At WWAC, Dayn Broder writes about Oracle / Barbara Gordon and representation. “Barbara Gordon is a woman of many names, faces, and identities. Batgirl, Oracle, crime fighter, hacker, able-bodied, wheelchair user, and most importantly: hero. She is one of, if not THE most famous disabled caped crusader to date. In addition to her tenure as Batgirl, she’s had a long and storied (pun intended) history in the role of Oracle, an ass-kicking-techno-wizard-wheelchair-user. But for me, a wheelchair user myself, her representation has never felt whole or true to my experiences. Now with the new series Batgirls, by Becky Cloonan and Michael W. Conrad, I am finally beginning to see my own story in Barbara: that of a real disabled person.”

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