In the midst of it all, on Oct. 18, we learned that the United Nations has selected its “Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Women and Girls.”And the new ambassador is … Wonder Woman! So maybe, all things considered, the U.N.’s choice of a comic book superhero — Wonder Woman — makes perfect sense. The Mary Sue, a feminist comics site, applauded the choice: “Wonder Woman is a great, easily recognizable symbol of what women can become once freed from a patriarchal society.”And, of course, there was the potentially controversial matter of Wonder Woman’s attire – you’ll not likely find a hijab or burkini in her closet. But there’s another plus to the U.N.’s choice. As our Nobel Prize-winning poet Bob Dylan would put it, the new ambassador is “forever young.”Until this week, I hadn’t realized that Wonder Woman is 75 years old.

Source: Fox News October 21, 2016 20:03 UTC