My entire childhood in a nutshell.
"Hey Assbutt!": stormcloaked: let me just say this. When you say you like a woman...
let me just say this. When you say you like a woman because she is a “strong female character,” you need to take a step back and look at this character. To you believe she’s a “strong, female character” because she’s existing in a role that has inherent male traits? Are you…
…Or maybe I just believe that, say, girls can fight (do I have to say, girls can fight, too?), and that’s not inherently masculine. Why is it inherently wrong to value strength or combative ability? How is disapproving of a female character doing “male” things going to help change society’s severely outdated notions of what is masculine or feminine? By the logic of “female character being liked because she is doing man things is wrong,” we just end up reinforcing stereotypes.
Let’s change the limits of masculine/feminine—let’s evolve as a society—instead of restricting ourselves to smaller and smaller boxes.
Gender policing in this roundabout direction still sucks, guys. I mean, “inherent male traits”? Inherent? Like what? The only inherent male trait is having a penis.
In conclusion: go see Haywire, where a female character—played by an actual, real world, female mixed martial arts fighter—is in the action hero role, doing typically “masculine” things, and making it excellent.
(Source: widowmaker)
Nooo… I don’t think so.
Thumbing through old Batman issues. This panel from #348 just made me smile. :)
THIS IS MY NAME
Okay, here’s the full size version. I REALLY like how it came out. I’m loving the colors.
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Batman Princess
When asked what she wanted to be for Halloween, Mabel said “Batman Princess,” so that’s exactly the costume her mom made. This is the best thing ever in the history of everything.
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Eartha Kitt Catwoman episode! Which reminds me of this fantastic comic strip by Jenny Schmid!
Makes me proud to be a fan.
MY BODY IS READY
(Source: gabrielsangel, via fy-batman)
I tremendously hate it when artists do that whole boobs-and-ass-facing-forward shitty pose. You’d be surprised how common it is, even among non-deviantart artists!
THIS
Bats in the Belfry: The Big Sexy Problem with Superheroines and Their 'Liberated Sexuality'
Yesterday, two new comic books from the “New 52” relaunch of DC Comics provoked some online controversy: Catwoman and Red Hood and the Outlaws. They were controversial in particular because of the way they depicted women, notably with the aggressively fanfictiony on-panel sex between Batman…
(Source: comicsalliance.com)
Judging a Book by its Cover: How Women See Comic Books
GO READ THIS.
YES GO READ THAT
GHR KALJNIJKVL
‘A lot of female fans won’t be picking up Catwoman. And when they say so, they are told that the comic isn’t “for them” and that they are “too sensitive.” They are told, “if you don’t like it, don’t buy it” — sometimes in the same breath as, “if you want to see more female leads, you have to buy all the books with female leads.”’
GO GO GO
Selina Kyle, stay strong.
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I bet Batman would rather have her as a sidekick. ;D
Thanks for the submission, mydayinasentence!
PLEASE!
Be my wife please? I’ll treat you real good
DC Superheroes by Andreas Preis
