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Take one dose of snarky comment

"What if you just made your own non-sexist comics instead of demanding everyone else change the way they make their comics?"

Meet it head one and match the talk with the walk, and put your money on the table with a little bit of proactive action

"In order to foster women publishing independently, with economy, and as owners of what they create, I will award FOUR grants annually, of a year's free hosting at WebComicsNation.com, to women making a regularly-updating new or existing webcomic of any genre or style"

Get this for a reponse <BrightRaven.

"Standing up for the rights of an oppressed group is an honorable thing, Ms. Hernandez. Unfortunately it can also be seen as self-serving, especially if you qualify as being part of said oppressed group. If you want to make a statement and be a true "Champion" for a cause in striving to improve the industry, then you can't simply pick to fight the fights that interest you. The Never-Ending Battle needs to be fought for us all."

Moral Take Out 1: When they said you should do something about it, they meant "It" not "it". Their Goal Posts Are Mobile.

Moral Take Out 2: Don't. Just… don't listen to the people who complain when you do something proactive. These are the people who would have snarked at Ghandi for his wimpy non violent resistance that only led to the retreat of British Imperial Control of India.

Moral Take Out 3: When challenged to "do something about it yourself then? and you go off and do something, don't be surprised if someone who's not willing to put their money on the line starts trying to tell you how you didn't do enough. (It's okay to be surprised if they actually then follow up by covering the gap you've left open).

The Cure said it well, when they said

"Whatever I do, it's never enough"

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A couple of transistory thoughts on the way to a larger idea on the portrayal of men and masculinity in comic books led me to ponder some questions.

1. Name the male superhero(s) who dies and stays dead (Death within the last continuity crisis is too soon to call)
1.a. Bonus question: Name the male superhero who retains a permanent injury or disfiguration.

2. Name the male superhero(s) in a happy and stable relationship

3. Name the male superhero(s) who had a happy relationship torn from their lives through the violent death of their loved one.

4. Name the male superhero(s) who has made the ultimate sacrifice, and attempted entrance to the halls of Vahalla through noble death, and being flung back to the unending grind of suffering.

Now, category two

1. Name the female character(s) to have come back from the dead.
2. Name the female character(s) in a happy stable relationship.
3. Name the female character(s) to have lost their male partners through violence
4. Now name the ones who made the ultimate sacrifice for Vahalla, and have been returned
5. Now name the character(s) other than Donna Troy who's been through that list.

Brief thoughts to be confirmed/denied by debate and discussion.
1. Does the portrait of the male hero in the DCU have to be inexplicably tied to perpetual death, suffering and the knowledge that death may not be sweet release or solice?

2. What drives these guys to go into something that they know will kill their loved ones, families, friends, and ultimately, leave them alive to suffer the ongoing trauma?

3. Which male superhero(s) took up the spandex and cape after experiencing sexual abuse/rape?

Questions, questions.

At this rate, I'm going to need a blank face or a tacky green suit to keep this gig.