Fregoso talks about how the women after seeing this movie denied a lot of the stories that were portrayed in the film. One of the main things that was brought up was how no two girls would ever be pregnant by the same guy. Women after viewing this movie had a hard seeing this a true Chicano film because no one would ever do that. Another point that I personally found interesting about the Chicana culture is the all generations of women are there to support each other. Fregoso complaint about the film is how unrealistic it is that the younger generation splits off from the older generation after getting pregnant or joining a gang, when in fact it is the exact opposite.

The movie clip I chose is one of the first scenes from Wonder Woman were Diana is fighting alongside only men and is learning just what is up against. I chose this movie cli because it shows just how powerful a woman can be. Even though she has superpowers I think this scene is very important because it shows that even for the time that this is set in she was not willing to reseed back like Steve was originally hoping when he first brought her back to England. I also chose this because Diana came from a strong and tight knit group of women that always stayed together. Diana had to choose between her family and saving mankind, which it wouldn’t be much of superhero story without some sort of family drama to get the hero to the main action. I think it really reflects back on how close the Chicano culture was and how their women of all ages stayed together.