Hilda Fernandez-Alvarez is a Lacanian psychoanalyst based in Vancouver, Canada. She has more than 25 years of clinical experience with diverse populations in public and private settings in Mexico and Canada. She co-founded and co-heads the Lacan Salon.
Lacanian psychoanalyst Hilda Fernandez talks with Frieda Werden about our relationships with superheroines and superheroes, and how those can play a role in psychoanalysis. They discuss the special qualities of favourite superheroines, and how their powers, usually different than males', have been treated and mistreated by various writers over the years. Mentions new Batgirl film has been canned by Warner Brothers and DC for unspecified reasons. Batgirl's sidekick was to be trans.
Interview recorded at CJSF-FM, originally aired on International Women's Day 2014, with editing by Annie Roach, host of Arts Edge. Update, Frieda Werden.
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