Hope’s ponytail in ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’ is everything

In Ant-Man and the Wasp, Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) does something decidedly unusual for a female superhero: She wears her hair up while fighting.

And not in a fancy sci-fi updo or anything, either. Just a plain old messy ponytail, the likes of which you’ve seen on every long-haired woman at the gym. 

It may not sound like a big deal. But that one detail speaks volumes about who Hope is – and, maybe even more importantly, how the film sees her. 

Hope is not the first heroine to discover the sweet relief of getting her hair out of her eyes. Some, like Guardians of the Galaxy‘s Nebula, Black Panther‘s Nakia and Okoye, or Deadpool‘s Negasonic Teenage Warhead, go super short or totally bald. Among the long-haired set, Shuri, also from Black Panther, favors elaborate hairstyles that pull her braids back or up.  Read more…

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