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Category Archives: Rants
How not to respond to criticisms of race and gender
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
Posted in Comics News, Fandom & Meta, Rants
· Tagged with dc nation, great ten, heroes con, misogyny, racism
War of the Supermen #1-3
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
Posted in Comics Reviews, Rants
Say it ain’t so! Gail Simone leaves Wonder Woman
*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
Posted in Comics News, Rants
Why Supergirl’s shorts aren’t “patriarchal” (I do not think that word means what you think it means)
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
Posted in Fandom & Meta, Rants
· Tagged with feminism, patriarchy, trolls
Dear American Publishers: Get a Clue
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
Posted in Rants
Amazons have every right to Attack
(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
Posted in Rants
DC talks to Women
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
Posted in Fandom & Meta, Rants
· Tagged with Eddie Berganza, misogyny, sexism
Dude, do you even understand how the Internet works?!
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
Posted in Fandom & Meta, Rants
Linda Danvers’ status post-Infinite Crisis
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
Posted in Rants, Site Updates