Author: TheLavenderBat
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Batman and Plagiarism in Translation
“Haven’t I read this before?” A couple minutes into an article on Batman, I hit a line about angry viewers of the 1966 TV series calling ABC to complain after breaking news about the Gemini 8 spacecraft failure interrupted the live broadcast of Batman. An interesting story, no doubt, but I couldn’t help feeling a sense Read more
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Bat-Daddy: How Batman has Become Parental Figure
In Search of a Father: Mentor Worship and the Vacuum of Parenthood It’s all about the mentor-disciple relationship! Or at least that’s what I was told time and time again. In search of meaning, purpose, happiness… and all that other idealistic stuff that religions often promise that they can provide, I had joined a religious Read more
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Batman as Object of Religious Awe
Musings on a “Sense of Religiosity” With the passing of Pope Francis and the subsequent inundation of media coverage on him, the Church, and the election of a new pope, religion has been on my mind a lot. I currently see myself as an atheist who revels in the absurdity of existence, but at times Read more
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Got Batman? – A Call for Accessibility
If You Know You Know… If You Don’t You Don’t There is a famous adage that knowledge is power, and while a bit cliché I do think that there is at least some truth to it. There is a reason those in power often withhold education completely or begin to censor materials. Ignorance allows them Read more
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The Zen of Batman
Colors, Dots, and Smells, OH MY! Look, I do not use this title lightly. I despise the commercialization and appropriation of a religion/spirituality/tradition/practice—whatever you define Zen as. I often find myself rolling my eyes at the latest app claiming its use will help induce some blissful state of meditation almost automatically, or a new “zen” Read more
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Micro-Batman: Robin, they Shrunk the Comic Books!
An Autoethnography in Batmanology After last week’s post, I thought a lot about what to write next. Like just about any writer (I assume at least), I often worry that my writing isn’t “good enough” to put out into the world. I feel like I have to be unique and compelling… and what if it’s Read more
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Batman Episode 420: Bruce Wayne on Mary Jane
Good Accessibility is Essential, Robin One of the aspects of Batman that I keep coming back to regularly is accessibility. I think accessibility of media and information is absolutely essential. However, when I am searching for Batman materials, I inevitably hit a wall because legal means of consumption are sometimes limited. Since Batman is a Read more
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Bat-session: Towards a Batmanology
There’s A Batman For That I know, I know, far from being unique, it’s quite cliché, but in an attempt to present my approach and positionality at the outset of this blog: I love Batman! Scratch that. As my husband will attest, I am obsessed with Batman. He is so fascinating to me. One of the Read more