I grew up in a family that shared films and television shows with each other. It is part of our love language. If you love something, you try to get the rest of the family to watch it. For my brother and I, that included superhero movies.
I’m the youngest of 3 and decades separate my siblings and I. My middle brother and I are ten years apart. My mother tells stories about before I was born and one includes my brother making it clear that he was going to show me all the nerdy things he loved. At the time, he said “I’ll teach him about heroes and Star Trek and Star Wars.” When asked if that would change if I was a girl, he simply substituted he for she and he kept that promise.
