Media 2026 Evidence, Quotes, and Analysis

Key terms, dates, political events, quotes, and contextual analysis related to media representations, gender, and Wonder Woman.

Constructs

Codes & Conventions

Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

2009

Trump Inauguration

Jan 20th, 2017

BOX OFFICE NUMBER

822.9 MILLION DOLLARS GLOBALLY

Overturning of Roe V Wade

2022 Roe V Wade: focus on abortion rights & control over female bodies

Donald Trump Re-election

2024

2026 context reading of Wonder Woman

Dismissal of female officials (E.g. Pam Bondi & Kristi Noem) & replacement with male figures; "Low IQ individuals" (2026) directed at figures (e.g. Ilhan Ohmar, Jasmine Crockett)

QUOTES OF JESSICA VALENTI

"cathartic release" "beautiful but not sexualised" "what no man had been able to do before" "strong instead of lascivious" "rooms full of men are making decisions about women’s future and the country is being run by a man who brags about sexually assaulting women" (Guardian journalist Jessica Valenti, 2017)

QUOTES OF THERESA HAROLD

"a teenager's wet dream" (Metro Journalist Theresa Harold, 2017)

Quote by Zoe Williams

"having thighs, actual thighs you can kick things with" (Guardian journalist Zoe Williams, 2017)

"Pussy grabbing"

Donald Trump, Washington Post (2016)

Donald Trump quotes

"by the pussy" (Published by Washington Post in 2016) "couldn't satisfy her husband, what makes her think she satisfy America."

Hans Zimmer Quotes

“screaming banshee war cry” that is “simultaneously powerful and feminine,” (Hans Zimmer)