School bans little girl's Wonder Woman lunchbox...

[Gorn Captain]

It's all ridiculous.

As a kid, I watched the Godfather, the Exorcist, the Wild Bunch, etc. I grew up with guns around me. I read Playboy (for the articles of course, lol)...and I didn't turn into a gangster, I wasn't possessed, I didn't pursue a gunfighter career, I didn't go into porn, and blah, blah, blah, blah...all hogwash...heck, the most criminal thing I've ever done was two speeding tickets in my early 20s, yeah, maybe it was due by watching too much Speed Racer, I dunno, lol. It's not the so called dark and violent cartoons that turn kids into little criminals...it's bad parenting...and in some cases, mental instability...and I'll even go down to social economic upbringing...but let's stop blaming friggin superheroes, come one...please...silly, silly, silly...

Same here. My childhood was filled with Bruce Lee's Kung Fu, toy soldiers, space monsters. I grew up to be totally non-violent. Nuff said.

People can always find other things to blame for their own shortcomings.

[Gorn Captain]

Let's start our very own Lunch Box Rebels thread!!!!

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[HardyGirl]

Amen! (and pass the biscuits!)

Wow, just... wow.

I read that article and I thought it was outrageous too. But, after thinking about it, I kinda get it. Today's superheroes are dark, very dark. A lot of the superhero movies are incredibly violent, and many superhero comics are no longer kid-friendly, even if they feature superheroes that we grew up with... they've changed to meet more cynical times.

Remember when "Superman" and "Batman" meant Super-Friends, George Reeves and Adam West, or the Gardner Fox version of the Justice League of America? When comics had a preachy message about peace and brotherhood and understanding, and talking out your differences? No longer. I admit that I really, really dislike Batman's new "Dark Knight" image, and I'm completely disgusted by Jared Leto's "modernized" take on the Joker. Give me the classic 1966 Batman show (esp. with Cesar Romero, Frank Gorshin, Burgess Meredith), or Neal Adams' early 70's comics Batman.

I think it is somewhat understandable that schools don't want kids play-acting what they see in modern superhero movies. But it is really, really hard to differentiate between "modern superheroes" and "Silver-Age superheroes". One set can be looked upon as "unsuitable role models for children" and the other, "wholesome fun". So these schools put them all in the same bag and ban ALL superheroes.

I know, it sucks. I wish there was a way to let girls bring their classic Wonder Woman lunchboxes, yet avoid having kids play-act truly psycho Jokers and nihilistic Batmans at lunchtime.

[YoungOnce]

Wow, just... wow.

I read that article and I thought it was outrageous too. But, after thinking about it, I kinda get it. Today's superheroes are dark, very dark. A lot of the superhero movies are incredibly violent, and many superhero comics are no longer kid-friendly, even if they feature superheroes that we grew up with... they've changed to meet more cynical times.

Remember when "Superman" and "Batman" meant Super-Friends, George Reeves and Adam West, or the Gardner Fox version of the Justice League of America? When comics had a preachy message about peace and brotherhood and understanding, and talking out your differences? No longer. I admit that I really, really dislike Batman's new "Dark Knight" image, and I'm completely disgusted by Jared Leto's "modernized" take on the Joker. Give me the classic 1966 Batman show (esp. with Cesar Romero, Frank Gorshin, Burgess Meredith), or Neal Adams' early 70's comics Batman.

I think it is somewhat understandable that schools don't want kids play-acting what they see in modern superhero movies. But it is really, really hard to differentiate between "modern superheroes" and "Silver-Age superheroes". One set can be looked upon as "unsuitable role models for children" and the other, "wholesome fun". So these schools put them all in the same bag and ban ALL superheroes.

I know, it sucks. I wish there was a way to let girls bring their classic Wonder Woman lunchboxes, yet avoid having kids play-act truly psycho Jokers and nihilistic Batmans at lunchtime.

Great great observations... Our kids (and grand-kids) superheroes are not the heroes we grew up with.

[TrekStar]

Just curious but was this a catholic school? if so they teach religion and as far as I know the bible has many stories of
violence and death, so should we band religion completely? I don't think children should be subject to that content,
I'm just sarcastically making a point, but this country and the school system is getting to politically correct.

[ZMOQ]

Amen! (and pass the biscuits!)

What timing! Shortly after I made my post, an article appeared on THE VOX that articulates my thoughts very well:

http://www.vox.com/2015/8/29/9222903...cs-style-guide

Looking at the 1982 style of superheroes (1982's style was still very close to the Silver Age style that I grew up with), I feel sad for kids these days, who would only experience this style of art/story in reprints, instead of anxiously going to the newsstand every week with a quarter and getting this kind of stuff all the time. Sad that the superheroes they see now are sociopaths, not sociable.

Check out Wonder Woman in THE VOX article! Yeah! That's a proper Wonder Woman! Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez!

[Brue]

I'd be finding my daughter a new school pronto. There's no way I'd want the type of people that 'consider' an image on a lunch box to be violent teaching my child.

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-yep

PS one of the lunch boxes my kids use id WW.

[samurainoir]

so... likely FAKE, since no one has been able to substantiate the Reddit post or identify the girl or her school
(and the original Reddit account has since been deleted)

http://www.comicsbeat.com/no-a-school-did-not-ban-a-cute-wonder-woman-lunchbox/

http://geekdad.com/2015/08/wonder-woman-lunchbox/

I admittedly did contemplate photoshopping this image onto a lunchbox for about two seconds.

[HardyGirl]

Thanks for sharing that!

What timing! Shortly after I made my post, an article appeared on THE VOX that articulates my thoughts very well:

http://www.vox.com/2015/8/29/9222903...cs-style-guide

Looking at the 1982 style of superheroes (1982's style was still very close to the Silver Age style that I grew up with), I feel sad for kids these days, who would only experience this style of art/story in reprints, instead of anxiously going to the newsstand every week with a quarter and getting this kind of stuff all the time. Sad that the superheroes they see now are sociopaths, not sociable.

Check out Wonder Woman in THE VOX article! Yeah! That's a proper Wonder Woman! Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez!