Shelby Young as Barbara Gordon
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Podcast Appearances
I had skills and abilities long before I became Batgirl.
It was time to make them work for me again.
It was time to stop being afraid.
With a grant from the Wayne Foundation, I set up shop in my bedroom.
I put together as powerful a computer setup as I could.
One thing I knew how to do was research, and thanks to my modem, I could tap into databases worldwide.
I discovered I had an affinity for computer hacking, and I started to make some money.
I got into the internet before the general public really knew what it was.
And I discovered a world there.
The internet was a community of people talking, arguing, romancing, helping one another.
And you didn't even have to use your real name.
You were simply who you were online.
I found an enormous freedom and complete acceptance there.
And for a time in my life, the cybernet was more real to me than the world outside my window.
In a strange way, I became more real to me as well.