Category Archives: Rants

How not to respond to criticisms of race and gender

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Michelle · 10 Comments · Leave a Comment 

June 5, 2010: DC Nation panel at Heroes Con 2010 Ian Settler, DC Senior Story Editor A serious topic came up about how characters who are minorities who happened to be legacy characters like Ryan Choi are killed off so … Continue reading →

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War of the Supermen #1-3

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Michelle · 2 Comments · Leave a Comment 

This miniseries should have been called “The Big Giant Status Quo Reset”, or, “Everyone and everything you liked about New Krypton gets destroyed, but Luthor lives.” I’ve moved past my denial about them killing Alura and the (soon to be) … Continue reading →

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All I have to say about “Brightest Day”

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Michelle · 7 Comments · Leave a Comment 

Fuck you Geoff Johns and all your racist pals at DC who spit out shit like this: Black Manta, White Power Rings, replacing heroes of colour with dead white guys, and vilifying Somali pirates as white child slavers/rapists* (* Which … Continue reading →

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Say it ain’t so! Gail Simone leaves Wonder Woman

Posted on March 9, 2010 by Michelle · 3 Comments · Leave a Comment 

*sob* Per DCU Blog and elsewhere on When Fangirls Attack (scroll waaaay down). What’s the point in buying it any more? Writer changes rarely go well for me, no matter how enthusiastic the outgoing writer is (they’re ALWAYS enthusiastic unless … Continue reading →

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Why Supergirl’s shorts aren’t “patriarchal” (I do not think that word means what you think it means)

Posted on July 15, 2009 by Michelle · 2 Comments · Leave a Comment 

When I talked with the Toronto Star yesterday about the upcoming article about Supergirl’s shorts (look for it this Saturday!), there were a few points that came up that I wasn’t as articulate about as I’d have liked. Here’s one … Continue reading →

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Dear American Publishers: Get a Clue

Posted on November 13, 2007 by Michelle · 5 Comments · Leave a Comment 

And a new calculator. I just received my big order of trade paperbacks from Chapters.ca, and I’m very happy. I’m especially happy that I didn’t have to pay the insane Canadian LIST PRICE for many of these books. These are … Continue reading →

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Amazons have every right to Attack

Posted on April 6, 2007 by Michelle · 4 Comments · Leave a Comment 

(5-page preview of Amazons Attack #1 at CBR) I’m really looking forward to Amazons Attack, for obvious reasons of seeing an army of women kick the patriarchy’s butt. (I’m not naive. I know it won’t really play out the way … Continue reading →

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DC talks to Women

Posted on February 1, 2007 by Michelle · 10 Comments · Leave a Comment 

Eddie Berganza, editor of Supergirl/JLA/Teen Titans/etc, is asking women to read Supergirl in this month’s DC Nation. I’m shocked. I really am. DC as a company cares very little for its female readers. They don’t acknowledge us as a viable … Continue reading →

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Dude, do you even understand how the Internet works?!

Posted on September 13, 2006 by Michelle · 3 Comments · Leave a Comment 

Some guy named James Meeley who got linked by When Fangirls Attack is throwing a fit and demanding that they not link to him, apparently because he got banned from one of their sites and he now hates their guts … Continue reading →

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Linda Danvers’ status post-Infinite Crisis

Posted on June 2, 2006 by Michelle · No Comments · Leave a Comment 

I made a post to the guestbook in response to some recent GB messages there (one of which I deleted) and e-mails. I’m aware of Infinite Crisis and, frankly, I don’t care. DC has written themselves into a really good … Continue reading →

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