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 [...]
This is the second post in a series looking at the cultural and personal significance of Wonder Woman as a character and a symbol. Today, it just so happens that this Wonder Woman series is intersecting with Blog for Choice day. Make of that what you will. I have never watched Lynda Carter on TV. [...]
For the last week, I’ve been struggling to articulate my feelings about the cover of the February 2008 Playboy (Link probably NSFW). I know that I am very, very upset; I know that I feel deeply violated and profoundly hurt. I am angry – appalled – and disgusted. It’s taken me longer to figure out [...]
Today, boys and girls, we’re going to talk about Misty Lee’s body. She’s been talking about other people’s, so it seems only fair. Misty Lee’s body has nothing to do with her credibility as a person and a commentator. The color of her eyes does not influence what they perceive. Her weight-height ratio has very [...]
I’m writing this on a bed in room 819 of the Madison Concourse Hotel. Next to me, Robyn Fleming is updating The Hathor Legacy. On the other bed, Karen Healey and Elizabeth McDonald are skimming the Girl-Wonder forum. At the desk in the corner, Andrea Rubenstein is working on the next issue of Cerise. We’re [...]
This is the coda to a series about sexual assault and comics. You can find the previous posts here: Introduction Rape in the Gutters Writing Sexual Violence, Part 1 Writing Sexual Violence, Part 2 The Widowmaker Is It Too Much to Ask? Rape Is Rape Is Rape Same-Sex Assault The Morning After Back when I [...]
I’m not gonna talk about the Mary Jane Watson Parker Comiquette statue. Honestly, everything that can be said about it has, at this point. But I am gonna talk about Occasional Superheroine’s oh-so-novel suggestions in response to that discussion: I mean, the MJ and Stephanie and Power Girl discussions, they’re a good start. It’s like [...]