Cess, Ica, and Karen are back for Part Two of our Women’s Month Special featuring Karen Mae’s pick: the ever-changing, ever-so-relevant, ever-so-important HARLEY QUINN in her appearances in film and in the media.
The character first appeared in Batman: The Animated Series in September of 1992 (episode titled “Joker’s Favor”) as Mr. J’s mischievous sidekick. Despite her actual name as Dr. Harleen Quinzell, she’s mostly known in both the animated series and comics as Harley Quinn, donning a clown costume in red, black and white, and is usually sexualized or depicted as the Joker’s love-struck assistant.
Flashforward to 2016’s Suicide Squad and we find her catapulted into fame, but with that fame comes realizations of how Harley Quinn can evolve into something more relatable than just being a one-dimensional character who can wear decently accessible clothes and still kick ass.
Listen to the three talk about Harley Quinn *the character* in the awful Suicide Squad (2016),to how she fully evolves into the right persona in Birds of Prey (2020) and how she sustains her #MeToo-approved story-arch in The Suicide Squad (2021). This topic was chosen by Karen Mae and her love for the character as a 90s kid/tita who grew up loving the character.
Spoilers are definitely present in this podcast. Especially a spill on how Harley Quinn has evolved in the comics too.
We dedicate this episode to all women who are victims of abuse, to fight for their right to live, their will to live, and to find the courage to leave their abusers.
Stay tuned again this coming week for the last part of our Women’s month special wherein the three talk about Dwein Baltazar’s Gusto Kita With All My Hypothalamus and Turning Red as Cess’s pick.
