{"id":49629,"date":"2015-02-20T04:37:06","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T11:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/20\/womens-bodies-and-comic-books.html"},"modified":"2015-05-13T10:11:36","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T16:11:36","slug":"womens-bodies-and-comic-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/02\/20\/womens-bodies-and-comic-books.html","title":{"rendered":"Women&#039;s Bodies and Comic Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing particularly new here, but told in the inimitable Cracked style.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/www.cracked.com\/article_22120_5-insane-things-comic-books-believe-womens-bodies-can-do.html'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/d9QN5oEayNxPdxmUFmk22Vg1jrkZ4LFfZ6LqFJj_qNck9alCwRr2JdR5ZImeeo316TgP9WTjEhFAlqJU_JFJOlvVDjIBudz3M1tUskx7=w506-h303' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/www.cracked.com\/article_22120_5-insane-things-comic-books-believe-womens-bodies-can-do.html'>5 Insane Things Comic Books Believe Women&#8217;s Bodies Can Do | Cracked.com<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s not only a matter of relying on unrealistic body standards, but doing it to a degree that we&#8217;re not sure these characters could even survive.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/CFmTkgW5X4t'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nothing particularly new here, but told in the inimitable Cracked style. 5 Insane Things Comic Books Believe Women&#8217;s Bodies Can Do | Cracked.com It&#8217;s not only a matter of relying on unrealistic body standards, but doing it to a degree that we&#8217;re not sure these characters could even survive. 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