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 market, and they certainly don’t respect our opinions. That’s been made abundantly clear over the years; it’s been corroborated by employees who’ve spoken out about the institutional sexism that permeates the company (Occasional Superheroine is an eye-opener). But now DC is asking women specifically to read Supergirl because, what, sales are so bad that even women are better than nothing?
Truthfully, I would not have paid much attention to Berganza’s column if so many people weren’t talking about it online. I didn’t even know about it until yesterday because I didn’t buy any comics this month. I just…don’t want to. And the first line of the column is not encouraging:
Women. Who needs them?
Well, actually… I do.
Let me explain.
