Happy National Coming Out Day! Thank you SO much to everyone who offered stories–your bravery, diversity, talent, humor, and love makes me proud all over again to be part of the queer comics community. Thanks also to the folks at Prism Comics, who posted my call for stories on their front page, and who work [...]
Given the title and premise of Inside Out, the only surprise that should come with the news that I’m posting a series in honor of National Coming Out Day is that I’ve taken this long to get around to it. But I’m going to make up for lost time, and you’re going to help–and with [...]
Remember that little letter-writing campaign I proposed a few days back? It’s grown. I’m proud to announce a new, ongoing part of Girl-Wonder’s work: CAHP, the Con Anti-Harassment Project. The CAHP’s goal is to help make conventions safer, more fun, and more accessible by encouraging organizers to establish, articulate, and act upon clear anti-harassment policies. [...]
In the last week, a plethora of bloggers have linked to and/or mirrored this post, which discusses the issue of harassment at ComiCon International. Many have shared personal stories; others have expressed their general problems with the general indifference they’ve seen toward harassment and assault at conventions. Let me make one thing abundantly clear: by [...]
Jon of Comics Ought to Be Fun posts about harassment at cons: Hello, everyone. John here. I “help” Bully out with his blog, but there’s some things can’t be said in the voice of a little stuffed bull. A couple weeks ago at San Diego Comic-Con incidents of sexual harassment were confided to me and [...]
I’m not going to enumerate what’s wrong with Tokyopop’s godawful Manga Pilot contract. Other people have already done so beautifully and thoroughly, and there’s no need for me to rehash what’s already been expressed eloquently elsewhere. What I am going to do is take advantage of this particular debacle to repeat a point that I’ve [...]
I spent last weekend at the Emerald City ComiCon (which is awesome, by the way, and which I heartily recommend to anyone who hangs out in the Pacific Northwest or is interested in heading in that direction for a few days), mostly working at the Dark Horse table. It was pretty low-key–we weren’t doing any [...]
Today is April Fool’s Day. It’s also the first day of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Last year, I recognized this month with a series of semiweekly posts about sexual violence in comics and real life. I’m not going to drag myself back over that ground this year: it is tremendously difficult and draining, and I [...]
This is the final post of a series on Wonder Woman, in context of her recent appearance on the cover of the February 2008 issue of Playboy magazine. You can find the first three posts here: There’s Something About Wonder Woman – Introduction There’s Something About Lynda Carter / Blogging for Choice Less than Wonderful [...]
This is the third post in a series looking at the cultural and personal significance of Wonder Woman as a character and a symbol. I’ve spent the previous two posts introducing a few perspectives on Wonder Woman, but thus far, I’ve skirted fairly clear of both my own attitude toward the character and how it [...]