So...I rounded up. The Secret History of Wonder Woman seems to be a wonderfully researched book with the audiobook passionately read by the author. I think listening to it helped propel me through what might be dense bits of history peppered with scandal and weird, but the reading often felt like yelling. Even with the volume down, I still felt a bit assaulted by the audio. The content, however, is quite interesting. Never have I ever read Wonder Woman though her image is so familiar. While she's projected as a fierce female character, she often seems to walk a line between empowerment and exploitation -- at least as far as her image often branded on products. WW's dual nature of awesome and ew is explored in detail within the book as well as all the women who influenced her creation and development. The book started off making me keen to read her comics...then thinking that maybe I'll just read some Sappho instead. Overall, this book is an excellent source of information regarding early to mid 20th century feminism in North America. I cannot imagine that Batman's origin story is nearly so colorful and ideological...