{"id":3891,"date":"2010-07-29T06:45:54","date_gmt":"2010-07-29T10:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=3891"},"modified":"2010-07-29T08:37:40","modified_gmt":"2010-07-29T12:37:40","slug":"too-many-blondes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/29\/too-many-blondes\/","title":{"rendered":"Too Many Blondes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Are there too many blond female sidekicks?\u00a0 It occurred to me yesterday that the female sidekicks of the &#8220;Big Three&#8221; are all currently blond: Supergirl, Wonder Girl, and Batgirl.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">That&#8217;s sort of odd.\u00a0 The previous Batgirl and Wonder Girl were both raven-haired, while the Batgirl before that was a redhead. Supergirl has pretty much always been blond, so she gets a pass.\u00a0 How did they all end up blond nowadays?\u00a0 In an era where Paris Hilton and Brittany Spears are two of the most recognizable young blondes, what does that say about the image these characters are reinforcing?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/supergirl.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Supergirl by Michael Turner\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/supergirl.jpg\" alt=\"Supergirl by Michael Turner\" width=\"461\" height=\"701\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Wonder Girl Cassie Sandsmark\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/wondergirl.jpg\" alt=\"Wonder Girl Cassie Sandsmark\" width=\"300\" height=\"467\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Batgirl Stephanie Brown\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/batgirl.jpg\" alt=\"Batgirl Stephanie Brown\" width=\"461\" height=\"700\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Heck, even Green Arrow&#8217;s female sidekick Speedy is a blond.\u00a0 I guess you could point out that Miss Martian is a redhead and Aquagirl is a brunette, but neither of these are really prominent characters right now.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While I like all of these characters, I feel DC did a better job\u00a0 previously covering all the major hair colors.\u00a0 They need the Betty, Veronica, and Cheryl Blossom hair differential plan!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-3891\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/29\/too-many-blondes\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-3891\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/29\/too-many-blondes\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/29\/too-many-blondes\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/29\/too-many-blondes\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-3891\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/29\/too-many-blondes\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are there too many blond female sidekicks?\u00a0 It occurred to me yesterday that the female sidekicks of the &#8220;Big Three&#8221; 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