Table of Contents

Table of Contents

“Our Girl”: An Introduction to Essays on the Supergirl
Television Series (Melissa Wehler and Tim Rayborn)
Why Not Superwoman? Constructing the Feminism of Supergirl
What to Do with Supergirl? Fairy Tale Tropes, Female Power
and Conflicted Feminist Discourse (Marcie Panutsos Rovan)
The Super “It” Girl: A New Brand for a Classic Icon (Melissa Wehler)
Lies, Damned Lies and Relationships: The Deceits and Secrets
That Plague the Couples of Supergirl, Season 2 (Tim Rayborn)
Supergirl and Lena Luthor: Constructing Public and Private Personas
(Johanna Church)
Female Otherness and Intersectionality in Supergirl
“Pull up your ­big-girl pants, and own your power”: Feminist
Anger and the Working Woman in The CW’s Supergirl (Justin Wigard)
Krypton’s Rage: Contrasting the Emotions and Powers of Supergirl in Television and the New 52 (Nicholas William Moll)
“I embraced who I am and I don’t want to stop”: Queering Supergirl
(Jaime Chris Weida)
“It’s real, you’re real, and you deserve a full, happy life”:
Supergirl’s “Sanvers” as an Affirmation to Queer Tumblr Fangirls Everywhere (Chelsea M. Gibbs)
Supergirl’s Sisterhoods: Feminism as a Family Affair
Sisterhood of Steel: The Powerful Bond That Is the Heart of The CW’s Supergirl (Donna J. Cromeans)
“Women of power and the mothers who molded them”:
Matriarchal Mentorship and Symbols of Sisterhood
in Supergirl (Courtney Lee Weida)
El Mayarah: The Danvers Sisters as Chosen Family (Sarah J. Palm)
About the Contributors
Index

About the Author

Melissa Wehler, a professor of interdisciplinary studies, has published essays in a variety of edited collections on topics including the gothic, feminism, and popular culture, and Coraline, Downton Abbey, Jessica Jones, and Maleficent. She lives in Pennsylvania. Tim Rayborn is a historian, medievalist, and musician, with a Ph.D. from the University of Leeds in England. He writes on history and on the arts, and lives in Berkeley, California.