Tuesday May 19th

Marvel Divas:

Marvel shows Firestar design for Marvel Divas

Cynical Six

it's not our fault we're sexist when your tits are lookin' us right in the eye!

I don’t know. I don’t know.

Miscellany:

Sexy is good, right? Sexy sells, right?

Equal Opportunity Objectification

That silver lining.

Harley Quinn & Humor?

Trinity: The Black Reality.

Crap-tastic Covers from Upcoming Comics

Why Is Marvel Running an Ad for Princesses?

“Other than the fact that it’s been canceled like twelve times, everything else is wonderful!”

Nicola Scott appreciation post

Gail Simone Hearts Diana Sue

'Sexy’ is Performance Art

Great Moments in Black History #10: Knowledge of Self

15 Comic Book Babes Who Could Kick Your Ass

Birds of Prey 120-127 (2008-09)

Suprisingly, Power Girl is Cool. In Other News, Marvel Divas is Still Lame

Reason why women go see ‘X-men origins: Wolverine’

Vaguely misogynist Sunday

Hey Hollywood How About Some Women after Summer?

Models, Inc. #1

Comic Books Contribute to Naval Academy Recruiting Campaign


Manga:

Gluey Tart: Restart

Shojo Beat: Again with the raping?


Also possibly of interest:

Arabs on Comic books- Haunted Tank

The Negative Zone: The Problem With Fancy-Pants Reprints

Friday, May 15th

Supergirl

Jamal Igle Costume Redesign

Review: Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures of the 8th grade #6

Happy Mother’s Day!!!

Word Balloon: Sterling Gates & Jamal Igle on Supergirl

BUT


Marvel Divas/ "Comic book sexism is Pink's fault, you Stupid Girl!"

Firestar concept art for Marvel Divas

Joe Quesada says: Ladies, give me your money and shut up

Joe, Joe, Joe, f*ckin’ Joe.

Wise Feminism

Way to blame the readers Joe, how noble of you.

Today’s trio of links!



Power Girl

Best Shots Extra: Power Girl #1

Power Girl #1

Maid of Might: Power Girl #1 (2009) Review


X-men Secret Origins: Wolverine

Wolverine’s Secret Origins: Really a chick flick?

Thoughts on Wolverine: Origins and other things

X men Origins: Wolverine

Dar Kush X Men Origins Wolverine



Misc.

Comic Book Cheesecake: When Does Sexy get Sexist?

Gettin’ back on track with the comics

"Chloe You Ignorant Slut" or "Smallville Fan Meltdown"

Kickbutt women of the comics: Kit Colby, Girl Sheriff of Moon Bow

Are we so desensitized?

Panel Discussion of Three Selves: A Review of the latest LoEG book

Mark Waid's Wonder Woman

Bound to Blog: Wonder Woman #7

2 weeks worth of comics

Oracle: The Cure #3

Phantom Lady knew some DUMB Men

Tales From the Old Scout

Tuesday May 12th

Compare and Contrast

Two “Girl” Comics and a Buffy: My Lady-est Week Ever

Frank Miller's best Bat/Cat: All-Star Batman and Robin

“It shines through your beautiful skin”

The All-Time Top 10 List of Best — and Worst — Mothers in Comics

The Sue That Dare Not Speak Its Name

Gluey Tart: Mary Sues

Adding Incompetence to Insult

Violent Women of the Golden Age

Wordless image from the DCU blog

Hivevaginaphobia

Marvel Mystery Monday: Leopard Girl, does whatever a leopard can

I'm not sure how this is meant to sit with me


MARVEL (DIVAS)

Stock Tip: Marvel - Oh the Cognitive Dissonance

Marvel Editor-in-Chief: We’re sexist because I listen to Pink

Concept art (and a possible story clue?) from Marvel Divas


POWER GIRL

Nobody Cares About Your Breasts

Power Girl Comfort Food

The Virgin Read: You Need More Janet Jackson In Your Life, Power Girl

Facebook pulls ad featuring Power Girl for being being too offensive


WOLVERINE:

X-Men Origins: Wolverine — Same Old Story

X-Men Origins: Wolverine is sexist?

Thursday May 7th

Feminist Manga Creator Murasaki Yamada Passes Away



The boob window/why Ms. Marvel?

Dead Girlfriends

Why is Huntress back in her Jim Lee outfit?

Taking cues from mainstream comics

Off LJ - Marvel Divas

Marvel Boss: We're Not Sexist, Just Loud

Doesn't fit.

Women: (Comics) Conned

Is 'Wolverine' the most homoerotic superhero movie ever?

Space Girls

Bound to Blog: Wonder Woman #6 (with Mary Sue tie-in)

Mary Stu and Marty Sue

Friends of Kate Spencer?

REVIEW: Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures of the Eighth Grade #6

Sam Kieth's "Inner Bimbo"

Trinity: The Black Fantasy.

Thoughts on BoP, and Oracle: Internet Superhero

Tuesday May 5th - Safari Compatible Edition!

NOTE: You may recall that users of the Safari web browser were having difficulty viewing this blog. Happily, the latest version of Safari appears to have fixed the problem (thus saving me from fiddling with Blogger coding! Huzzah!).


"I'm a woman and I'm not offended at all..."

Joe Quesada sounds off on ASM #600 on MyCup O’Joe!

DC reveals Georges Jeanty’s Manhunter

Caves and Clocktowers

Looking Back with the Birds: A Birds of Prey Retrospective

Joe Quesada sounds off on ASM #600 on MyCup O’Joe!

“Going Two Ways Without Skytel Pagers”

You’ve Got to be Carefully Taught

In defense of Guillem March

At This Point, Bitter Is A Specialty Flavour

Sexist Female Killer

Snapper Sue

Senior Moment : an Interview with Ariel Schrag

Catwoman's Origin: Also Multiple Choice (but some choices are better than others)

Who’s behind the mask this time?

Supergirls just fly

The Big Feminist BUT

defining mary

The Origin of Ada Lovelace

Female Batman Villains: Any non-redeemable ones?

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Wolverine’s secret origins: really a chick flick?

Comic books provide incentive for reading

The 9 Least Necessary Female Versions of Male Superheroes (and Villains)

Pioneering comics, disturbing gender attitudes in Chazen's 'Underground Classics'

Monday, May 4 - Manga Edition

Orange Planet Book 1 and Male Harem Manga

COMICS REVIEW / Facing zombies takes guts, even in cheesecake manga

Straight from the heart

Review: Princess Resurrection 1 & 2 by Yasunori Mitsunaga

Review: Reading Club (Vol 1)

Jack Frost, Volume 1

Honey and Clover 6

Off*Beat, Volumes 1 & 2

Venus Capriccio Volume 1 (Mai Nishikata)

A.I. Revolution 2 by Yuu Asami: B+

Manga Monday: Hot Gimmick

High School Debut (manga, vol. 3) by Kazune Kawahara

Dorothea Vol 01 – Thoughts & Impressions

Genju No Seiza Vol 1

Danielle Leigh’s Ready Dairy – Orange Planet Vol 1

The Color of Earth (First Second)

Fire Investigator Nanase Vol 1 by Hashimoto & Ichikawa Manga Review

 

Misc

Never mind Coraline, give me a proper Cartoon Heroine

Thursday, April 30

Review: Supergirl #40: Superwoman Revealed!

Supergirl #40: Jamal Igle’s Costume Changes

Harley Quinn: Costume of Win!

Comics Culture Warrior

Check out the Pretty!

Full of Pryde

On Topic

Please Don’t Disturb My Complacency!

Whatever Happened to All the Heroes, All the Shakespearos?

Girl Scouts Have a Comics Badge!

Ervin Anderson needs to get out of the house more

I’m actually really looking forward to Marvel Divas

Review: Water Baby

Christan Beranek’s Life of High Adventure #5: Web of Love Free Comic Book Day Edition

Ivory Madisons “The Huntress’

Comic Book Pajama Party (2004)

The Phantom Lady Proves Wertham Right

Merciful Minerva! I have the rage of Ares! Bad me!

People Hate Me! They Really Hate Me!

Bound to Blog: Wonder Woman #5

Only One Can Wear the Pointy Ears

Bound for Glory

CyberNev Sundays: Wonder Boy, All the World is Waiting for You…

Wonder Woman and Comics of the Week

The Many Faces of Wonder Woman Part I

Part II

Part III

Man, this was a Wonder Woman filled week.

Also:

Manga:

Helter Skelter Posts

Friday April 24th

The Return Of The Female Drinking Game

HUNTRESS soars up the charts…huh??!?

HUNTRESS mystery solved — for real, this time — FINALE

Huntress soars on Amazon

rolling in her grave

Interview with Adam Warren

Backwards In High Heels

The Gender Smog We Breathe: Comics Contribution

Depiction of Women in Comics

Too Much ACTION?



Sunday Grab Bag of Failastic Fail: Marvel Divas, Marvel to Ruin She-Hulk Film @ 11:59 am

To see the problem with "Marvel Divas", you need only consult the Wiki

Highs and Lows.

Marvel and DC's Questionable Girl-Pal Books

Today’s comment-fodder post



You Can't Lasso the Truth with the Lasso of Truth.

Diana Sue

Bound to Blog: Wonder Woman #4

Wednesday, April 22

Double DC Coverage #4

So, intentional disgrace, or mere ineptitude?

Oh Dinah!

Heh heh.

The Week's Comics: GA/BC #19, Oracle #2

Oracle- Cure for what, exactly?

Of Comics and Feminism

Reality 101- Class is in session

Year One

You Naughty, Naughty Marvel Writers

Superheroine Costume Skeeve Watch: Star Sapphire

An Open Letter to Comics

DMZ #41 “Zee DMZ”

I’m MSTie over Batwoman

My comics of the week- OMG SUPERTORSO!

Wednesday Interview: Sterling Gates



What happened to Anne Cleveland?

The Girly Comic book Volume 1- Not your usual Anthology

April 20 - Manga Edition

Guest Review: Alice on Deadlines (Vol. 03)

Mini Review: After School Nightmare (Vol. 09)

Vampire Knight

So I need to lose 15 Pounds Vol 01 (END)- Thoughts & Impressions

Honey and Clover vol 5 Manga Review

Manga Friday: Schoolgirls in Trouble

Love Song by Keiko Nishi

Venus Capriccio, by NISHIKATA Mai

Educational – A Theory on Why Women Like Yaoi

Honey Hunt Vol 1 by Miki Aihara Manga Review

NANA, Volume 16

Video Games

The Gamer Girlfriend 04.16.09: Halo 3

Female PC Gamers Make Up Largest Gaming Group: Nielsen Report

Misc

Boys Over Flowers (Korean Hana Yori Dango)

Sunday April 19th

Marvel Unveils “Divas”; Aretha Franklin Curiously Absent

Why does Joe Quesada hate my blood pressure?

The Red-Boot Diaries: Marvel Divas


The Stranger from Paradise Island

On Wonder Woman's costume (and yay! discussion!)



Marvel films and sexy scientists

JLA: Cry for Supergirl

When Did Girlamatic Die?

Gender and Comics: Artists at Work Panel Redux

Y: The Last Man

Brain hurt

Oracle: The Cure #2 review

Pride And Prejudice: The Comic Book



Review: The Manga Guide to Statistics

Saturday, April 18th

Wondy Meta: Seriously, the Goddess of TRUTH is not a demotion

Wonder Woman is not a Tease

Fast Thoughts- Week of 4/15/09

I Really Like How Effortless this Comic is

Breaking: Superheroine to wear Sensible Shoes

DC Nation/ Marvel Divas

Honestly? Do not F****ing Mess with Me Today.

DC Nation Page- Unfortunate Navel Gazing

OMG Captain Marvel is SUCH a Miranda

Dear Readers, please ogle this underage Girl and thinks about death, won’t you?

Comic review Wednesdays: Oracle the Cure #2

Oracle: The Cure Review

I miss Birds of Prey

*facepalm* They unzipped Catwoman’s suit again.

Breaking the Glass Ceiling…With Nunchucks!

All That and A Bag of Chips: Harley Quinn

So, I saw Monsters vs. Aliens.

Thursday April 16th

Miscellany:


The Country Bunny, feminist hero

Stiletto heels are so … three years ago

Is Marvel revealing a new Bucky?

Don't Panic

Bound to Blog: Wonder Woman #3

No Girdle for Glory (OOCWVG #11)

Black Widow Blues

Midwifery is for girls, Frank Miller is for boys

Things that make me fucking depressed

Wait a second...

DC Nation


Marvel Divas


News Flash: Marvel staff lives in their mothers’ basements.

I dunno, but I have this feeling that being a female comic-book reader these days must kinda suck.

Diva.

Marvel Divas Reign Supreme This Summer!

One More Reason Marvel Comics JUST DOESN'T GET IT...



#Amazonfail


Oh, Amazon.

Amazon blames ‘glitch’ for delisted gay and lesbian themed books

#amazonfail - Amazon.com Exposes bias against gay and lesbian books

Amazonfail fallout

April 14 - Manga Edition

Manga

Kawahara Kazune – High School Debut, vol. 06-08 (Eng. trans.)

Otomen, Volume 1

Crimson Hero 1 my Mitsuba Takanashi: B

Hitohira Manga, Volume 2 (English)

Venus Capriccio, vol 1

Kurohime Vol 6 by Masanori Ookamigumi Katakura Manga Review

Yaoi and Sexuality

Honey Hunt Vol. 1 (Advance Review)

Princess Princess Plus (Advance Review)

Skip Beat is Crap

Solanin

Review: The Color or Earth

#amazonfail

#amazonfail

The Day Amazon Stood Still (a.k.a. Amazon is gay bashing!!)

Amazon Follies

This won’t end well…Amazon unranks LGBT, “adult” books 

Amazon De-ranks “Adult” Books”

Author Rank

Amazon & the online retail blog

Video Games

E3 and Something Like Feminism

Nudity can’t make a bad game good

Nielsen: Women Dominate PC Games, Wii Sees Least User Activity

Monday, April 13

Edited to add a few new links 7:40 PM EST.

JH Williams designs for Batwoman

Everyone's 5th favorite redheaded DC lesbian!



Review: Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the 8th Grade #5

Supergirl" Cosmic Adventures in the 8th Grade Easter Egg Hunt

What's potentially next for Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures



Didn't we just do this, Marvel?

Marvel What?

I'm a Marvel! I'm a DC!: compare and contrast

someone's robbing a bank? PILLOW FIGHT!



Memoirs of an Occasional Superheroine

DC vs. Marvel Working Women

The Annotated Anita Blake: The Laughing Corpse: Necromancer #1

The Question Co Feature Unvieled

A first look at Power Girl

A second look at Power Girl

Goodbye, Spidergirl, We Hardly Knew Ye

Poll: Who should be Batgirl?

Sunday April 12th

Where The Girls Are

Calling All Superheroines

What Batman title will Fabian write?

‘Superheroines’ are super

The Real Deal

Feministsploitation

Comics and me...

Do you have that female friend that you’re hopelessly in love with that unloads all her problems on you, only to end up back in the sack with that loser ex that cheated on her with her own sister, leaving you high and dry?

Marvel acknowledges the existence of 'FEMALES'!




Comics Matchup: Divas vs. Sirens

Every once in a while, Sims shows evidence of a working brain.

Okeydoke? Models, Inc. x Marvel Divas

Marvel Divas: Because Nothing Says Superhero Like "Hot Sudsy Fun"

Marvel Divas

Monica R. in Marvel Divas

Friday, April 10th

A short post before I leave for vacation for a few days:

Interview with Wonder Woman's Gail Simone Pt 2  

(Page 2)

(Page 3)

DC Nation: Future Red Robin Cover Revealed... Oh dear.

Red Robin #2 cover

The Best of a Bad thing: Cass Cain vs. Supergirl, also a video and a Casstoon

Oh Dear God. Slut-shaming for Steph.

WonderWoman elseworlds?

This week in ink: April 8, 2009

Transcript for Gilman/Marston presentation February 25 200

comics and mommy versus daddy behavior, beach grass, money is like cocaine for some

The Ongoing Question: Rucka on his Detective cofeature

 Marvel Divas (These are all similar, but the comments are interesting)

MyCup o’ Joe Tea, Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning 

Sex and the Single Marvel Superheroine

Marvel Divas?

Thursday April 9th

Rambling thoughts about women and refrigerators (in and out of them)

Reviews!

Making “Ha Ha” with Harley Quinn

Gaiman's Women

Zig-Zagging 2: The Case For Fan Outrage

Grant Morrison does Wonder Woman

Interview with Wonder Woman's Gail Simone: Part 1 (Page 2) (Page 3)

Adventures in Feministory: Women's Comics of the '70s and '80s

Misogyny and Comics…

Rorschach's Journal: Misconceptions about Rorscach

Bound to Blog: Wonder Woman #2



DEAR MARVEL

Just Past the Horizon: This is not an auspicious start.

Marvel Comics...Female Products

Sometimes I am a little oversensitive.



Psychic Girls and Superdimensional Fortresses

Monday, April 6th

Needs More Glitter


Marvel's “Female Product”


Last weeks comics: JLA, Oracle and Supes


Green Arrow/Black Canary Wedding Special (lots of spoilers)


Wonder Powers Activate!


Close, but not quite


Nu'bia, Then and Now, I of II- Then


Nu'bia, Then and Now, II of II- Now


Blackest Night- Corps Wardrobe Malfunction


It's Star...Ms. Sapphire if you're nasty.


Comic Book Bios- Hillary, Sarah-rocket off the shelves


*Exclusive interview with the creator of the ‘Female Force’ comic series Darren G. Davis


Pride and Prejudice

Comics for Girls


Pride and Prejudice


Pride and Prejudice #1


The Austen Reader/ Pride and Prejudice #1

April 6 – Manga Edition

Manga

Ceres Celestial Legend Volume 2

Maid Sama! Book 1

Negima!? Neo, Vol 1

Review: Color of Earth

Manga Monday – Gender Bending is cool

Vampire Knight; Vampire Knight Guilty

Otomen Vol. #01

An Early Look at Love*Com Vol 12 by Aya Nakahara Manga Review

Monkey High! v5

Illusion City, Vols. 1-2

Nephilim 2

Danielle Leigh’s Reading Diary – Gakuen Prince Vol 1

Takaya Natsuki – Phantom Dream, vol. 01 – 02 (Eng. trans.)

Manga Review – Wolverine: Prodigal Son 1

Click 1 by Youngran Lee: C+

Haruka – Beyond the Stream of Time – Vol. #03

Video Games

Reality Check 04.03.09: Gamer Widows

GENDER REPRESENTATION: IS THIS A MAN’S GAME?

Aspiring video game designers should check out Middleton High

Review: Nintendo’s New DSi – A Quantum Forward Leap

Women in Games calls for papers

Misc

Downturn Spawns ‘Flower Men’ Wind

The Grand Narrative

Pretty boys serve up a musical dramedy

Some quick first impressions: Queen’s Blade, Sengoku Basara and Asura Cryin’

Friday April 3rd

Explain it to Me - Comic Book Idiosyncrasies…If SHE Hits HIM, it’s Funny?

Coolest Pop Culture Heroines

Add Black Canary, Captain Atom to DC’s ‘co-feature’ roster

The Kathy Kane Syndrome: FCR 6

Fifty Years Ago Today

Bound to Blog: Wonder Woman #1

Spider-Man Comic Banned in Nebraska... For Showing A Woman In A Bikini.

Whither WONDER WOMAN?

Bruce and Babs: When They Were Better

Flown The Coop

When the Fridge Door Reopens?

Books for Boys: Wise Intelligence, Strongman, and Curse of the Were-Woman

Spoiler Sport: Ms. Marvel #37

The Death of Ms.Marvel

DC's Missed Chance at Diversity

POWER GIRL SNEAK PEAK


Sci Fi Channel more popular with the ladies


Gaijin Love

March 30 Manga Edition

Fushigi Yugi Vol 1 (Viz Big Edition) by Yuu Watase

Weekend Rerun Review: St Lunatic High School Vol 1

Luv Luv: Make More Love & Peace, Sounds of Love, Object of Desire 

Claymore Manga Vol 12 – 13 Impression

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

Review: Until the Full Moon by Sanami Matoh

Bound Beauty

Red River Volume 22 (Chie Shinohara)

Maid Sama! Volume 1

We Were There v3

V.B. Rose 1 by Banri HIDAKA

Ban Erotic Comics?

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Vol 2 Manga Review

Gakuen Prince: Volume 1

Video Games

Games under Attack from Both the Left and Right, Says Free Speech Lawyer

Journalist Tells Industry To Grow Up

Sony Online Entertainment 2009 G.I.R.L. scholarship program

Monday March 30

Benefit Auction For Webcomic Creator Karen Ellis (Closing tonight!)

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: A Review

HEY LOOK A ZINE

What do Batman’s sidekicks say about him?

Interview with HACK/SLASH creator Tim Seeley

Dead Lesbian Society: WATCHMEN's Dark Silhouette

Cully Hamner: Giving The Question a Fresh Look

Sexy Spidey outrages mom

On the breaking of many things, not least of which, Kings.

Justice League #31 - A Review


Barbara Gordon, Oracle or Batgirl: Who Will Emerge?

Oracle: The Cure #1

Oracle: The Cure #1 review

Oracle: The Cure #1 - A Review

Friday, March 27th

Question Everything

Amazons Attack #5 and #6

Comics: Fudging numbers drastically since 1940

Wondy #30

Live action Wonder Woman Movie Plans are On Again!

Wonder Woman vs. Dr Poison, from Sensation Comics #2

Because We Needed a Woman: FC 1c

FCR 4ish: Do men with Unisex names write better women?

Stan's Babe-o-Dome, b (FCR Ammendum)

War of the Sexes: Vane Lente Talks All New Savage She Hulk

Marvel Debuts Female Apparel and Cosmetics

Memoirs of an Occasional Superheroine on Sale Now!

It Would Be a Stronger Loving World

From Scaring Old Ladies to Feminism in Comics

Death and Romance: is the Joker really "always" trying to kill Harley?

Harley Quinn: A Masochistic Bimbo Who Screwed Her Way Through College

Double Standard (Spoilers for JLA 31)

Manga:

The Perfect Girlfriend (FCR Next)

Thursday March 26

Review: Best of Golden Age Sheena Vol. 2

Manhunter is BACK!

Stop Hating on Laurie Juspeczyk! (Female Characters Roundtable Part 1)

Palin comic lacks 'Force' needed for great graphic novel

Can we stop pretending all comic book stores are now awesome?

Moore Girls (Female Characters Roundtable 1b)

Women of Marvel collection

The Webcomic Overlook #75: Evil Diva

I hate hate hate misogyny in Wonder Woman comics

Lady Blackhawk is going to die

A new hero is born

Stan Lee Presents: Welcome to the Babe-o-Dome (FCR part 2)

R.I.P Anne Cleveland


Dinah's not homophobic, Ollie!

This Trope Has Got To Stop


The Cure

Oracle #1 - Battle for the Cowl - A Review

Review: Oracle #1

Okay, so I can't *not* talk about it

Oracle: The Cure #1


Dollhouse, Rape Culture, and Women in Refrigerators

Tuesday, March 24

Sunday Quickies

Dan Jurgens run on Justice League America

Supergirl #39 and thoughts on Superwoman's identity

Comics review part 2 vintage edition

*FLAILS*

Harley Quinn

Is Songbird the next breakout marvel superheroine?

Watchmen movie writer compares audiences to attempted rape victim

The least feminist comics heroine of all time

Free flowing misogyny: Re thinking my defense of Dave Sim

The Al Sharptons of Feminism?

Wonder Woman

Bro Quotes

First Lady gets the Superhero treatment

Wednesday Comic Supergirl Team Announced

Holy T& A Batman!

Various thoughts on solicitations and such

March 23 – Manga Edition

Tokidoki Daylight – They Were Eleven

Maid Sama

NG Life

Orange

Honey & Clover Volume 3 (Chica Umino)

NG Life (manga review. sorta) 

Upon Closer Inspection

Review of 'Children of the Sea' Vol. 1 (Manga)

Tsubasa: Those with Wings, Vol 1

Review Tantric Stripfighter Trina

Gakuen Prince Vol 1 (Advance Review)

Wild Beat, by ENOMOTO Atsuki

Valentine’s Day, Japanese Style Part 5: Jawbreaking Love and the Battle of the Sexes

Utahime The Songstress (Advance Review)

Vampire Knight Vol 6 by Matsuri Hino Manga Review

Video Games

Better Half Gamers

Thoughts on Video Games for Girls

Beauty or Brawn? Choosing Genders in Games

Growing Up Games: When Will Mature, Mature?

Developer Explores the Softer Side of Video Games

Anime

TV Shows and Gender Roles in Japan

Another Post on Anime and Feminism

Save Me! Lollipop Box Set

Friday March 20th

Women In Comics!

How to use sexism to defeat sexism...

How NOT To Talk About Domestic Violence

A Batwoman Timeline

Q&A: Comic Artist Jolene Nenibah Yazzie

Roundtable: Tough cookies we love

Barbara Gordon to Return as Batgirl

I'm not actually calling Brian K. Vaughan sexist, read to the end

March is Women's History Month

Big Damn Heroines

About feminism more than comics - but I need concrete examples, I can't think in the abstract

Pat’s First Online Rant: I Am Officially Done With Heroes (aka F This Show)

Michelle Obama - Comic Book Heroine?

A Story From This Past Weekend At All-Con.

Something I noticed in the new Birds of Prey trade...

Scarlett Takes Manhattan

Can a Christian lesbian Latina superhero save us?

And speaking of that CNN piece...

She’s come a long way, baby, since her wrestling days

Oracle #1 Preview

Why Can’t We “Heroine Up!”?

Living in the Heart of Kitty Pryde

Q & A 22: Who is your favorite non-superhero character in a superhero book?


WATCHMEN:

Ladies and Gentlemen - GenderFail

My Watchmen Review (SPOILERS)

Watch Men save the planet

Stop Hating On Malin Ackerman!

Thoughts On Watchmen: The Movie


WONDER WOMAN DVD:

Wonder Woman review

I Don't Care How Animated You Are, You Still Can't Wear the Venus Girdle

You Still Can't Wear the Venus Girdle, But Maybe You Can Hold It for a While

Wonder Woman: All That and an Invisible Jet

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Also possibly of interest: Avatar Gets Bent - The Whitewashing of Avatar: The Last Airbender

March 18 - Manga Edition

Hi, there! Because video games and comics have always gone hand-in-hand for me, I will be adding some linkage to gender issues in gaming. I hope that you will find these interesting, so please leave me some feedback.

Here goes my first attempt at link blogging -

Tantric Stripfighter Trina Volume 1

Manga Review: DHA

Manga science crammers infatuate students (Courtesy of MangaBlog)

Claymore 1 – 9 by Norihiro Nagi

High School Debut Book 8 — Recommended

Bouncing Boobs and Tentacle Rapes: Is it never okay?

Volume #361 ~ HitoHira #2

Love*Com 9 by Aya Nakahara: B+

Fire Inspector Nanase

St. Dragon Girl by Natsumi Matsumoto

Venus Capriccio Vol 1

Otomen Vol 2

Gender and Gender Relations in Manga and Anime

Will Akamatsu Change Content for Changed Readership?

Kurohime Vol 3 by Masanori Ookamigumi Katakura Manga Review

Video Games

A Clawful of Boobs

Why Don’t Women Make Games

Game Over: Gender, Race, and Violence in Video Games

Poll Results: Proposed Barbie Ban Sexist

Conservative Christian Site Decries Game of Life’s Gay Agenda

Slight Technical Difficulties

Dear WFA readers,

A few of you have noticed we are having slight technical difficulties. In tweaking our layout, it seems to have become incompatible with the Safari web browser. Rest assured, we are working toward a solution. In the mean time, if you are having difficulty viewing this site you can read full posts on our LiveJournal syndicated feed, or you can download the Firefox web browser for free.

Thanks for your patience,
Maddy

Bonus Mini-Post: Nina Paley's Sita Sings the Blues

http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2008/12/having_wonderful_time_wish_you.html

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Sunday-TOI/Sita-sings-the-blues-women-join-chorus/articleshow/4265717.cms

http://www.sitasingstheblues.com/

http://www.thirteen.org/sites/reel13/blog/watch-sita-sings-the-blues-online/347/