The Atlantichas a long - form profile of psychologist , comic - book and cosplay enthusiast , andUnder the MaskbloggerAndrea Letamendi , hash out her background as an faculty member who slowly allowed her geeky Passion to infiltrate her professional life .
Of particular interest , Letamendi discusses her relationship with Batgirl source Gail Simone , who made her a fibre in the serial publication ( as , befittingly , Batgirl ’s psychologist ) , and the astonishingly supportive reaction she receive from her professional community .
Her role in Batgirl brought her a horizontal surface of celebrity condition within the comical world . It would n’t be long before the rest of the world caught on . A UCLA campus powder magazine call Letamendi “ Superhero ’s head-shrinker . ” Her secret was out .
“ I realized that I was the one have a bun in the oven this to vitiate me , ” she enunciate . But her colleagues respond with surprise and delight or else of disapproval . By now , Letamendi had earned respect in her field . She bed she was no imposter . She could unify both of her personality , and practice them as a military unit for good .
Letamendi , who recently utter on an anti - bullying panel at LA ’s Comikaze Expo ( dressed as Battlestar Galactica ’s Boomer , no less ) , hopes to be able to marry her passions going forrard .
In her day chore , she puzzle out on education initiatives for child ’s mental - health programs . In her plain time , she host a podcast calledThe Arkham Sessionsdevoted to psychoanalyzing the character in Batman : The Animated Series , and she is regularly call upon to speak to audiences that range from Yale University scholars to mirthful - book crowds and Nerd Nites ( gatherings in which crew gather at bars and listen to on paleontology , deep outer space , neuroscience , and other topics over beer ) . Each metre , she drag tangible - life-time closing about what superheroes ’ background can instruct the rest of us about adversity and resiliency .
“ Yes , they are fictional characters , ” Letamendi said , “ but we can learn from their chronicle , and study from their convalescence . We can all relate . ”
Image viaSan Diego City Beat .
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