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Q: Loop to change elements in large list (6 at a time) and create a new variable for each iteration I am making a wind rose using plotly that uses drop down menus to plot each month. I want to clean up my code a bit using a loop, but have had success using a rudimentary way and want to learn more in the process.
Some quick background:
Plotly uses 'traces' to plot the specific types of data (I have 6 different traces per month representing the wind speed bins). To get a drop down menu to work, you need a list of bools stating what is visible. For example if I wanted January's data, I'd need a list of 78 bools for 12 months and the annual total data, with list elements 5-11 being true and the rest being false.
Here is the aforementioned rudimentary, albeit working code.
TF = [False]*78
TF[0:5]=[True]*6
Ann_L = TF.copy()

TF = [False]*78
TF[6:11]=[True]*6
Jan_L = TF.copy()

TF = [False]*78
TF[12:17]=[True]*6
Feb_L = TF.copy()

TF = [False]*78
TF[18:23]=[True]*6
Mar_L = TF.copy()

TF = [False]*78
TF[24:29]=[True]*6
Apr_L = TF.copy()

TF = [False]*78
TF[30:35]=[True]*6
May_L = TF.copy()

TF = [False]*78
TF[36:41]=[True]*6
Jun_L = TF.copy()

TF = [False]*78
TF[42:47]=[True]*6
Jul_L = TF.copy()

TF = [False]*78
TF[48:53]=[True]*6
Aug_L = TF.copy()

TF = [False]*78
TF[54:59]=[True]*6
Sep_L = TF.copy()

TF = [False]*78
TF[60:65]=[True]*6
Oct_L = TF.copy()

TF = [False]*78
TF[66:71]=[True]*6
Nov_L = TF.copy()

TF = [False]*78
TF[72:77]=[True]*6
Dec_L = TF.copy()

As you can see, I make a large list, edit the 6 element slice, copy to a new variable and re-do for each month. I simply just want to loop this to clean it up. Any help would be appreciated.
Example variables in use
fig.update_layout(
updatemenus=[
    dict(
        x=0.1,
        xanchor="left",
        y=0.99,
        yanchor="top",
        active=0,
        showactive= True,
        buttons=list([
            dict(label="Annual",
                 method="update",
                 args=[{"visible": Ann_L},
                       {"title": "Annual"}]),
            dict(label="January",
                 method="update",
                 args=[{"visible": Jan_L},
                       {"title": "January"}]),

A: List of lists
You could create all the lists using list comprehension and then assign each list to the relevant variable using destructuring.

L = [[False]*(n*6)+[True]*6+[False]*(73-n*6) for n in range(0, 13)]

Ann_L, Jan_L, Feb_L, Mar_L, Apr_L, May_L, Jun_L, Jul_L, Aug_L, Sep_L, Oct_L, Nov_L, Dec_L = L

Dictionary of lists
Here's an alternative which creates a dictionary with the keys Ann_L, Jan_L, Feb_L etc.
To use this you will need to adjust your code to use months['Ann_L'] etc.
names = ['Ann_L', 'Jan_L', 'Feb_L', 'Mar_L', 'Apr_L', 'May_L', 'Jun_L',
         'Jul_L', 'Aug_L', 'Sep_L', 'Oct_L', 'Nov_L', 'Dec_L']

months = {names[n]: [False]*(n*6)+[True]*6+[False]*(73-n*6) for n in range(0, 13)}

A: You can even construct your buttons dynamically like this
from calendar import month_name

months = list(month_name)
months[0] = 'Annual'
buttons = [{
    'label': months[i],
    'method': 'update',
    'args': [{'visible': [False]*(i*6)+[True]*6+[False]*(73-i*6)}, {'title': month_name[i]}]
} for i in range(13)]

You don't have to create variables that abbreviate month names
EDIT: Fixed 'args' to be a list


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Tagbilaran, Sunday, 27 July 2008
Controversies Oliva to answer; Local, native bags done in 'global taste'
Food for the soul: Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. -Albert Schweitzer
Catch Brownbuds (Mendel's Legacy) on ABS-CBN's Umagang Kay Ganda (hosted by Edu Manzano) on July 29. The group has also some gigs in Manila. Aim high, boys!
Enhorabuena to Jun Ayag on the launching of his business, the Options & Concepts tonight at the Bohol Tropics. Options & Concepts is specialized in event management, training and consultancy and outsourcing solutions. Jun, who is nominated (again) for the Presidential Award on Outstanding Filipino Overseas Worker, says "Options & Concepts has unlimited ideas, quality solutions and endless possibilities. Options and Concepts serves as a one-stop (generalist and specialist) center where your specific needs could be made possible through in-house/ internal capabilities and/or from various network of service providers. It is Options and Concepts' primary objective to add value to a certain product or service before this reaches to the end-users. You may call (038)501-0796/411-2130/09153180989 or email junayag@yahoo.com. You may visit www.optionsandconcepts.com.
The growth and development of information and communication technologies (ICTs) has led to their wide diffusion and application, thus increasing their economic and social impact. Thus, the Bohol Information and Communication Technology (ICT) group was formally launched on July 24 headed by Leah Tirol-Magno and Mr. Auza of Auza.net.
Many are disappointed of how our very own Boholano Commissioner Benjie Oliva for the Visayas of the National Youth Commission (NYC) is "behaving" nowadays, perhaps, fitted for Boy Abunda's show Kontrobersya.
Last July 11, 2008 while the Central Visayas Regional Development Council (RDC) had a regular meeting (the members adopted a resolution requesting President Gloria Arroyo to make House Bill No. 309, reinstating the mandatory Reserve Officers Training Corps in college, a priority bill of her administration. Cebu 1st district Rep. Eduardo Gullas, the main author of the bill, called for the abolition of the National Service Training Program and to restore the ROTC to produce more enlisted officers and resolve the lack of reserve officers in the Armed Forces of the Philippines), Commissioner Oliva made a scene by "grabbing" the microphone and introduced himself as commissioner of the NYC. He "lectured" the council of the NYC's stand of no to ROTC.
Those were awed of his bravery, and, others simply raised their eyebrows. Others were asking where he came from, but those Boholanos who attended the meeting didn't "acknowledge" he came from Bohol.
According to True Very Reliable Source (VRS) who attended the meeting, Oliva was "misbehaving." He should wait first to be acknowledged by the council. While, Oliva was lecturing, everyone's ears were bleeding because he speaks that is higher of the officials. After Oliva's speech, Cong. Pablo Garcia had his stand, but he said, "Who's this young man who claims himself as commissioner of the National Youth Commission�"
Well, that is not the first time that Oliva is "misbehaving." This column might explode if True has to write it in details. Before his appointment, he was already in bad light when the Sangguniang Kabataan headed by Frances Bobbith Cajes-Auza at that time and some youth agencies protested his candidacy. Records can be verified at the SK office. Many who have witnessed his "climb every mountain" said that "Oliva was using SK to achieve his dreams."
Whether, he will run or not in Catigbian as mayor in 2010, another controversy he has to answer (which is still "hot" in NYC) is the controversial "Most Performing Commissioner" award. NYC officials said that there was NO Best Performing Commissioner Award, yet, there was a one-page advertisement published in local newspapers on Dec. 23, 2007. The congratulatory ad was from the NYC, parents and people of Catigbian.
On this, Oliva answered: "The NYC is the sole policy making and coordinating body for youth development in the country (RA 8044). The officials particularly the Commissioners are expected to deliver policy recommendations for youth development, conduct committee hearings and consultations, attend to inter-agency meetings and legislative advocacy on bills relating to youth development. They are also encouraged to attend speaking engagements, Radio/TV Interviews and establish networks and partner institutions, organizations and agencies for youth development and empowerment. Whoever are the NYC officials that you are referring to as your source, did you ever bother to ask them if they were able to formulate at least five (5) policy recommendations on youth in more than two years of service at the NYC; or did you ask them if they were able to convene their assigned committees for public hearing or consultation even once after more than two years of their stint in the Commission? The records of the National Youth Commission will tell you the Best Performing Commissioner." Does it answer the question?
We're so thankful to Oliva because there are many Boholanos who participated in international youth exchange programs. However, Manuel Ferdinand de Erio was so depressed in his article on Feb. 18 2007 "while it is still good that there are Boholano youths who have enjoyed the international youth programs, it is a very sad reality that the SK members, staff and volunteers are denied of the opportunities."
Youth leaders questioned Oliva's choices of sending Boholanos to international youth programs. "Many are not volunteers and others aren't qualified. So, we understand that Oliva is paying his utang na loob or he wants to appear "powerful" to officials that he can send delegates abroad," VRS added.
Remember Icarus? Icarus' father Daedalus used his skills to build wings for himself and Icarus. He used wax and string to fasten feathers to reeds of varying lengths to imitate the curves of birds' wings. When their wings were ready, Daedalus warned Icarus to fly at medium altitude. If he flew too high, the sun could melt the wax of his wings, and the sea could dampen the feathers if he flew too low. Icarus became exhilarated by flight. Ignoring his father's warning, he flew higher and higher. The sun melted the wax holding his wings together, and the boy fell into the water and drowned. Oh, sad, sad...
Below, excerpts from an open letter from Mike Francis Acebedo Lopez, the youngest presidential appointee at age 24. Lopez is described by his peers as a proud Cebuano youth leader who started as a volunteer of the NYC until he was appointed as one of its Commissioners-at-large. He was interviewed by Boy Abunda on his show "Private Conversations" when this letter was circulated last month. You may email him at tornadomilo69@yahoo.com or view his profile at the NYC website: www.youth.net.ph.
Sham after sham
I am constrained to report to the Filipino people, particularly to my fellow youth, that the Officials of the National Youth Commission have not served the greater interest of our people, for the following reasons:
1) This is a Youth Commission whose Leadership has cases at the Ombudsman, the Presidential Anti-Graft Commission (PAGC) and the Quezon City Regional Trial Court (RTC), along with a severely damaged reputation, being subject to numerous complaints from various youth circuits and circulating in e-groups across the country and abroad. This Youth Commission has ganged up on me for my opposition, insisting that we are a collegial body and should therefore be united and agree on everything. But I believe in unity in diversity (there is a reason why the NYC was created to have several commissioners) and upholding truth and justice over everything else. They do not understand that I oppose only those decisions that I know will tarnish our individual and collective reputations, ultimately affecting the credibility and integrity of our agency. They do not understand that we each represent the NYC and our government, and our actions can and will affect the credibility and integrity of the Office we represent. At a time when corruption and hopelessness pervade, our credibility, I believe, is the best gift we could give our country and our fellow young Filipinos.
2) This is the same Youth Commission that has bullied the alumni association of the SSEAYP (Ship for Southeast Asian Youth Program), an organization of passionate and dedicated alumni of the Japanese Government's SSEAYP program. (The NYC is mandated by law to implement the SSEAYP in the Philippines). The NYC Leadership supported the creation of a different alumni association to divide the current SSEAYP leadership in the Philippines, apparently to get back at them because the group pressed charges against the Officials of the Commission. These cases filed emanated from the Commission's decision to choose one of its own as National Leader of last year's SSEAYP delegation (the first time its ever happened) to a two-month all-expense paid cultural cruise across Japan and the ASEAN region. Worse, the Commission went through the motions of a search for applicants even if the NYC's Leadership had already promised the position to the interested Commissioner. So what initially was just an issue of delicadeza became an issue of deception, a betrayal of public trust.
Genuine leadership seeks to unite, not divide the efforts and convictions of young people. When it does, it's apparent that it is for no other reason but to perpetuate one's stay in power or to secure an otherwise insecure position in society or government.
3) Many youth leaders across the country perceive NYC as using every crisis in the Arroyo Presidency as yet another opportunity to "kiss ass". This has lead to the moro-moro and incompetent management of our international programs. Slots for foreign trips, scholarships, and exchange programs are given to friends of the officials, with an unwritten, internal arrangement that only those who are pro-administration will be chosen. Take the SSEAYP for instance: its guidelines, which have been in place for several years, were unilaterally changed last year to accommodate an alleged relative of the President. In fairness to the President, I do not think that she is aware of these happenings, nor has she given such order. The irony is that the alleged relative did not apply last year, but the damage has already been done against the integrity of the SSEAYP selection process. And all this after we require applicants of our programs to accomplish so many difficult requirements and submit long essays. These officials have no respect for the efforts of the young people whose interests we all swore to uphold and protect.
4) We've all heard about issues concerning our national procurement law, discussed in length at the Senate's hearings on the NBN-ZTE issue. Unfortunately, corruption in the bidding process is nothing new�not even to the NYC. In the middle of 2006, during an Executive Session in our Regular Commissioners' Meeting, and in the presence of our previous legal officer, I was so shocked when two of our Commissioners started accusing each other of securing kickbacks from their management of the agency's BAC (Bids and Awards Committee). The NYC Leadership did not even conduct a formal investigation on the matter.
5) The NYC Leadership ordered for the delivery of computer units despite the advice from our Admin and Finance Division (AFD) that the Presidential Management Staff (PMS) had already denied the release of funds for the project. The project was supposed to be funded by the Presidential Social Fund, but Malaca�ang denied the release of funds after discovering that there were violations in the bidding process that the NYC leadership approved. For over a year, the supplier of the computer units were not paid and they almost resorted to legal action had it not been for the steps taken by our AFD Division. (I hope the NYC Leadership did not use the computers for an election bid as president of an association of law students, the computers having been distributed to the law school beneficiaries before the association's election. It's too much, really, to sacrifice the agency's reputation for that.)
6) There are fresh reports of a certain Commissioner who allegedly falsified a DILG Memo Circular, forging no less than Secretary Ronaldo Puno's signature to endorse his SK seminar cum business venture. The falsified DILG Memo Circular endorsed this Commissioner's training of SKs, an activity unknown to the NYC and its staff. Maybe he preyed on the SKs knowing that they have the funds to participate in his seminars and falsified/forged the signature of the Cabinet Secretary to make sure that they are obliged to join (according to reports, these cost at least Php 5,000 per participant; with possibly over a thousand SKs in that province who can participate � well, you do the math).
Despite the humiliation and indignity caused by them, many of these Officials still have the nerve to seek reappointment; worse, one is even starting to lobby for the Chairmanship of the NYC. To reappoint or promote anyone from this crop of NYC officials is like sentencing young people in our country to a fate worse than death.
Look who's talking
There is a long litany of issues (Yes, there are more) that I hope can be resolved in the proper forum. While there is an ongoing debate for the abolition of the Sangguniang Kabataan, what about looking at the activities of the National Youth Commission and the apparent failure of its officials to protect its credibility, having been embroiled in scandal after scandal? How can the SKs look up to the NYC as a guide when the Commission has lost the moral ascendancy to lead them or to even propose reforms in the SK?
To whom much is given, much is also expected. But how can the NYC live up to the high standards young people expect of them when, adding insult to injury, some of its officials have been reported to engage in scandalous sexual and amoral behavior in some of the NYC's official programs? Complaints from some youth volunteers allege that, in a number of instances, a Commissioner asked them to look for prostitutes for him. Our young people are talking about these debauched activities of a highly decadent Youth Commission, an agency that could have been considered the final frontier, the bastion of integrity and righteousness in the government.
The Officials of the National Youth Commission have failed our country's youth. Even the hardworking staffs of the agency appear to be demoralized. (The agency's staff's turnover rate in the past year is the highest in the NYC's history) I would rather go down with my integrity intact and my head held up high, than keep up the pretense of integrity where there is none. And I call upon each young Filipino to help me wage this war. Mayday, mayday� I need back up. Let us seize this moment, fight the good fight, and define our generation - and we will soon discover that for our country, and ourselves - the best is yet to come.
Local, native bags done in 'global taste'
"We're ready for export," enthused Inabanga Mayor Jose Jono Jumamoy who headed the Team Inabanga raffia fashion show last Friday, July 25.
Designer Bags from Inabanga
People who witnessed the show appreciated the raffia products which are collections of bags, belt, hat, wallet, roman shade, window blind, door curtain, lampshade, wall art, cushions, seminar kits, buri berry stools, lei, wine holder, envelope, placemats, table runner, chair cover, and even the material cloth used in paintings, etc, perfectly shown in the show with different designs, shapes and colors. Aside from the raffia products, models showed how the raffia ideally suited for casual attire, gown, barong tagalong, etc.
The loomweaving industry in the Inabanga was introduced in the 1800s and dates back to the time of Francisco Dagohoy, the leader of the longest running Philippine revolt against the Spanish Colonizers in 1781�1883. The woven fabrics then were used as uniforms of the "indios" up against the Spaniards and as sleeping mats.
This industry utilizes raffia fibers taken from the unopened buri (corypha elata roxb.) leaf and made into woven fabrics using 2�6 harness wooden handlooms.
During the Second World War, due to the dearth of fabrics, woven raffia was used as military uniforms by the local resistance movement. In the 1950's it evolved as mats for drying rice and corn by the farmers. In the 70s it evolved as house wares and table tops.
This time, with the fusion of other indigenous materials and design innovations, woven raffia fabrics have been converted to lifestyle products.
The increasing demand for the use of biodegradable and environment compatible woven raffia fabrics in the international market necessitates the furtherance of awareness on the part of the weaving communities in the countryside for them to strengthen and expand their production base and improve product quality.
On the other hand, it is incumbent upon the industry stakeholders to inform and announce to the consumer sector to include institutional buyers, exporters and sub contractors that Inabanga has the production capacity, variety of product lines and the quality standard they can rely upon.
While every product is different, the Inabanga-based products have successfully created a look that make them identifiable and is done by those of tarsier and flowers designed that serves as a trademark.
The products have gone around the world, bought by foreigners and balikbayans as souvenirs and other specialty shops in Cebu and Manila. Celebrities including Angelina Jolie were spotted in New York City wearing a bag from Inabanga.
Email me at leoudtohan@yahoo.com. Or visit www.bohol.ph.
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Rubenstein's Worlds without End Published
by Olivia Drake • March 3, 2014
Book by Mary-Jane Rubenstein
Mary-Jane Rubenstein, associate professor of religion, is the author of Worlds Without End: The Many Lives of the Multiverse, published by Columbia University Press, 2014.
"Multiverse" cosmologies imagine our universe as just one of a vast number of others. While this idea has captivated philosophy, religion and literature for millennia, it is now being considered as a scientific hypothesis—with different models emerging from cosmology, quantum mechanics and string theory.
Beginning with ancient Atomist and Stoic philosophies, Rubenstein links contemporary models of the multiverse to their forerunners and explores the reasons for their recent appearance. One concerns the so-called fine-tuning of the universe: nature's constants are so delicately calibrated that it seems they have been set just right to allow life to emerge. For some thinkers, these "fine-tunings" are evidence of the existence of God; for others, however, and for most physicists, "God" is an insufficient scientific explanation.
Rubenstein also is the author of Strange Wonder: The Closure of Metaphysics and the Opening of Awe.
Explore Israeli Culture during Spring Film Festival
by Olivia Drake • January 23, 2014
The film, Fill the Void, is written and directed by Rama Burshstein (2012). It will be screened on Jan. 30 as part of the Israeli Film Festival. Lisa Dombrowski, associate professor of film studies, will speak about the film after the screening.
Seven films, all with English subtitles, will be screened during the annual Israeli Film Festival this spring.
The festival aims to educate and explore the richness, diversity and creativity of Israeli culture as witnessed through the flourishing of contemporary Israeli cinema. Each film screening is followed by a guest speaker or Wesleyan faculty who comments on the film from a particular perspective.
FIlms this year include Fill the Void, Wherever You Go, Welcome and our Condolences, Zaytoun, By Summer's End, Six Million and One, Back by Popular Demand: Eyes Wide Open.
Films run every Thursday at 8 p.m. from Jan. 30 to March 6 in the Goldsmith Family Cinema. Admission is free.
The Festival is organized by Dalit Katz, adjunct assistant professor of Religion and Israel Studies and cultural coordinator of Israeli events at Wesleyan University. It is sponsored by the Ring Family, Jewish and Israel Studies and co sponsored by the Film Studies Department.
For more information about the films and the full schedule, visit the Israeli Film Festival website.
Gottschalk's New Book Chronicles History of Religious Intolerance in the U.S
by Lauren Rubenstein • December 6, 2013
New book by Peter Gottschalk.
Professor of Religion Peter Gottschalk recently authored a new book, American Heretics: Catholics, Jews, Muslims, and the History of Religious Intolerance, published by Palgrave Macmillan in November 2013. The book chronicles the history of religious intolerance in the U.S. – from persecution of Irish and German Catholics in the mid-19th century to today's discrimination against Muslims, Sikhs and other religious groups. Through the historical record it presents, the book challenges the notion that the U.S. is a stronghold of religious freedom.
Gottschalk's book recently was featured in a holiday book round-up in the Chicago Tribune.
Dubler '97 Publishes Immersive New Book on Religion in Prison
by Gabe Rosenberg '16 • November 8, 2013
Joshua Dubler '97
Joshua Dubler '97 is the author of the new book Down in the Chapel: Religious Life in an American Prison (Farrar Straus Giroux). A religion scholar who was working on his dissertation at Princeton University, he spent more than six years working with prisoners at the Graterford Maximum Security Prison outside of Philadelphia, focusing his studies on the religious diversity of the prison chapel.
Book by Joshua Dubler '97
Down in the Chapel tells the story of one whole week at the Graterford chapel in which Dubler attended Jewish, Muslim, Native American, Catholic, and various other services and study sessions. Conversing with chaplains and correctional officers as well as prisoners, he keeps his presence in plain view as he investigates issues of faith and everyday life during incarceration.
Dubler, who graduated from Wesleyan with a BA in College of Letters and religion, is currently assistant professor of religion at the University of Rochester. He is coauthor with Andrea Sun-Mee Jones of the 2006 book Bang! Thud: World Spirit from a Texas School Book Depository.
Rubenstein Appointed 2013-14 Distinguished Teaching Fellow
by Bill Holder • November 8, 2013
Mary-Jane Rubenstein
Mary-Jane Rubenstein, associate professor of religion and chair of the Religion Department, has been appointed Wesleyan's 2013-14 Distinguished Teaching Fellow. She also is associate professor of feminist, gender and sexuality studies.
Established last year by the John E. Andrus Professor of Sociology Rob Rosenthal, the Distinguished Teaching Fellowship honors Wesleyan's most outstanding teachers and gives them the opportunity to teach a course outside their usual departmental offerings. The inaugural fellowship was awarded to Andy Szegedy-Maszak, Jane A. Seney Professor of Greek, professor of classical studies.
"It is no surprise that Mary-Jane is Wesleyan's second Distinguished Teaching Fellow: she is known across campus for her exceptional teaching and innovative pedagogy," said Ruth Striegel Weissman, provost and vice president for academic affairs. "She is deeply engaged in scholarly and pedagogical initiatives on campus."
Rubenstein has served as co-director of the Certificate in Social, Cultural and Critical Theory, regularly giving talks on campus including for the Wesleyan Thinks Big series, the Theory Lecture Series, the Humanities luncheon, First Year Matters, the Center for Humanities, the Division II Seminar and more. Her scholarship commands strong interest: she gives many invited lectures, recently giving addresses at the University of Aarhus in Denmark, Princeton Theological Seminary, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, the London School of Economics, and Yale University.
She is the author of Strange Wonder: The Closure of Metaphysics and the Opening of Awe, as well as articles on Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Derrida, negative theology, political theologies, global Anglicanism and contemporary cosmology. Her next book will be published in February: Worlds without End: The Many Lives of the Multiverse. This work puts recent theories of the "multiverse" into conversation with ancient "many-world" cosmologies.
As Distinguished Teaching Fellow, Mary-Jane will teach "Kierkegaard: an Advanced Seminar in Absurdity" this spring.
Chen Named Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellow
by Olivia Drake • May 13, 2013
Lang Chen
Lang Chen, a visiting instructor in religion, was named a 2013 Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellow by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. The Newcombe Fellowship is the nation's largest and most prestigious such award for Ph.D. candidates in the humanities and social sciences whose dissertations address questions of ethical and/or religious values. Each 2013 Newcombe Fellow will receive a 12-month award of $25,000.
Chen is teaching "Buddhism "and "(Non)violence in Buddhism" this semester at Wesleyan.
Chen also is a doctoral candidate in religious studies at Yale University. Her dissertation, Elixir or Poison? Indian Origins and Chinese Interpretations of Buddhist Antinomian Narratives, explores the origins of antinomianism in Indian Buddhist narrative literature and the pertinent philosophical development in China.
As a Newcombe fellow, she will return to her dissertation after the spring semester and try to finish it by March 2014.
"I believe while writing my dissertation, I will always recall my experience of teaching at Wesleyan and my inspirational students there," she said. "According to the Buddhist idea of interdependence, my experience at Wesleyan has become and will always be a part of 'me.'"
For more information on the fellowship see http://www.woodrow.org/news/news_items/WW_NewcombeFellows_2013.php.
Gottschalk's Book on Hinduism and Islam in British India Published
by Olivia Drake • February 20, 2013
Book by Peter Gottschalk.
Peter Gottschalk, professor of religion, is the author of Religion, Science, and Empire Classifying Hinduism and Islam in British India, published by Oxford University Press in November 2012. In this 448-page book, Gottschalk offers a compelling study of how, through the British implementation of scientific taxonomy in the subcontinent, Britons and Indians identified an inherent divide between mutually antagonistic religious communities.
England's ascent to power coincided with the rise of empirical science as an authoritative way of knowing not only the natural world, but the human one as well. The British scientific passion for classification, combined with the Christian impulse to differentiate people according to religion, led to a designation of Indians as either Hindu or Muslim according to rigidly defined criteria that paralleled classification in botanical and zoological taxonomies.
Through an historical and ethnographic study of the north Indian village of Chainpur, Gottschalk shows that the Britons' presumed categories did not necessarily reflect the Indians' concepts of their own identities, though many Indians came to embrace this scientism and gradually accepted the categories the British instituted through projects like the Census of India, the Archaeological Survey of India, and the India Museum. Today's propogators of Hindu-Muslim violence often cite scientistic formulations of difference that descend directly from the categories introduced by imperial Britain.
Religion, Science, and Empire will be a valuable resource to anyone interested in the colonial and postcolonial history of religion in India.
McAlister's "Religion of Zombies" Published in Anthropological Quarterly
by Olivia Drake • July 9, 2012
Elizabeth McAlister, associate professor of religion, associate professor of African American studies, associate professor of American studies, is the author of "Slaves, Cannibals, and Infected Hyper-Whites: The Race and Religion of Zombies," published in Anthropological Quarterly, Vol. 85, No. 2, pages 457-486, 2012;
And "From Slave Revolt to a Blood Pact with Satan: The Evangelical Rewriting of Haitian History," published in Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses, Vol. 41, No. 2, 2012.
McAlister Presents Work on Evangelical Missionaries in Germany
Elizabeth McAlister, associate professor of religion, was invited to present recent work on how evangelical missionaries are responding to the Haiti earthquake at a conference on Refugees and Missionization at the Max Planck Institute, Goettingen, Germany Oct. 6-7, 2011.
She also attended an invited conference on the study of prayer funded by the Templeton Foundation at the Social Science Research Council, Desmond NYC, on April 30, 2012.
McAlister also is an associate professor of African American studies and associate professor of American studies.
Rubenstein's Article on the Nothing and the Sovereign Published
Mary Jane Rubenstein, associate professor of religion, is the author of "Cosmic Singularities: On the Nothing and the Sovereign," published in the Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Vol. 80, No. 2, pages 485–517, in 2012.
Until very recently, the paper explains, "the creation myth of secular modernity has been the hot big bang hypothesis: the explosion of our single universe out of a single point. Physicists concede that in its traditional form, this story performs an uncanny recapitulation of Christian creation theology: the universe bursts forth suddenly, in a flood of light, out of nothing. As many contemporary thinkers have argued, however, the 'nothing' of Christian orthodoxy is neither scripturally nor doctrinally self-evident; rather, it is the product of ontopolitical efforts to secure the sovereignty of God."
The article traces the twinned concepts of sovereignty and nothingness through theological and astrophysical sources, arguing that "even rabidly atheistic appeals to the ex nihilo end up enshrining a figure of absolute power." Ultimately, it suggests that far from supporting an absolute beginning, quantum and multiverse cosmologies undermine the logic of nothingness and sovereignty by means of chaos and entanglement.
Rubenstein also is the author of "The Twilight of the Doxai: Or, How to Philosophize with a Whac-A-Mole™ Mallet," published in The Method and Theory in the Study of Religion, Issue 24, pages 64-70, in 2012.
This article evaluates the hermeneutic value of the category of belief from the perspective of a broadly "continental" philosophy of religion. From Socrates's dismantling of his interlocutors' doxai to Pseudo-Dionysius's un-saying of the divine names to Kierkegaard's noetic divestment to Derrida's aporetic genealogies, it argues that "belief " is the target, rather than the telos, of philosophic scrutiny. For the authors engaged here, beliefs are phantasms—uninterrogated positions that uphold a kind of routine political, psychological, or theological order—whose unraveling opens the possibility of difference, and thus of thinking itself. Read the article online here.
Quijada Publishes Volume on Circumpolar Community's Health-Seeking Practices
Justine Quijada, assistant professor of religion, is the author of two new publications. They include:
"Signs as Symptoms in Buryat Shamanic Callings," published in The Healing Landscapes of Central and Southeastern Siberia, with David Anderson, ed. The publication is supported by the Canadian Circumpolar Institute (CCI) Press in cooperation with the Centre for the Cross-Cultural Study of Health and Healing, University of Alberta. The edited volume is the first in a possible series that addresses health problems in Native Canadian communities by both training doctors to consider cross-cultural perspectives in health, and to train more Native Canadians as doctors. The book series will document circumpolar people's traditional medical and health-seeking practices.
And "Soviet Science and Post-Soviet Faith: Etigelov's Imperishable Body," published in American Ethnologist 39:1: pages 138-154, 2012.
Rev. Billy Preaches on Anti-Consumerism
by Benjamin Travers • May 9, 2012
Reverend Billy (Bill Talen), anti-consumerism activist and performance artist, "preached" in Memorial Chapel on April 23. Mary-Jane Rubenstein, associate professor of religion, is teaching Talen's work in her Introduction to the Study of Religion course, as part of a unit on capitalism and some of its counter-movements as late-modern religious expressions.


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It was one of 14 public libraries the Carnegie Foundation helped build in South Carolina; 1,689 were built in the United States by the foundation.
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Batgirl and the Batman Phenomenon
When Batman premiered on ABC in January 1966, the campy sitcom was an instant success. After two seasons, ratings began to fall. To convince network executives a new character was needed, an 8-minute presentation was produced, introducing Yvonne Craig as Batgirl. It was not a pilot for a proposed Batgirl spin-off.
Batman Comes to Television
In September 1965, National Periodical Publications (a precursor to today's DC Comics) contracted with ABC for a live-action television series based on its Batman character [1]. Although originally scheduled for a fall debut, the new Batman series was soon given not one but two time slots as part of ABC's mid-season 1966 plans [2]. It would air on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 7:30-8PM beginning January 12th and January 13th, respectively.
Despite the early time slot, Batman was not intended solely for children. Producer William Dozier realized that a heavy emphasis on "exaggerated cliché" could draw adults to the program [3]. And, drawn they were. Early "overnight" ratings from Trendex covering the fifty largest television markets in the country gave the Wednesday premiere a staggering 27.3/49 rating; the Thursday premiere an even more impressive 29.6/59 [4]. ABC easily crushed its competition, the first half of Lost in Space on CBS and the first half of The Virginian on NBC.
Still, such impressive results from a heavily promoted double premiere were hardly unexpected. The real question would come in the following weeks. Would Batman be able to maintain its initial popularity? When Nielsen released its ratings report for the two week period January 10th to January 23rd (which included Batman's first four episodes), the Wednesday installment had an average 26.2 rating, ranking 9th, while the Thursday installment averaged a 26.3, ranking 8th. The success of Batman pushed ABC's weekly rating during primetime for those two weeks to an 18.8, up two points from the previous two weeks [5].
For the week ending February 13th, Thursday's episode of Batman was at the top of the Nielsen report covering the thirty largest markets, with a 28.5 rating. Wednesday's episode pulled a 26.5 rating and ranked fifth. Thanks in no small part to Batman, ABC won the week and, more importantly, had increased its share of the audience 10% in just five weeks [6].
When the 1965-1966 season ended, a total of 34 episodes of Batman had been broadcast, twelve on each day. Both installments were in the top ten, with the Thursday installment ranking fifth and the Wednesday installment tenth. Only two other ABC shows, Bewitched and The Lawrence Welk Show, ranked in the top thirty. Whether it was due to the intense promotional campaign ABC waged prior to the show's premiere or the "camp" factor, the viewing public loved Batman.
Holy Bursting Bubble, Batman
When Batman returned in the fall of 1966 for its second season, ratings had cooled somewhat from the heights of the first season. The show was still scheduled twice a week on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 7:30-8PM. For the two weeks between September 12th and September 25th, 1966, Batman (Wednesday) averaged a 30 share in its two outings, ranking in second in its time slot behind The Virginian on NBC and barely edging Lost in Space on CBS. The Thursday installment averaged a stronger 35 share for its two episodes, winning its time slot, beating Jericho on CBS and Daniel Boone on NBC [7].
Viewers were still interested in Batman, but not in the incredible numbers they had been during the first season when it was the latest fad. That fad quickly passed: imitations introduced in January 1967 on the other networks — Captain Nice on NBC and Mister Terrific on CBS — never caught on. And The Green Hornet, an attempt by ABC and William Dozier to repeat Batman's success in the fall of 1966, was less than successful and was canceled after a single season.
A total of 60 episodes of Batman were broadcast during the 1966-1967 season. Neither installment ranked in the top thirty, however. For NBC, Batman's slip in the ratings on Wednesdays was a boon for The Virginian, which ranked 11th overall for the season, up from 25th during the 1965-1967 season when Batman was introduced.
Enter Yvonne Craig
Due to the declining ratings of Batman, particularly the Wednesday installment (which when ABC announced its schedule for fall 1967, Batman was only airing on Thursdays [8]. Partially to blame was Lost in Space, which aired opposite the Wednesday installment on CBS. Dozier explained that "they both appeal to the same audience–we estimate that 60 per cent of our viewers are in the 4-to-12 age bracket" [9]. As producer Howie Horwitz aptly put it "we were a victim of our own format" [10].
In an attempt to reinvigorate the show Dozier decided to add a new character for Batman's third season. Yvonne Craig would play Commissioner Gordon's daughter Barbara, a librarian whose alter ego was superheroine Batgirl. Batman was widely watched by young boys and Dozier was of the opinion that a strong female character could bring in an equal number of young girls [11]. Horwitz explained that the character was added to "give the little girls and big boys someone to identify with," alluding to Craig's obvious attractiveness, but pointed out that Batgirl wasn't intended as a love interest for Batman, who was "too square" and didn't have time for romance; conceivably there could be sparks between Barbara Gordon and Bruce Wayne, however [12].
Yvonne Craig wrote a July 1967 Associated Press article in which she explained how she felt about the character of Batgirl:
And while Batgirl is an active type, she is also very feminine. None of that smacking people low with karate and gung-fu. In my opinion, three karate chops, and you've lost your femininity. If a girl goes on a date and a fellow gets fresh, she can't very well give him a karate chop for a good-night. But if she ducks, she's simply adept and feminine. Batgirl will be aiding and assisting Batman and Robin, not constantly rescuing then. I like that, too. [13]
Elsewhere, Craig suggested that the reason Honey West (starring Anne Francis as a private detective and broadcast by ABC during the 1965-1966 season) went off the air was that the character "was always going around clobbering somebody, and you can't look feminine when you're doing that" [14].
In order to sell ABC executives and/or Batman's production company, 20th Century Fox Television, on the idea of adding a new character to the show, a presentation film was put together to showcase Batgirl. In it, Batgirl rescues Batman and Robin from the clutches of the villainous Killer Moth and his henchmen.
The Batgirl Presentation Film
Narrated, like each episode of the series, by William Dozier, the presentation film opens with Barbara Gordon hard at work at the Gotham City Library helping Bruce Wayne prove a point to one of his fellow millionaire playboys. Little does Bruce know that this pretty librarian will soon be saving his life.
Yvonne Craig as Barbara Gordon
© 1966-1968, 2014 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Bruce and Barbara chat for a moment and Bruce points out his ward, Dick Grayson, to the librarian before cheerfully saying goodnight. As the two walk out they take note of the four strange men sitting together at a table, all dressed in blue, all wearing metal antennae on their heads. They decide a visit from Batman and Robin might be in order. Shortly after they leave the Killer Moth and his men swing into action, knocking out Bruce's friend and locking poor Barbara in a lounge. Little do they know that inside the lounge is a secret closet containing her Batgirl outfit.
Suddenly, Batman and Robin arrive and quickly knock out the Killer Moth's henchmen. But the Killer Moth is ready for the Dynamic Duo and sprays them with his moth spray gun, which results in an instant paralyzing cocoon. Barbara, meanwhile, has transformed into Batgirl, hiding her short black hair beneath a long red wig. She smashes through a window, tangles with the Killer Moth's henchmen and then frees Batman and Robin with her electronic Batgirl compact/laser beam.
Yvonne Craig as Batgirl
Before long the three have dispatched of the Killer Moth. When Batman asks her identity Batgirl answers that it must remain a secret, just as the identities of Batman and Robin are unknown to her. She then disappears, leaving Batman to ponder aloud whether they've just met a new member of their team or a crime-fighting rival. The presentation film ends with Batgirl riding off into the night on her Batgirlcycle.
The presentation film lasts just over seven and a half minutes. A revised final draft script dated January 16th, 1967 (titled "Batman: Presentation of Batgirl") ran 14 pages [15]. The Batgirl costume worn by Yvonne Craig is in the presentation film is slightly different than the costume she would wear during the third season of Batman. The cowl, for example, ties under the chin and the half-mask is pointed beneath the eyes, while the Batman costume features a cowl that tucks over the ears with a half-mask that is rounded beneath the eyes. The presentation film is the only time this variant costume is seen.
The presentation film does an adequate job introducing the characters of Barbara Gordon and Batgirl while allowing the latter to remain something of a mystery. There is no mindless exposition explaining how or why Barbara Gordon decided to put on a cape and cowl and become Batgirl (or how she was able to build a secret closet in the Gotham City Library to keep her Batgirl outfit). That being said, the Killer Moth is without a doubt one of the most pathetic villains of all time. Nothing could be more conspicuous than four men sitting together wearing antennae on their head and yet only Bruce Wayne gave them a moment's notice.
In the presentation film Batgirl is never seen punching anyone. Instead, she uses a rolling globe or a falling bookcase to incapacitate the Killer Moth's henchmen. She's allowed to get in a few kicks here and there but nothing more. Of course, the same could be said for April Dancer on The Girl From U.N.C.L.E., who often left the fighting to her male partner, or any of the female security guards on Star Trek, who could kick an alien but never punch them. During the 1960s, it seems, women weren't allowed to punch because as Yvonne Craig pointed out that wouldn't be feminine.
Exit Batman
After making the presentation film Yvonne Craig had to wait before learning if Batgirl would be added to the cast of Batman for the 1967-1968 season. She was told the news while at an ABC function in Chicago:
I suddenly realized that I was in the dream situation of every actress who aspires to a television series role. There was no worry about an audience–"Batman" is an established show–and there was no concern about whether it would sell because it's already sold. As a veteran of four unsold television pilots I can appreciate that kind of security. [16]
Unfortunately, Craig's first season as Batgirl would be her last. The third season of Batman premiered on Thursday, September 14th, 1967. In January of 1968, William Dozier announced that ABC had informed him they would not be renewing Batman for a fourth season. Although ABC denied they had told Dozier anything, the Nielsen ratings spoke for themselves. Batman had sunk as low as 48th in the weekly ratings, a far cry from its glory days at the top of the charts [17].
On February 13th, 1968, ABC confirmed reports that Batman had been cancelled. The last episode aired Thursday, March 14th and the following week The Second Hundred Years (which had premiered in September of 1967) would take over Batman's time slot [18]. The Second Hundred Years was itself canceled in March of 1968 when ABC revealed its new fall schedule; The Ugliest Girl in Town was then given the Thursday at 7:30PM time slot [19].
Warner Home Video released Batman on DVD and Blu-ray in November 2014. Both the DVD and limited edition Blu-ray complete series sets included the Batgirl presentation film as a bonus feature (Bat Rarities! Straight from The Vault). A second, standard edition complete series Blu-ray set followed in December 2014. It also includes the Batgirl presentation film.
1 "National Periodical to Produce TV Shows with Comic-Book Heroes." Wall Street Journal. 15 Sep. 1965: 11.
2 Carlson, Walter. "Advertising: TV Getting Superman in Color." New York Times. 16 Sep. 1965: 77.
3 Stone, Judy. "Caped Crusader of Camp." New York Times. 9 Jan. 1966: 75.
4 Gent, George. "Campy 'Batman' Flying High on TV." New York Times. 15 Jan. 1966: 54.
5 Adams, Val. "Antoine to Quit WNBC for WABC After 17 Years." New York Times. 8 Feb. 1966: 79.
6 Gent, George. "Wife Is Not a Wife in New N.B.C. Show." New York Times. 19 Feb. 1966: 55.
7 Gould, Jack. "How Does Your Favorite Rate? Maybe Higher Than You Think." New York Times. 16 Oct. 1966: 129.
8 Gent, George. "A.B.C. Programs For Fall Listed." New York Times. 3 Apr. 1967: 67.
9 Kleiner, Dick. "Stories in 3 Parts Slated For Batman." Ocala Star-Banner. 14 Dec. 1966: 28.
10 "Batman In Third Season; Batgirl, New Guests Planned." Associated Press. Tri-City Herald [Kennewick]. 13 Aug. 1967: 2.
11 Windeler, Robert. "TV's Top Series Add Ingredients." New York Times. 21 Jul. 1967: 31.
12 "Batman In Third Season; Batgirl, New Guests Planned."
13 Craig, Yvonne. "Duo To Become Terrific Trio." Associated Press. Free Lance-Star [Fredericksburg]. 19 Jul. 1967: 2.
14 Humphrey, Hal. "Debut In Fall: Batgirl On the Way." Free Lance-Star Town & Country [Fredericksburg]. 13 May 1967: A-19.
15 Until her death in August 2014, Yvonne Craig sold an autographed reproduction of the Batgirl script at her official website.
16 Craig, Yvonne. "Duo To Become Terrific Trio."
17 "Curses!!! 'Batman' Meets His Master: Television's Ratings." New York Times. 26 Jan. 1968: 95.
18 "'Batman's' TV Spot Going To 'Second Hundred Years'." New York Times. 14 Feb. 1968: 95.
19 Dallos, Robert E. "A.B.C.-TV Plans Replacements For 8 Evening Programs in Fall." New York Times. 11 Mar. 1968: 83.
Thanks to a good citizen from Gotham for providing high quality screen caps from the Batgirl presentation film.
Batman and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and © DC Comics.
Originally Published June 11th, 2003
Last Updated June 16th, 2018
25 Replies to "Batgirl and the Batman Phenomenon"
Barry I. Grauman says:
June 10, 2009 at 12:50AM
Batgirl's "half-mask" was rounded off at the eyes in the series because the original mask left welts in Yvonne's face, most uncomfortable for her.
And most everyone knows the story that NBC offered to renew "BATMAN" for a fourth season, but their response came too late, as the sets had already been dismantled.
June 11, 2019 at 3:23PM
Wasn't NBC interested in restoring "Batman" to a twice-a-week format?
WILD says:
July 25, 2009 at 4:37AM
IF YOU REALL WANT TO GET DOWN TO THE NITTY GRITTY THE BATGIRL/BARBARA GORDON CHARACTER THAT WAS ON TV WAS NOT THE FIRST FEMALE "BAT" CHARACTER SHE WAS IN FACT THE THIRD. THE FIRST WAS BATWOMAN/KATHY KANE WHO FIRST APPEARED IN
Detective Comics #233 (COVER DATED:July 1956).
THE ORIGINAL BAT-GIRL (KATHY KANE'S NIECE-Betty Kane). SHE FIRST APPEARED IN Batman #139 (COVER DATED:April 1961).NOW THE CHARACTER OF BATGIRL/BARBARA GORDON IS THE ONE MOST OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS MORE FAMILIAR WITH,BUT SHE DIDN'T APPEAR UNTIL (as Batgirl I): Detective Comics #359 (COVER DATED:January 1967),WHICH WOULD HAVE PUT IT ON NEWSTANDS ABOUT SEPTEMBER 1966 GIVE OR TAKE.NEEDLESS TO SAY IT WAS COMING OUT RIGHT AROUND THE SAME TIME TO CO-INCIDE WITH THE THIRD SEASON PREMIER OF THE SERIES.
THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW OTHER BATGIRL INCARNATIONS OF THE BATGIRL CHARACTER OVER THE YEARS (POST-"CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS" (APRIL 1985-MARCH 1986)).FOR MORE INFORMATION CHECK OUT THIS LINK:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batgirl.
AS FOR THE KILLER MOTH,WELL HIS CAREER WAS VERY SHORT,First Appearance Was In Batman #63 (COVER DATED:February-March 1951). AFTER THAT HE MADE 2 MORE APPEARANCES (ALSO IN 1951),THREE TOTAL APPEARANCES IN A TOTAL OF 6 MONTHS. THE KILLER MOTH THAT HAD THE RUN IN WITH BATGIRL LATER MADE A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL-NERON AND BECAME AN INSECT LIKE CREATURE NAMED CHARAXES. HIS MOST RECENT APPEARANCE WAS IN Batman #652 COVER DATED:JUNE 2006.
I THINK THAT SHOULD ABOUT COVER IT UNTIL THE KILLER MOTH RRREEETTTUUURRRNNNSSS.
Cee Jay says:
August 1, 2009 at 4:47PM
I think it's great to see this 'introduction' film of Batgirl, but I think the producers screwed up by not using Killer Moth in the 3rd season as a recurring villian instead of using the ones they did especially Lord and Lady Fogg and Dr. Cassandra, those were a waste
Interesting thing about Gary Owens (doing the voice over on the Batman 3rd season preview commercial) at the same time he did that he was the newscaster on The Green Hornet (also on ABC) at the same time he was the announcer on Laugh-In which was on NBC
Why didn't William Dozier voice that promo?
jgracelewis says:
August 20, 2009 at 2:31AM
who said there were no strong female characters in the 60's. HUH!
Aaron Handy III says:
January 3, 2010 at 9:43PM
Excellent article as always. Except you're a week late on the series Batfinale; "Minerva, Mayhem And Millionaires" (prod. #1726) aired at 7:30 p.m. (EST) on ABC Thursday, March 14, 1968.
RGJ says:
January 3, 2010 at 11:13PM
Thanks for the correction. I've fixed the error in the article.
Excellent and informative article.I never bew about the Batgirl short.I also look forward to the series on DVD someday.
Up by the picture, "Barbara to Batgirl" I believe it should read, "Once outside, fully transformed, the now titian-haired Batgirl …" Barbara had raven hair. Batgirl had red hair.
Lindsay Naythons says:
NBC offered Dozier a 4th season of Batman but it was too late 20th Century Fox had already dismanted the Bat Cave and Wayne Manor interior sets they were stupid they could have kept them standing as part of the studio tour and they didn't want to spend the money to re-build them for a 4th season. I think it would have been worth doing NBC should have called Dozier sooner.
Clyde Thurman says:
June 10, 2019 at 9:16AM
I agree! I would have loved another season with Batgirl!!!
August 8, 2013 at 12:10AM
It was quite a slip during the 1966-67 season for BATMAN. Nielsen numbers for the season are from Television magazine, Volume 24, Number 8:
WED: BATMAN slipped from 10th to 58th place for this installment, which averaged a 28.6 share. It was dead last in the time slot, with LOST IN SPACE averaging a 30.9 share and finishing 44th, and 10th place THE VIRGINIAN winning the time slot.
THU: BATMAN slipped from 5th place to 36th here, beating the two CBS entries (JERICHO and COLISEUM) but finishing behind 25th place DANIEL BOONE. Still, the show averaged a 33 share here, enough for this installment to be renewed.
David B says:
Batman was introduced in January 1966, not 1965 as a mid season replacement on ABC aired on Wed and Thurs night with a cliffhanger clearly borrowed from CBS's Lost in Space. It immediately took a big bite out of The Munsters ratings on Thursday nights (the show did not get renewed for a third season) while only having a minor ratings impact on Lost in Space Wednesday night airings. Batman's high ratings is said to be the main cause of te "camp craze" on prime time TV. Lost in Space, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and even The Man from U.N.C.L.E. shifted away from more serious storylines and into campier waters due to the enormous popularity of Batman. The camp craze was short-lived. Batman's ratings dropped during its second season and the show was cancelled after its third year on the air.
Kevrob says:
July 2, 2015 at 12:31PM
The cliffhangers on the Batman show were inspired by those in the movie serials. The Lost in Space cliffhangers were really teasers for the next episode.
Also, "Batman" was originally envisioned as a once-a-week one-hour show with the cliffhanger being resolved over a two-minute station break.
Instead, th cliffhanger kept viewers guessing for the next 23-1/2 hours.
The two-=part format of "Batman" was the move that made the show a hit.
Irv Tischman says:
March 2, 2014 at 12:04PM
I always wondered who would have won between Batman and Cassius Clay.
Blakeney says:
July 19, 2014 at 11:55PM
I remember reading somewhere that the execs on Batman insisted that Batgirl never do any "unfeminine" punching or hitting – only ballet-like moves – like being lifted by the boys so she could kick someone. Ah, well. At least it was progress from the ladies who simply shrieked in a corner while the men did all the fighting.
John Bee says:
That whole notion that TV women weren't feminine if they actively fought men doesn't seem to be well-informed, even in the sixties. What about Emma Peel in "The Avengers" Not feminine, REALLY! And Agent 99 in "Get Smart" didn't shy away from punching a guy. In the movies, you had the ultra-feminine Barbara Rhoades dispatching multiple guys & those beach movies featured some beach bunnies punching out guys.
Frances Yozawitz says:
September 10, 2015 at 8:08AM
I Love Batman &Robin.
September 11, 2015 at 6:50PM
And now, as I post this, we have lost TV's first superheroine, Yvonne Joyce Craig, a victim of breast cancer at age 78, as of last month. Absent friends… :(
JOHN SHUTRUMP says:
February 24, 2016 at 3:06PM
I FINALLY PURCHASED 'THE BATWOMAN' , A MOVIE RELEASED IN 1968 AND FILMED IN MEXICO.–WHY WASN'T THERE A TV SERIES FOR BATWOMAN?–I think the movie should be RELEASED(OR RE-RELEASED) AGAIN WITH THE ENGLISH SUBTITLES.–I DIDN'T DISCOVER THE BATWOMAN UNTIL SEPTEMBER OF 2010. THE VIDEO OF THIS MOVIE ON VHS IS NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND.
Instead, the cliffhanger kept viewers guessing for the next 23-1/2 hours.
The two-part format of "Batman" was the move that made the show a hit.
Batgirl actually made her debut in the January, 1967 issue of Detective Comics (which appeared on newsstands in November of 1966).
I would think that she had been created by Bob Kane to "cash in" on the TV show's popularity and that the presentation film was made by 20th Century Fox in an attempt to convince ABC to give them the budget necessary to hire Yvonne Craig as a regular cast member so that the TV show would "keep up" with the comic books.


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Debbie Almontaser speaking at the Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene in New York as she promoted her first book "Leading While Muslim."
Former NYC principal's book focuses on backlash against Muslim American leaders
Posted: Monday 02.04.2019 2:48 pm Revised: Wednesday 02.06.2019 2:48 pm The Arab American News COMMUNITY, U.S.A
BROOKLYN, NY — Debbie Almontaser stopped by Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene as she promoted her first book, "Leading While Muslim." She said the backlash she received as the founding principal of the country's first Arabic language public school inspired her to write it.
"I was targeted big-time both individually and as an American Muslim," she said. "I was basically a target in this geopolitical crusade against Islam and Muslims."
In February 2007 Almontaser was named principal of a new school to open that Fall, the Khalil Gibran International Academy in Brooklyn.
The school is dedicated to the study of Arabic language and culture and is open to students of all backgrounds. It's one of the many dual language schools opening across the city and Almontaser said she became an instant target.
"Days later the Islamophobia industry started to write negatively about the school," she said. "They coined the school as a madrasa. They coined it as a place to indoctrinate children."
Leading While Muslim: The Experiences of American Muslim Principals after 9/11
The school did open that year, but not with Almontaser at the helm. She was forced out after a controversial T-shirt was being sold at an Arab-American event she helped organize.
She filed a lawsuit against the city and eventually won. Almontaser said the experience helped her connect to other Muslim American principals nationwide and she tells their stories in her book.
"I felt it was so critical to actually look at both their leadership and their spirituality as American Muslims in a post 9/11 climate that pretty much has so much anti-Muslim rhetoric and sentiment," she said.
Almontaser also shared her story at the Brooklyn Historical Society latest oral history project, "Muslims in Brooklyn." She's one of 50 Brooklynites whose testimonials will be featured on the web, in an exhibition and part of a school educational curriculum. Oral historian Zaheer Ali said one out of every 10 children in city public schools is Muslim.
"It has been really important for them to make sure that the kinds of messages and images and ideas that young people get about themselves are accurate and well-informed," Zaheer Ali said.
Debbie Almontaser is well-informed about a history of which she's now a part.
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