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Feminism In Supergirl

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In Supergirl, Kara, who becomes Supergirl, was born with her superpowers. She firstly really uses them to save the plane her sister is on from crashing (“Pilot” Supergirl 13:40). After heated discussions about her powers with her sister Alex and Alex’s boss from the Department of Extra-Normal Operations, she has to fight an alien, who, after their fight, commits suicide (“Pilot” Supergirl 41:56). Kara’s superheroism is established slowly, but surely; the encouragement of her sister and her mother’s hologram help her to embrace her powers. With renewed self-confidence, she becomes strong enough to defeat the alien and decides she wants to be a superheroine. Unlike in the comics, Superman does not forbid her to use her powers, but stays completely out of her decision making process, so she only learns afterwards that he was keeping an eye on her, wanting her to decide on her own (“Pilot” Supergirl 43:46).

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