This post is for Keely, whose idea it was, and without whom I would likely have let both Love Your Body Day and Fat Talk Free Week slip by without noticing. But! Luckily for me (and you), Keely is more alert than I, and thanks to her, you get a roundup of Five Characters Who [...]
October 15th, 2008
Categories: bodies, characters, diversity, feminist stuff, race . Author: Rachel Edidin . Comments: 2 Comments
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 [...]
October 11th, 2008
Categories: activism, Creators, diversity, feminist stuff, general comics, Personal, queer stuff, Stories . Author: Rachel Edidin . Comments: No Comments
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 [...]
October 6th, 2008
Categories: activism, blogging, characters, Creators, diversity, links, meta, queer stuff, Questions . Author: Rachel Edidin . Comments: No Comments
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 [...]
May 16th, 2008
Categories: activism, conventions, diversity, queer stuff, race, Superheroes . Author: Rachel Edidin . Comments: 1 Comment
Africa is basically one large country, split into nation states for reasons of plot convenience. There are few or no cultural or geographic difference between its regions. All Africans practice the same religion, which is ambiguous and animistic and can occasionally produce super powers. All Jews are deeply observant. Eastern Europe is almost entirely undeveloped. [...]
August 13th, 2007
Categories: diversity, race, Superheroes . Author: Rachel Edidin . Comments: 3 Comments