Supergirls Gone Wild: Gender Bias In Comics Shortchanges Superwomen
Torture me. Kill me off. My fans shall avenge me.
batman needed a new Robin. His previous protégé had quit after his dad found out his teenage son was sneaking off to wear green tights. Then, in May 2004, a 16-year-old named Stephanie Brown stepped into comic-book history as Bruce Wayne's first female sidekick. When the caped crusader told her she got the job, she jumped in the air and shouted, "This is so totally cool!"
Stephanie's 71-day tenure as the Girl Wonder started off well. Drawn in a fun, Powerpuff Girls style, she trained hard, and even saved her mentor from a serial killer. But then, in a series of unfortunate events, Batman canned her, she accidentally set off a Gotham City gang war, and finally fell into the hands of a skull-faced villain called Black Mask, who tortured her to death with a power drill.
Her grisly demise hit fans hard, particularly the female readers who'd only just started enjoying the thrill of a Robin they could identify with. After the two previous boy Robins had retired and died, respectively, their uniforms were preserved behind glass inside the Batcave. But Baman never got around to memorializing Stephanie. More than two years later, a grassroots campaign based at the website Girl-Wonder.org is still aggressively lobbying DC Comics to give Stephanie her two-dimensional due. And the flames of discontent only grew higher when DC editor Dan DiDio told female fans at a recent comic convention that in his book, Stephanie "was never really a Robin."
Of course, sudden-death plot twists are nothing new in comic books. (Just ask Captain America, who was whacked earlier this year after an illustrious 60-year crime-fighting career.) Neither are angry readers: Comic-book fans are known for their fanatical love for their favorite characters—and their ferocious scorn for anyone who dares to mess them up. But the new wave of feminist fangirls has taken this obsessiveness even further, geeking out about the ways that superwomen are shortchanged by dumb story lines, flat characterization, and titillating art. They love their comics as much as the sweatiest fanboy—and they hate nothing more than when real-life problems like the glass ceiling intrude on their escapist fantasies.
Ever since the pulpy era of tales like "Lois Lane, Slave Girl," women in comic books have usually been stuck as tagalongs, also-rans, and girlfriends who try to tie down male heroes with marriage. With very few exceptions, comic-book writers and artists have been men, and they've assumed most of their readers were, too. But despite the genre's teenage testosterone appeal, there have always been dedicated fans like Gail Simone, who grew up in the 1970s enjoying the all-American ritual of buying comic books at the convenience store and curling up with four-color fantasies about fellow redhead Batgirl. As she got older, Simone noticed that a dark undercurrent was creeping into her favorite titles as they pushed a new "grim 'n' gritty" aesthetic. Batgirl was shot in the spine by the Joker, who then took obscene photos of her.
In the late '90s, Simone started keeping track of plot twists in which supervillains would rape or brutalize female characters on her website, Women in Refrigerators. (The name refers to one particularly gruesome incident; see "When Bad Things Happen to Superpeople," above.) Now an entire universe of feisty feminist fan sites has appeared, including When Fangirls Attack and online columns such as "Girls Read Comics (And They're Pissed)." They've identified trends such as "porn face," one male artist's habit of drawing every female character with the same faking-an-orgasm expression. And they've added an estrogen-fueled spin to their passion for minutiae: Is the female leader of the Mighty Avengers really in charge, or is she just a figurehead? Why doesn't Wonder Woman know how to pump gas? Did Spider-Man's radioactive sperm really kill his wife?
Lately, they've been focusing their powers of deconstruction on Supergirl, Superman's underage cousin. After spending decades as the Man of Steel's blond, bland counterpart, she was recently recast as jailbait, trading her long-sleeved top and cheerleader skirt for a midriff-baring micro-costume (supposedly designed by Superman's Midwestern stepmom). Bloggers diligently dissected every up-skirt image of the new Supergirl gone wild, who seemed to spend more time flaunting ass than kicking it. In response to the bad buzz, in January Supergirl editor Eddie Berganza issued an open letter to his female readers. "Women," he began, "Who needs them? Well, actually...I do." He begged the "ladies" to "give Supergirl a shot," explaining that he'd gotten a "woman's point of view" on the character from a female assistant editor. He also promised that Supergirl would gain some weight and would date a "mimbo" who was as much of a mindless pinup as she was.
Clearly, Berganza was missing the point. Female fans want the same thing as male readers: well-written stories and believable—okay, sort of believable—characters. "You can't just promise to add some weight to Supergirl's frame and expect women to care about a poorly constructed character," says blogger Rachelle Goguen. DC has since replaced Berganza with Matt Idelson, who had previously revamped Catwoman from a sex kitten to a reasonably dressed badass. Idelson has promised that Supergirl soon will be "more user-friendly."
"The victory with Supergirl was important, and the stakes were high," says Valerie D'Orazio, a former DC Comics editor who blogs as Occasional Superheroine. Though she accepts some of the blame for tarting up Supergirl during her tenure, she believes that comics creators are starting to think twice about indulging the kinds of fantasies that have driven plotlines during the past decade or so. D'Orazio caused a stir a couple of years ago when she wrote about a meeting where male editors told her, "We need a rape." She says such clumsy attempts at edginess are dwindling, not necessarily out of sensitivity but because publishers want to make money. Bad publicity from vocal fans is Kryptonite for business: Supergirl's sales plummeted nearly 50 percent in the past year.
Some of the guys who write comics are listening. "I'm conscious that female characters have been treated poorly for much of comics' history, and I don't want to fall into the same traps," says Superman writer Kurt Busiek. Brian K. Vaughan, who has written The X-Men, says he's developing more interesting female characters "to raise the dialogue about comics beyond, 'Could her boobs be smaller?'"
While fans have long been content to lob criticisms from the safety of their fortresses of solitude, more women are taking the leap from critics to creators. Gail Simone has joined DC Comics and chronicles the adventures of the former Batgirl—now a paraplegic master hacker who sends female agents out to kickbox on the wings of fighter jets. She's won praise for her well-realized female characters and is slated to become the new Wonder Woman scribe. Simone says she is meeting more women who want to break into the field. "The revolution is happening," she says.
But the revolution isn't trying to change comic books' enduring appeal. Boy nerds love stories of outcasts who come into fantastic powers. Simone says that girls love these tales for similar reasons: They allow girls to imagine rescuing themselves instead of waiting for a white knight to show up. Feminists' favorite superheroes still squeeze into spandex and leather, and rely on cartoon violence and outlandish toys to solve their problems—just like the guys do. In one recent episode written by Simone, the fishnet-clad Black Canary is captured by a bunch of thugs, whose leader taunts her, "Shouldn't you be preparing my evening meal...naked?" She proceeds to lay waste to the entire gang, her fists, feet, and elbows soaring in controlled arcs of fury. "I am the Black Canary," she declares. "And I take $%$@ from precisely NO ONE."
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I agree with the criticism of women in comics but wanted to showcase a series of graphic novels that not only feature strong women characters, they are also drawn in a style that adores the female form in all sizes. A shift that comes as even more of surprise as the series, Wet Moon, is drawn by a man. Yes a man.
Ross Campbell's books present women-centered story lines that are current and illuminating as anything being written today. He has even written and drawn a book from Tokyo Pop, The Abandoned, that features full-figured heroines fighting off a zombie invasion.
As a fan of comics I am glad to see Campbell writing and drawing for a female audience that allows for the characters to embrace the paradoxical female emotions but also shows them kicking serious butt.
A Eisner nominee, Campbell will soon be the featured writer/artist on the upcoming Waterbaby comic from Vertigo. I for one, am looking forward to seeing his work displayed in the mainstream and hope that the audience falls for his characters as well.
Technically, Stephanie Brown was not the first female sidekick for Batman. Batgirl dates back to the 1960's. Brown isn't even the first female Robin. While she's the first "official" Robin, Carrie Kelley was Robin in 1986 comic, in The Dark Knight Returns.
Oh, grow up. And, wise the hell up.
Comics, period, shortchange all of humanity, with all the xenophobic SUPERBEING tripe about super powers. It's worse than merely racist and sexist in its consequent intent. It's another absurd and rabid type of social propaganda that perpetuates dangerous myths of humanly unattainable exceptional perfection that not only divides us, but pits us ruthlessly one against another unnecessarily. We have enough social factors deployed to horrifically punish ourselves for our aesthetic differences and ridiculously perceived imperfections. We need to positively examine and appreciate those personal, social, cultural, and ethnic characteristics and qualities that contribute to making ALL HUMANITY extraordinary. Let's not waste a whole lot of precious time and resources identifying and codifying surreal details for this obtuse beatification of our callow vanity. Humanity is better species than this.
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Penny, you're wrong at "Comics, period." Comics don't fit neatly into one nice little category. Superheros are a running theme in many comics, but what about "Maus,"or the work of Jos Sacco, or...
"Comics, period, shortchange all of humanity, with all the xenophobic SUPERBEING tripe about super powers." You should try reading comics. You might find that comics go beyond the hard stop at the end of your sentence and encompass a variety of genres. Certainly in the United States, superhero "tripe" is the mainstream form, but there are plenty of smaller press comics that enrich humanity and compete with prose for depth, feeling and intelligence. "Love & Rockets" by Los Bros Hernandez, for one. Educate yourself before you make ridiculous blanket statements and end up looking like a fool.
Oh, and I would also take exception to the notion that just because something is fantasy or about subjects that aren't strict reality or "realism" they have no artistic merit or value to society. That's just elitism and a denial of the human capacity for dreaming. Not everything has to be literal or here and now.
It's about dang time some female input was taken seriously in the comics biz.
Despite her matrimonial ambitions, Lois Lane was a seriously feminism-inspiring gal in her time. She simply would not let herself be put in a safe little box, and she had gumption to spare. Those were enduring messages of strength.
Girls and women need to see as many images as possible of women who are strong. And there are many ways to be strong, including in superheroic fantasy. In costumes that wouldn't double for stripper wear. The Olympics are a much more sensible inspiration; after all, athletes have to move in their outfits. And they still look hot.
Go, fangirls!
Melissa, Frank Miller's "The Dark Knight Returns" is a story that takes place outside of normal DC continuity, although some of the things in Dark Knight have come to pass in the regular DC timeline. Stephanie Brown is indeed the first in canon female Robin.
And Penny, I'm rather surprised at your reaction. Are you saying that no artistic medium is worthy of serious feminist criticism, or that only comics aren't? And I'm curious, what comics do you read?
excellent article - remember folks, it's about the representation of women in SUPERHERO comics. NOT all comics. it's like examining the role of women in action movies, right? not the entire genre of film making.
anyway, one complaint: where are marvel's mistakes? the ones they've committed (back-breaking nips and ass in the same shot, mary jane statue, tentacle porn cover) are equally as egregious DC's.
gah. stupid page-refreshing double-post. sorry!
"We need a rape". And with that, DC went down the tubes. Thanks Dan! BTW, Gail hasn't exactly set my world on fire with the idea (and this article's closing paragraph does the same) that in order to be strong women they must use violence. Every interview and appearance Gail's given regarding her upcoming Wonder Woman she only spouts off about how much ass kicking she'll be doing. So, so much for characterization.
Charlie - you have picked on the 4 or 5 most common examples of the last 20 years (with the exception of Supergirl). What about all the positive female comic characters that have been developed in the last few years:
Geoff John's Stargirl in the JSA, All the female leads in Fables, Ron Marz's recent work in Witchblade (historically a huge T&A offender - totally turned around), Gail's Birds of Prey, Wonder Girl, Joss Whedon's work with Kitty Pride in Astonishing (not to mention the younger female students - hell not to mention all of Joss's work), the Luna Brother's characters in Girls, All of the women in Y the Last Man.
The comic industry is working on getting better characters and stories that appeal to women (can you say MINX). To keep bring up the same old tired examples, it is just boring.
I have nothing pithy to add to the discussion, save for recommending the "Ultra" miniseries by the Luna brothers. The authors strike a nice balance between realism and superheroics, and the heroine of the book is an admirable and realistic young woman. It even manages to be funny.
Joey, you're delusional if you think Wonder Girl worshiping her dead boyfriend, MINX or FABLES are good portrayals of female characters. MINX isn't superheroes, for one thing, not to mention the moronic name. As for FABLES, it started good and devolved into elitist, entitled tripe.
I think that Stephanie Brown A.K.A. Spoiler/Robin should be memorialized by the Batman.
I always thought that DC's groups like Legion of Superheroes or JLA did an ok job portraying boys and girls going on adventures. Kind of like Friends with super powers. The girls in Legion didn't even always have totally hot costumes. And Colossal Boy's mom was some president of something, wasn't she?
Penny,
Superpowers aren't tripe. I actually have one. When I close my eyes really tight, I can produce tiny bursts of lights inside my head. As soon as I train myself to project the lights out through my eyes at villains thus rendering them confused and possibly blind, I'm going to get a real cool costume. World, get ready for Light Eye Guy!!!
In Penny's defense, those other long-form print cartoons, while called "comics" buy their fans, are not what the superhero-comic industry means when they say "comics." Comics are superhero or horror, period. Despite the name, if they're comical, they're not "real comics." If DC & Marvel could trademark "comics" like they did "Super-hero," so they totally owned it, they totally would. So her usage is, sadly, descriptively correct.
The good writers out there are writing both genders better than they have ever been written.
Vaughan has pretty much proved himself as an awseome writer of believeable young men and women in a superhero context with Runaways, while the art has always made them all well defined characters visually. Though the most impressive part of this book has always been how important the consequences of peoples actions are.
Deena Pilgrim in Powers continues to get more and more interesting in the morally complex situation she finds herself. I see Bendis get a lot of hate out in the world for her becoming less stereotypically heroic but by making her a more rounded complex and justifiably [deleted]ed-up character she becomes the kind of character that women were never portrayed as in the past.
The demise of Gotham Central was a sad day for great characterisation of both genders.
The female cast of Top 10 was pretty excellent.
Shannon in Cap America just gets better
as her hiding the truth of what happened gets more ingrained in taking part in trying to expose the truth.
As for furiously picking at perceived anti-feminist minutae - its only minorly less sad than fanboys picking over boob shots. If Carol Danvers is a figurehead its only going to make her character more complex and ultimately heroic in the long run - if a classical model of storytelling is followed; and getting mad over Spiderman's sperm's role in his wife's death in Reign ignores the whole idea of tragedy and loss of feeling responsible for the death of the one person with whom you shared a profound love . These are gender neutral issues - which really should be the point right?
Charcters should be motivated by and act on issues that can spring from their existence as men or women but without being stereotyped into overly predictable behaviour. Gender should just be an element of character nothing more notheing less.
Oh and on an editorial note "sweatiest fanboy" - thanks for that delightful piece of reverse linguistic mysoginy-tinted stereotyping in an otherwise excellent article.
HD, One arc or 6 month storyline doesn't ruin a character. Wondergirl is an excellent example of a well written girl - just because you don't like where they are taking her now doesn't mean she isn't viable - Wondergirl wasn't the one to die in IC, Superboy was, she doesn't have giant boobs, and she hasn't been beaten down at all... I don't get what you are talking about with Fables - saying it is Elitist has nothing to do with it's female leads storylines - just because you don't like it doesn't mean it objectifies women. We have no idea what MINX is going to offer, there were rumors that Supergirl might have a version over there - yes, I think it is BS, but you don't know what the line is going to produce over the next few years, and I am sure there will be girls with powers or something of that sort.
My point was and is - there are plenty of good female character that haven't been "stuffed in the fridge".
If you want check out a great comic series that has positive female lead charaters, check out Terry Moore's Strangers in Paradise. It is a great long read, 90 issues.
There are plenty of great female characters in comics right now, in both companies. Sharon Carter in "Captain America" has one of the most fascinating roles for any character, caught between trying to expose the truth while at the same time her mental conditioning keeps her from doing so; Ms. Marvel, She-Hulk, a whole passel of X-Women (Emma Frost, especially); DC's Manhunter is one of my favourites.
Penny, in many comics readers' estimation, "Humanity is better species than this" is a recurring theme in most of the best comics. You must have only been exposed to crappy ones. :)
Great article, Charlie, I'm glad it finally got an URL of its own. Nice to see quotes from some of the best and brightest of the feminist comics blogosphere as well. Folks like Heidi MacDonald and Trina Robbins and me, all us second-wave feminists are almost getting too old for this, it's terrific to see so many energetic and engaged younger folks taking up the mantle...
Comics in their myriad media are where mythology went. The societal construct of adolescence that delays for years people toiling in the fields and rearing children has left them to take their youthful dreams of power, passion and security to new heights. It's why we're here talking about them in Mother Jones instead of the back pages of the comics themselves.
As we learn to conscientiously serve and lucratively exploit new kinds of readership for comics, let us not forget that we changed when we grew able to deconstruct the comics we grew up with. If we break comics trying to fix them, we won't know for years until it quietly becomes common knowledge that they don't do what they're supposed to in their modern form.
Mainstream comic writers are generally not known for being the brightest folks out there. I remember some writers in a Wizard interview basically going completely Beavis and Butthead: "Huh huh, yeah. Batman's gay. Huh huh. Huh huh." (Yes it actually came that close.)
It's a shame that the bigger, mainstream comics, which rely on sensationalistic plot devices and the like, draw all the attention. Of course, the majority tends to draw towards the more flaky stuff in general. On the other hand, I'm kinda glad of this scenario; at least we know what to avoid.
I imagine everyone know by now that "Harry Potter" was created and written by a woman. I wonder if that also has helped propel women in fantasy and sci-fi? I would hope so. I think with younger readers it doesn't matter what gender the author is if the story is engaging.
I would also like to point out that Wonder Woman not being able to pump gas was a scene written by female author Jodi Picoult. So if its sexist, blame her. ;)
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What about the mutilation of Cassandra Cain's character and personality. I loved her as Batgirl, because she wasn't the traditional superhero, let alone heroine. They canceled her series because it wasn't selling well. Is this a sign that not enough of the general public like and appreciate complicated and strong women? If so, what can we do to change that? I definitely think a revolution is happening, but is the appeal only to (male and female) feminists (and I say that proudly, that word has been taboo for too long)? Thanks to Elizabeth for those great titles and to Penny, you have not been exposed enough to comics and graphic novels to know what you are talking about. Moreover, your imagination in terms of the field's potential is more narrow than a sheet of paper. It no longer matters what comics have done (although I don't think that people should forget) to minorities (ethnic and sexual), but what they can do and what we can make them do.
"They love their comics as much as the sweatiest fanboy—and they hate nothing more than when real-life problems like the glass ceiling intrude on their escapist fantasies."
Why does the writer decide to make part of the thesis statement an insult to the comics fans who are most likely to be interested in this article? For what other medium would a critique include so much effort to dismiss and belittle its fans and creators? What is the point of engaging in such cheap stereotyping? Perhaps I'm sensitive to this insult because I'm a comics fan who isn't sweaty, obsessive, or socially inept. The insult is there, however, and it taints the rest of the article.
Sorry for the repeated post. I just pushed "refresh" and my browser and the site worked some magic on their own.
I am so sick of this topic. If other women don't like the fact that super-women are almost exclusively T&A, there's a whole genre of prose for them with shoes on the covers.
I am with penny: fiction, with all it's "lets pretend" is total kiddie bull[deleted], all "Moby Dick is the unstoppable whale, blah blah blah" &c. People need to stop reading about whales & dragons & start worrying about real issues! Heck, I double agree: putting words & pictures together IS worse than racism & sexism! You tell 'em!
(Post-script: Save Cass!)
thank you, Melissa K, I was just about to point that out.
Oh for the love of Pete! (Or should I change that tpo Patricia now?)
First of all, lets look at the Kryptonian element in this farce. All of them we shown to be above human standards. Not just superman, if you look at Birthright by Mark Waid, tell me if you can see a fat Kryptonian. Superman is buff and has the shape and ripped figure of an adonice, he is the man of tomorrow, the man everyman want's to be like, the man that drives Lex Luthor insane because he's too perfect. In the same vain you are saying that Supergirl CANNOT be above human female standards? She has to be chunky, she shouldn't be blonde. This is crap! Total crap!
I don;t care how un-PC this is, but there are a few fat fan girls who are pissed off that supergirl looks that damn good, yet I don;t hear you complain about how unnaturally sexy soem ofthe male characters are. What a surprise!
Oh and don't try and pretend that preppy highschool cheer leaders, who had the doctors take out their brains and stuff them in their breasts, don't exist. They do. Deal with it.
Why are women generally stuffed in fridges, shot in the back or whatever? Thats simple, you take young woman with the trainign of Batman, like Godan Batgirl and the safe up bringing of being the commissioners daughter and the nice home that she came from. I'm proud that she lasted as long as she did against the Joker. Same goes for Stephanie, she was barely trained, she had no idea what she was upagainst with the Joker. Oh and for the record, The Oracle is now the corner stone of Good guy intelegence in most incarnations of the DCU, so much so that the Calculator has focussed all of his attentions on her and still couldn't work out who the Oracle was! Funny how no one mentioned that she went from being shot in the spine to being the Backbone.
As for non "Super" women, they are generally girlfriends, and the heroes point of weakness.
Why does Louis keep getting captured by Luthor? Simple answer... shes a strong and willfull woman, beautifull and inteligent, but also proud and she goes looking for trouble that her physical strength cannot possibly deal with. Thats why she needs Superman, becauseshe is too strong for her own good!
And I alos notice you are missing out on the other femail characters that don;t suit your achetypes that you claim to dispise. They aren't all the sexy, perky breasted, teen age look-alikes. What about Grace from the Outsiders, big heavy hitting, strong willed strong in bodied character, and not only that shes a lesbian. What about Flamebird? A member of congress. What about Lady Shiva, the third deadlyest assassin in the world? Second only to Deathstroke, who has only reached that level because he has less morals then she does, and Promethius who is only up there bcause he has the knowledge of the top 30 fighters in the world! What about Mia, the female Speedy, young and strong, with a past of abuse and hatred, a life on the streets with a boyfriend who sold her into prostitution. That stuff is real, that storyline was powerfull, thats not a ditzy blonde shaking her ass insted of kicking ass. I've only been talking so far about DCU, what about Marvel? Blink from the Exiles, shes not particularly sexy, shes more of the "ordinary girl" persona, the fact that shes a mutant is what mkes her stand out, shes not ment to be a fighter, her powers are defensive only, and yet she still struggles and tries her damndest!
Hell I'm getting bored with this...
All I can say is simple, you've looked at a few characters that displease you because they are a part of the sexy side of sociaty and you envy them. You don't see me crying in the corner because I'm not as slick and badass as Dick Grayson. Get over it!
PS. for the record, Black Canary wasn't fighting a street gang, she went to the village where Lady Shiva was trained, and she willingly got into that fight. The point of it wasn't what the man said, it was that he said it, degraded her confidence, and that showed BC's weakness, Lady Shiva's "Mother" explains this later. Get your facts straight!
I read comic books and I am a man. I have to admit that at first I was easily distracted by the new Supergirls bare midriff and short skirt. But after reading it for few issues that was no enough to keep me interested. When I buy an issue of Supergirl I want to read a story about Supergirl not the Punisher. Sure Supergirl looks hot, but there needs to be more if you want anyone to stay with it. They wanted to reintroduce Supergirl as Superman's cousin Kara Zor-El and forget about the whole Matrix-earth-angel Linda Danvers Supergirl that was all complicated and wierd. They wanted to make Supergirls more accessible. But within the first few issues they introduced all kinds of new confusing stuff about amnesia and prophecies. DC lost a reader on that title, they will lose more.
Charlie Anders needs to grow up and quit being a Professional Victim. There are plenty of "strong women" characters in comics, and they generally get carte blance to beat up the men as much as they please (while curiously the men rarely get to hit back - even while being battered mercilessly).
Anders also refers to how scantily clad various heroines are -- meanwhile her own bio (in the print edition) mentions how she attends conventions dressed as Wonder Woman!
Right! The only character who possibly wears less than Supergirl.
I've been reading comics since the 60's. I don't mind females with great bodies. After all the guys are hyper masculine too. I do mind them being second rate, in need of rescue or having wimpy powers that are passive or weak. Deflecting things is okay if you can also knock 'em flat or blow thier minds too.
In the 80's comics started to get too violent in story line and graphics. Then women started to become objects of sexual crime and victims rather than heros. I started to lose interest. The answer is defenately more women writing and editing.
I agree with Diamondanda -- and again, refer people to Joss Whedon's work in comics: Buffy, Fray, and even Sugarshock.
Look to Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex for an excellent treatment of what's basically a semi-realist (non-superhero) comic book setting, with a female lead.
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i love this comic. I love brian white too.
I thought that comics were written for children, I guess not.I can't believe the feminists are applauding this recent decision to make batwoman a lipstick lesbian.Renee Montoya will be her lover and catwoman will be a lipstick lesbian too.With that whip in her hand she will look like a dominatrix and I don't think 8 year olds need to be looking at that. If they want a gay character they should create a new one or at least make batwoman look more reakistic and not like a porn star.
Technically Supergirl still wears a long sleeved shirt and cheeleader skirt, it just shows more skin. While I can understand people's concern with a then 16 year old character wearing such stimulating attire I am disgusted by the amount of cynical fans labelling her a "slut" etc just because of how she looks, honestly people is this 2008 or 1950? Feminism my arse.
Surprised there's no direct mention of PowerGirl, Wally Wood's extra-bosomy alternate-universe Supergirl, who tangles directly with the Grrl of Steel in SUPERGIRL#11. Supergirl made to gain weight to be more acceptable to fangirls? Fat superheroines are a whole subgenre unto themselves... subversive? Sexist? probably both.
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I gave up on Supergirl. It was drawn badly, what is she a stick figure? It was written badly, spare me the slang-speak. There was one uniform/costume that made sense, and they changed it.
Superman and Powergirl have muscle. Supergirl looks like she is coming off crack cocaine.
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Loved this article!! I am currently writing my senior thesis on female characters and how female fans relate to them. I am very interested in the angle of women being turned off by comics because of the way women are represented. If there are any female DC comic book fans out there who would be willing to do an online interview w/ me that would be awesome!!!! Please someone give me ur thoughts on this subject.
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