i was a queer mexican kid growing up in the 80s and i idolized linda carter's wonder woman. i remember tin foil bracelets, a towel wrapped around my head for that luxurious hair and lotsa spinning. i had asked my mom if wonder woman was mexican (she had hair like my mom and eyes like veronica castro) and she said no, 'es guera'. i was crushed.
so when i learned that linda carter was indeed half-mexican many years later, i was overjoyed.
It's funny bc knowing she was part Mexican inly strengthened my belief that the character was Puerto Rican, bc I know in that era they never let Puerto Ricans play themselves on TV.
I was obssessed with that show, and with her - her smile is like a sunrise!
i was a queer mexican kid growing up in the 80s and i idolized linda carter's wonder woman. i remember tin foil bracelets, a towel wrapped around my head for that luxurious hair and lotsa spinning. i had asked my mom if wonder woman was mexican (she had hair like my mom and eyes like veronica castro) and she said no, 'es guera'. i was crushed.
so when i learned that linda carter was indeed half-mexican many years later, i was overjoyed.
It's funny bc knowing she was part Mexican inly strengthened my belief that the character was Puerto Rican, bc I know in that era they never let Puerto Ricans play themselves on TV.
I was obssessed with that show, and with her - her smile is like a sunrise!