The Wonder of the Sovereign
Spinning and spinning, I hoped that I, too, would transform into Wonder Woman. Lynda Carter’s portrayal of the character in the television series from 1975 to 1979 is etched into my two-year-old psyche. Her armbands still come to mind when I seek protection, and the memory of her transformative spin emerges when life calls me to step into my power, my sovereignty.
Amazon by birth, and in some retellings, a demigod, Wonder Woman holds sovereignty as her birthright. In her 2017 cinematic depiction in Wonder Woman, her nemesis, Ares, is also sovereign; however, they each depict differing ways of exercising the power they hold.
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This blog was written for and published by The Joseph Campbell Foundation on July 13, 2025
