Mark D. White

Writer, editor, teacher

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I’m a professor in the Department of Philosophy at the College of Staten Island/CUNY, where I teach courses in philosophy, economics, and law, and the author/editor/co-editor of several books.

Category: Wonder Woman

  • Call for abstracts: Wonder Woman and Philosophy

    I just realized I never posted this call for abstracts for what is a long-overdue and much-needed book. My abstract is in, and if you're a philosopher who's also a Wonder Woman fan, you should submit one too. (The deadline is February 1!)   Call for Abstracts   Wonder Woman and Philosophy   Edited by…

  • Earth 2: The return of dignity and heroism to the DCU, or its death knell?

    OK, the title is a little melodramatic, but I think this book deserves it. Earth 2 #1, written by James Robinson and drawn by the incomparable Nicola Scott, has me wishing (with qualifications) that this new Earth 2 were the mainstream DC Earth. (Its companion book, Worlds' Finest, by Paul Levitz, George Pérez, and Kevin…

  • DC changes Batman’s origin: Thomas and Martha Wayne to have been Nazi sympathizers

    ASSOCIABLE PRESS: April 1, 2012 Following the huge success of their revision of Wonder Woman's origins–first making her the daughter of the Greek god of philanderers, Zeus, and then "interpreting" Hippolyta and Amazons as rapists and baby-murderers–DC Comics announced at Emerald City Comicon today that they will soon reveal that Batman's deceased parents, Thomas and Martha…