Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat: Fanfiction and Feminisms in Gotham City

(Here is the promised Slightly Ridiculous Essay! Watch me use Death of the Author to talk about Batman fanfic. Note that this is written for a non-comics-reading, non-fandom-literate audience.)

( Introduction: Fanfiction as Feminist Response )

( The Dark Knight Returns, Watchmen, and the Darkening of Batman )

( Barbara Gordon: The Killing Joke and Women In Refrigerators )

( Stephanie Brown: War Games and A Death In The Family )

( Ariana Dzerchenko: A Lonely Place Of Dying )

Day Twenty-One (And a thing I made!)

Today's question is Favourite Power, which I don't think I actually have an answer to because most of my favourite characters don't have them. I'm a Batfamily fan! My favourite will basically always be the Badass Normal!

So no real meme answer today. But before I go-- I made a thing! A Steph tribute vid to "Joyful Girl" by Ani Difranco, because could there be a more perfect Steph song? I don't think so. Watch it here on YouTube or embedded, behind the cut. (Fair warning: There are some War Games panels in this, if you (reasonably!) want to avoid thinking about that story.)

( She does it for the joy it brings. )