June 5th

--X-Men

A Brief Rant...

Comic Book Rape; or What Would You Like Me to Title It?

Forgive me, Fangirls, But This Sentence Hurts My Brain (in comments)

Uncanny C-Men, Issue 2 Observations

Wolverine Comic-Typhoid Mary

--Batwoman

A gay Batwoman...

Batwoman Flies Again

Senate Mulls Gay Marriage

Superheroes, Supervillains, and Cultural Diversity

--Batwoman/Miscellaneous

And th'Never-Ending Battle for Sexual Declaration Continues...

--Comics, English Miscellaneous

“The Adventures of Carrie Giver” - America’s New Comic Book Superheroine

'The Femme Fatale': A History (tangentially related to comics)

I Don't Care About Scott Pilgrim

Ms. Marvel #6 (1977)

The Value of Caregiving

--Manga/Anime

All I Ever Learned, I Learned From Anime

The Admin at Mangablog Wonders...

June 4th

Soma v Brownstein
An Open Letter to Chris Staros

Sex Scandal Involving CBLDF's Charles Brownstein Leads to Women's Empowerment Fund (See Update at bottom)


Larsen
Standing Up For The... Majority?

Avengers: Regenderize!

X-Men
Where the hell was Jubilee?! or, Yeah, I saw X3.

cybernautical mode: [That Woman] *AAAAUUUUGHHHH!!*

Just fucking saw X3... I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO PISSED OF BC OF A MOVIE IN MY LIFE!

X-Men: The Last Stand?

X-Men 3: The Last Stand

It's Not Over Till She Sings: Greg Pak Talks "X-Men: Phoenix-Warsong"

X3: The Dark Truth

Girl-wonder.org
Looking for Help

Two New Sites about Superhero Comics

fandom mode: [comics/women] Girl Wonder.Org

Batwoman and Girl-Wonder.org
Silly Site o' the Day

Batwoman!
Leszbikus Batwoman

Am I the only person in the world who thinks that Batdyke is a fucking fantastic idea?

Current Mood: Amused

Lesbian wears cape: news at 11

DC newest Batwoman is a lesbian.

Batwoman Named in New York Times (New DC Comics Heroine "a Buxom Lipstick Lesbian")

Batwoman Begins

HURT COMICS: Batwoman: "...these are comics for all ages..."
Batwoman's other secret identity turns heads

First look at Batwoman's Ass

Ahhh!!! Lesbian Zombies!!

Holy Spoiler, Batwoman!

Batwoman's a Lesbian now?

Batwoman and DC Comics in Media Spotlight

Peej is a DCU lipstick lesbian too! Where's HER New York Times article?

Lesbian Superhero Takes Gotham

What A Girl Wants # 30 / Lesbian Batwoman?

Batwoman and General
Comicky goodness...

General
I've just accidentally come out at work.

Battlestar Galactica #0

As promised, Baroness goodness. (Comments)

Kryptonite Bites

Cheap Shilling Machine Go!

Girls Have It Tough

Wonder Woman, E3, and Geek Culture

Breaking down “Event” comics, Part One: Identity Crisis #1-7; or, why you should always stop one issue short of your goal!

Now it's time to Really Save Manhunter

June 3rd

Weekly Women's Geek-Out #3

Why Questionable Facts Go Unchallenged

Abadazad: The Road To Inconceivable

Wonder Woman brings up problems with E3’s dress code

Who Do I Want *MY* Daughter to be...

Manhunter: a tale of grass roots and second chances


G.I. Joe
Ranting...

Previous Entry Add to memories! Next Entry
Double standards?!?!

Lady Jaye Rant

I know it's petty...


X-Men 3: The Last Stand
X-Men III

X-MEN: THE LAST STAND

More on X-Men (no spoilers here, spoilers in links)

Halle Berry Likes Kinky Mutant SeX

What I Learned from X3...


Erik Larsen
Willing to Concede?

I left my pants at home...

With apologies to every great person I've ever commissioned...

Erik Larsen's reply to my previous email/post...


Batwoman
CNN Poll: Should the sexual preferences of comic strip superheroes remain a secret?

5.2 About 52

(The New) Batwoman

Comic Book Guys Are Stupid

Mundane secrets revealed!

Shadowing the Batwoman


Oh, and girl-wonder.org is up and running
Trina Robbins paper

Stephanie Brown

Another Women in Comics Link

6-3-06

A Child in Budapest

Disaster Averted!

Hope Larsen Goes to Simon & Schuster

Pretty Ladies

--Larsen Reactions--

It's stuff like this that makes me want to quit comics and the blogging thereof

Surreal Larsen

--Batwoman--
752: Batwoman Comes Back

Batwoman

Bat Woman!!!

batwoman!...comes...out...?

Batwoman Comes Out!

BATWOMAN is topic of the day

Holy Rainbows, to the sauna Batgirl!

On the Trail of Batwoman (Again)

The return of Batwoman, and her girlfriends

The Well-Heeled Lesbian

Wonder "Woman" & Bat"woman": Most Chick Superheroes are Masculine in Comics

Larsen Speaks

More nonsense. (I swear, that's his first line, and not an editorial comment from anyone here)

June 2nd

The survey says


X-Men:

312 Days of Comics: Storm!

Six Toes

Show #29 - May 26
00:19:23 -- Women in X-3
01:09:50 -- 3 words for the Image Boards


Wonder Woman:

Wonder Woman's Super Powers No Match for E3 Security

E306: The Wonder Woman Interview

S&M, the polygraph, and Wonder Woman

Re-Launching Wonder Woman

I'm afraid of my comment threads...


Batwoman:

I just got hit with a Clue Bat

Oh, and, like, Wonder Woman WASN'T????

This Doesn't Stay on Topic

For the Record: I'm Sorry

Broke-Batwoman Beats Crime, Ex-Girlfriend

It’s like Santa got the letters I was sending to Penthouse

Alex Ross: Giving Batwoman Her Look

Yes, I know that's the brand name. Let me have my fun.

Teh funny...

Linkage

Kathy and Diana, sitting in a tree...

Dear Internet

I am OUTRAGED!

Ten Advantages to Being a Buxom Lipstick Lesbian in the DC Universe


Get Your Own Damn Character

May 31/June 1

Big Barda

Chaykin-itis

What I Want in Comics #1

What I Want in Comics #2

The Sensational Character Find of 2006

Full Metal Women


X-Men Movie Reviews:
My (Short) Take on X-Men 3

X-Men 3: The Last Stand

X-Men 3: The Last Stand

Couldn't Stand It.

Who will you stand with?


Batwoman Reactions (Mainstream Feminism got a look at her yesterday)
Batwoman returns as a lesbian

Let’s make marginal characters into minorities to seem diverse!

New Batwoman is lesbian crime-fighter

U.K. gay group criticizes lesbian Batwoman

PC is Killing Comics

New Batwoman is tall, gay

On the trail of the Batwoman

New Batch!

Batwoman Begins (Again)

Batwoman Beyond

BSG Comic, expectations, and proportions

Cool Things About the Lesbian Batwoman!

Girls Rule

Monday Misogyny

Supersize our Tragedies

X-Men: The Last Stand

May 29th

A tall story
Some shop notes
An example of favoratism and double-standardizing (He spelled it this way)
Challenging Assumptions: The Savage She-Hulk and Me
A Matter of Professional Courtesy

CPM Manga: BANKRUPT?

Batwoman
Hmm...
A new Batwoman in a more diverse world of heroes
Dan Didio talks more about the Batwoman with the too-long cape:
Batwoman Beyond

X-Men: The Last Stand opinions, Spoiler warnings apply.
Is X3 Anti-Feminist? (spoilers, obviously) (Some really interesting debate on writer responsibility starts on this page, at Post #148)
X-Men 3, Post 1
X-Men: The Last Stand
Stuff.
X-Men: The Last Stand
X-Men: The Last Stand (Same post as directly above, different community and comments)
Sisters Arguing about X-Men III and the Dark Phoenix Saga

A Very Bat-heavy crop!

DC This Week: Catwoman #55, Birds of Prey #94, Supergirl & the LSH #18, Justice League Unlimited #20
--
52 has a misstep?

Batwoman

Batwoman Spoilers

I mean...minorities? ACCEPTABLE!

So, the new Batwoman is gay

That Sound You Hear Is a Fanboy's Head Exploding

--Announcements like this have been popping up on livejournal, creating a bit of a stir.

Babs and Dick love :)

"Cripple" my ass

Shipwars and Misogyny in Comics Fandom

5-27

She Draws Comics vs. Masters of American Comics

Drawing Women

It's not exploitation, it's appreciation

--X-Men 3 Related--Contains Spoilers--

X-Men: The Last Stand

May 26th

Women and Comics: A survey

Erik you got some explaning to do!

And now, a rant?

Leave MJ alone

Isn't She From Krypton? II

"I Read Comics" (Read the Comments)

Further considering WiR

New Fan Fatale Topic: Poison Ivy. Toxic Kiss.

Weekly Women's Geek-Out #2

May 25th

She-Hulk

SHE DRAWS COMICS links

Ladies Who Punch

In the comics you must stay dead ... at least a while

Our Own Superhero: A Matter of Pryde

Fug. LEE.

I Shoulda Known Better

(Untitled)

Crop for Today

Gender and racial stereotypes in daily newspaper comics: a time-honored tradition?
--A mini study done by Stephanie

Genderbending and other verbs

Graphic Novels: "The Push Man" by Yoshihiro Tatsumi and "Cinema Panopticum" by Thomas Ott

New Li'l Mell!

News Flash! Real Men Are Cowboys! Who Drive Cars! And Use Cell Phones! Laugh, Dammit!

Random Fun-Hentai Reviews (Tangential: more anime than manga related)

She Draws @ MoCCA

The Adventures of Carrie Giver

Women in Comics

May 23rd

Character Concept- Shadowcat (NOT SAFE FOR WORK) (I'm serious here)

Character Concept- Sparks Will Fly (Not Safe for Work)

DC in trademark tussle with real life superheroine

She Draws Comics

Supergirl Action Figure

Because Sometimes Its so Easy You Don't Even Have to Work at It

Item for the day - perspective

Smash

The Last Story of Katma Tui (Large Images)

Rant

5-23

Humor and Missed Opportunities

Mere Paas Supremo Hai!

Watch Powerful Heroines Humiliated like Never Before
--Repeat after me: "We are all individuals..."

What is a Harem Comedy?

X-Meta : An Outsider's Guide to Symbolism in Superhero Cinema (wonder woman mention)

Yaoi on the Down Low

May 22nd

Comics and Raped Men

Ask Your Local Girl!

Regarding Anne Cleveland...

A Character that Annoyed the Hell Out of Me

Heidi Mac's WOMEN OF COMICS Keynote Speech (This link is a bit funky)

Monday Misogyny

Tuesday Sexism


Sexism in Superhero Comics

The Next Scummy Comic Publisher

More on Sexism Reflections


Women and Comics

Geeks


Pink Section

May 21

Show #28 - May 21
00:52 What Women Want
41:24 Women who Blog about Comics

Women, Comics, Biases, and Ramblings

Anti-Women Bias in Comics

The dumbest thing I've read in a while...

Nerd Memories: Rumblers, Let's Get Rumblin'
Diva says: FUCK YOU!

From the fabulous kemayo (Commentary)

Bosworthian Blues
THERE. THAT'S IT RIGHT THERE.

Giraffe Supergirl

What would comic books covers look like if . . .

Marvel Adventures: The Avengers #1"

And watch your comments, there seems to be a Spammer targetting our links. Marionnette investigates in Idiot Spam Monkey at Work

New Batch!

Absolute Power Only Corrupts Powerful Women Absolutely?

Comics History Factoid: Comics and Film, the Unholy Union

Gift of Ammunition

HURT COMICS: Words Almost Fail Me...Almost

I am a Neverending Font of Crap

Is is just me, or is this sleazy? It can't just be me, can it?

Like A Housewife Scorned

Love More Comics
--

Shoujo Ai and Yuri

The Deal with Moe

May 20th

The gross mistreatment of women in comics

Superhero Comic Sexism -- A Futile Fight?

Batman's Double Standards

Weekly Women's Geek-Out #1

5-19 continued

Comic Books and Women?

Erasing Cain

It's All Your Fault

Oh well. Guess I'll just have to take back what I said earlier...

The Problem with Charles Brownstein

She Draws Comics

Superhero

Taki Soma, Woman of Valor

The Beat Speaks

They Used To Be Called Tijuana Bibles, But I Guess That Was Before NAFTA

Women in Comics: Who is Anne Cleveland

Women of Comics: Keynote Speech

(Because two of these just couldn't wait)

When You Speak Up...

52 and Undergarments

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women who read comics

I went looking for reactions to All Star Batman & Robin #4, but I found this instead. (For the Commentary)

May 19th

She-Hulk #7

Gender Equity in Media

OH! COME ON!

Batman raised a Cain

(Untitled)

Women and Comics

ASBAR smells like tinkle

My Contribution to the Moe Fetish Discussion

Oh Look, Wolverine Guest-Stars in This Comic...

Image Comics for August

The final Loebotomy/Cir-El's Last Stand

Not a Thing, Slott

LINK: It's Good to Have Influential Friends

Y? Because it's good...

Is it just me...

Female Characters

(Hey, could somebody with MySpace do me a favor and message the owners of these MySpace blogs that they're linked here?)

5-17

Comic Book Anatomy

Follow-Up Wonder Woman Article

Ten Queeries with Allan Heinberg

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National Touring Exhibition at CSU, Chico — “Shojo Manga! Girl Power!” — Explores Phenomenom of Japanese Girls’ Comics

Self-professed ‘moerer’ rips into ‘real otaku’ fetish fakers

May 16th

For My Own Curiosity

Women of Comics Make Movies

Then, there is

Webcomics, Manga and Moe

--Independent/Webcomics--
I would like to think that I respect women

--Manga--
Josei Manga

Video Killed the Comicbook Star

--Moe Culture--

A translated article centering on Mimei Sakamoto has made some controversy:
Self-professed 'real otaku' rips into 'moe' fetish fakers

Reactions/Related:

A different perspective on Japan's "Otaku Boom"

A Female Mangaka Claiming to be a True Otaku Rips on Otaku Culture

All Hail the Otaku Queen

(Tangentially Related to AHtOQ:

PR Wars

Moe Wank (mostly comment discussion)

Moetry for You

More Mimei Sakamoto

My Response to DMP)

NEWS: Mainstream Moe Raises Artist's Ire (forum post)

Say No to Moe(mostly comment discussion)

Weekend Rollup - May 13-14

Even More May 15th

Green Lantern Corps #3 (Starts with Post #21, and #25)

Shortly After Monday Misogyny

Advice

Marrow

So, do I lose my membership for this?

More for May 15th

Lost and Forgotten

Monday Rant

She Hulk #7... Anyone read it? (And Dan Slott's reply on this thread)

14 May 2006 (The She-Hulk Review)

She-Hulk #7 Review


New Comics 5/10 (Another She-Hulk review)

Pleasing the Fans (Most discussion in the comments)

May 15th

And he's hot, too...

I'm sure nobody actually cares about this, but I'm disclaiming for my own peace of mind

Ron, About Jenny (Doesn't get cooking until Post #31)

May Fourteenth

The list of girls in fridges

Comic Makers, Episode 15
01:14:05 -- Erik Larsen

She-Hulk #7: Not fun at all.

Misogyny In Comics II: The Return of Cheescake, Sexism, Male chauvinism etc at its best

Vagina Monologue

Why I Hate Comic Book Stores

Mother's Day Links

The 2006 Mama-Thon Kick-off Post

Yo Mama

Mama-Thon!

Representing Mom's Of The Costumed Sect Everywhere

Mama-Thon -- The Red Tornado

Mama-Thon -- Mama Reyes

Mama-Thon -- Catwoman and Child

A John Byrne Mother's Day

A Mother's Day Poem Upon Reading Avengers

Big Monkey Comics: The Mother of All Comic Book Mothers

Because I Know You Read This, Ma...

Mother's Day With Martha Wayne

DC's Greatest Mother

Kate Spencer and the Mama-Thon Recap

Mother's Day: Enter -- the Matriarch

Atom Heart Mother

Sunday Morning Brunch Bash

A Friend Told Me About This

Beau Smith writes Good Women

Catwoman

Comic Books, the Tool of Satan

Even Robins.net

She Draws Comics:
100 Years of America's Women Cartoonists

So Here's Some More Thoughts

The Complete Wynonna Earp

This Afternoon

This is Not A Series of Essays About Power Girl (I) - Seriously, It's Not About Power Girl...

Why, generally speaking, I hate comics

Woman in the Comic Store

You Say Feminism Like It's A Bad Thing

Saturday the Thirteenth, Part II

Comic Books and Gender Differences (Very Old)

More on the Taki Soma Sexual Harrashment Case (A Week Old)

Fighting Bad Art with Ridicule


Poor Erik Larsen...

Not one, but two celebrities need to shut up!


So, What's With All the Feminist Posts Lately?

Mad about Erik

And now, a few responses to Mr. Larsen's Column:

Image Forums: One Fan's Opinion (5/12/06)

Tit-Check!!

I'm not going to discuss it, but I'd just like to let you know that Erik Larsen is VERY disappointed in all of you.

Shut Up, Erik Larsen

Out of context comic book creator quote of the day

May 13th

Kliche`

[girl-wonder.org] Recruitment Drive!

And, having just said I'd be posting stuff to the community in future...

Superman, and the parts that really matter

Beware the Super Ex-Girlfriend!

What If Male Characters Were Sexually Objectified In Comics As Much As Females?

I've been quoted?

Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #50! (Urban Legend #3)

Feelin' Venomous

Just thinking aloud...

Manga creator lashes out at 'moe' fetishists

Women Don't Like X-Men

Entering Rabid Feminist Mode in 3 ... 2 ...

An Important Message from the American Bar Association.

The Return of Mr. Larsen

One Fan's Opinion: For the Sake of Argument

May 12

Diana Explains it All

In the Neighborhood

Lords of Avalon Coming This Fall

What Annalisa Wants

Welcome, and Frank Miller is an Asshat (Old)

And, finally, someone was nice enough to create a syndicated livejournal feed for When Fangirls Attack, in case it helps anybody.

5/11/06

FemiNazi Justice League of One

Integrity

let's talk about feminism and self-censorship

Lies, Damn Lies, et cetera
--'Cooties' is totally a technical term now

Notes from Offline

OI, GIRLWONDER>ORG PEOPLES

She Hulk #7 Review

Shoujo Drama and You

Supergirl

Up Up and...ah fuck it(Tangential)

Wonder Woman: A Pop-Up Book

Women of the DC Universe

May Tenth

(I should have known it would take Green Lantern's butt to get mainstream women talking about comics!)
Superheroes Get Ornery
Objectify This
Sacks of the Icons
Styrofoam Tits


[Girl-Wonder] Make Some Noise!
[girl-wonder] Why yes, I am at the internet cafe before work again


Isn't She From Krypton, Too?

Don't Step in the Meta-Text (On Rape as a plot point)

Some for Today:

Adventures in Comics Feminism: The Taki Soma story

Helping Comic Book Geeks Understand Objectification (interesting comment discussion).

In the Comics World There's a Whole Lot of Uproar...

My Top 15 Female Comic Characters Today

Phantom Lady! And the Black Condor home game!

There is some cheese and some old mustard in *my* fridge. That's about it. I'm a gourmet, obviously.
--Female Victims, Veronica Mars S1 Finale

Thought Balloons 18

Writing Wrongs

5-8-06

attention everyone! (and the world will feel the fire and finally know)

Lost Girls

Comics 4

Comic Book Sweethearts

In which Mary re-reads War Games so you don't have to

Boobs, Boobs, Boobs

At Big Monkey Comics: What do YOU Want from Batwoman

Early May Eighth

One Fan's Opinion, Cinco De May (5/6) (Larsen's feedback to the feedback)

Power Girl: You Be the Judge!

Show #26 - May 6
04:20 -- Taki Soma, Retribution
06:20 -- Totally Appropriate Covers
33:39 -- Female Costumes in Superman: Secret Identity
41:58 -- Erik Larsen


Comic Makers Crossover!
09:25 -- Female Characters in Love and Rockets
14:30 -- Rape in Love and Rockets
16:30? -- Licha

May Seventh

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

Bam! Pow! Comics Aren't Just For *Boys* Anymore!

In Which Dorian is Cynical (What A Surprise...)

You Know...

Two Women Discuss Food and Fashion

Fangirl Rampage #9—Jann Jones

"Mid-Ohiogate" -- Yeah We Lost Our "Rosa Parks" Moment But I'm Over It

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Comic Makers Episode #14
3:58 -- "Lene does no speak for the entire Female Population"
7:35 -- Alienating Female Readers
-- 10:10 -- Naked Characters
-- 12:30 -- Rape
-- 15:30 -- Wonder Woman origin, Silver Age Marvel Women
-- 16:34 -- Legion of SuperHeroes Women
-- 17:15 -- Taki Soma
-- 21:25 -- Being expected to represent your entire demographic
-- 24:30 -- Women Creators under Scrutiny, Devin Grayson
-- 25:25 -- Christina Z, Women Creators' Appearances
44:45 -- Comics that may as well be Porn
47:35 -- Swayback Effect

A Superhero Sampler:

Random Thoughts

So How the Hell Did *I* Become A Jade-Defender?!

Phantom Lady Breastrospective

Blasts from the Past:

OMW: Golden Girl
OMW: Witch-Woman
OMW: Val de La Fontaine
OMW: Miss Locke
OMW: Isis
Sex in the Original Marvel Universe
OMU: Scarlet Witch -- Part One
OMU: Scarlet Witch -- Part Two
OMU: Scarlet Witch -- Part Three

May Sixth

One Fan's Opinion

A Short Note to a Stupid Columnist

It's Beauty/Ugly Day!

One Fan's Opinions Are Like...

Conspiracy Theory #129

Wonder Woman Preview Art

A Very Unpopular Opinion

Invisible Girl is Worthless

Peter Parker Hit the Jackpot

Not Much More to Say

Friday the Fifth

Ouran High School Host Club

Blood And
--

Peek-A-Boo Body Armor

Girls and Green Lantern in Infinite Crisis

Just you try to hold me down, come on, try to shut me up

ahh girl hair...neat I'm a pink haired elvis!

Girl-Wonder.org

Newsflash: Women Read Superhero Comics

Stupid Comics

Comic Book Day and a Mother's Day surprise

Sorry god, but I'm not shaving my legs!

Who is Linda Danvers?

it's a lulu

Mandy, Bunty and Friends

Why I hate Supergirl
--

As a comics reader, I am legally obligated to comment on this

Whats a grope between friends? (More thoughts on the CBLDF)

May 3rd, Continued

MAKE COMICS: Women Webcomicker Grant NAN

This Cannot Get Buried


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Got a Laugh Out of This

An Exercise in Egotism 2.1: Continuing Ideas for Jade

Invisible Girl is Worthless: Prelude #3

Invisible Girl is Worthless: Prelude

Doomstruck

Mad at Joe Q

Focus on Women Please--An Update on the Activision Focus Group

Gabrielle Bell

The Preferable Pirate

May 3rd

Mid-Ohio-gate: Act III
The Soma Case: Part the Second

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Women in comics con-troversy-- CORRECTED

HURT COMICS: San Diego Rantifesto: Gail Simone Responds

HURT COMICS: San Diego Rantifesto, Jackie Estrada Responds

More Scandal

WE ARE CALLING THIS RASHOHIOMON NOW

Analyzing the Alleged Med Ohio Assault

More on the Mid-Ohio Con assault case

Everybody Loves a Scandal

Hot Water in Toronto (Second Story)

The Court of Public Opinion

San Diego Sexism?

Brownstein's Response

5-2-06

The Lack of Visible Women and the Need for Support

HURT COMICS: San Diego Rantifesto

All Pretty and Petite, So Don't Let Me Have Any Rights

--
New developments with Ms. Soma's assault scandal:

Naming Names

More History on the Sexism Scandal

Sex Scandal Involving CBLDF's Charles Brownstein Leads to Women's Empowerment Fund from The Comics Journal #276

Alleged Perpetrator Named in Midohio Con Sexual Assault Scandal

Sex Scandal Involving CBLDF's Charles Brownstein Leads to Women's Empowerment Fund

April 30th

"Revolt of the Girl Legionnaires"

Donna Troy vs. Wonder Girl

Invisible Girl is Worthless: Prelude #2

All-Star Superman #2 & 3

Nobody writes 'em like they used to, so it may as well be me

Supersonic Ladies on a Leash

Making Assumptions

Doomed Before the First Issue Shipped"

More for You:

Belkis Ayón, 1967-1999

Hypocrisy at Half Price

Live Blogging from Toronto
Max and Lily

Visual Gender Differences in Superhero Comics

That's the Way the Cookie Crumbles...

4-28-06

Behind the Comics: Cover Alert

Dan Jacobson: Comic Feminist Rock Star

Hi no Matsuei (Daughters of the Sun)

I'm Assuming Alan Moore Doesn't Play Dice, Either

Michelle Pfeiffer as "Catwoman" in "Batman Returns" (Tim Burton, 1992)

My Genitalia has nothing to do with being a geek

New Comics Draw on Female Strength

Ranty McRant: Romantic? How about abusive?

Sexual Harassment and You, the Ferris Aircraft Employee

Shonen vs Shojo and Titles

The Mother of All Superheroes

Why I'll never get a job at Marvel comics

Some more:

Wow...

If Male Heroes Were Sex Objects

An Exercise in Egotism 2: What to do with Jade

My First Comic

For When One Standard Just Won't Do

For Today:

Big Blue X-Men Villain Now

Fears Allayed

If Male Heroes Were Sex Objects (most of the discussion is in the comments)

Irony Can Be So Ironic: Comic books, sexual harassment, and a weirdly inappropriate prize.

Kara Zor-L

Move Over Neil Gaiman

Ok, I'm Feeling More Myself Tonight

Optic Nerve 10

Recent Movies (Scroll Down to V for Vendetta)

Some Quick Thoughts

Spider-Girl News

the ever-lovin' brown-eyed Dichroic on a swingin' comix tear

Some more:

Cherchez La Femme

Review: Promethea

Masters of American Comics

A sprinkling more...

Woman or Wonder?

Miss Reba in Comics

The Highly Disturbing Love-Life of Kara Zor-El

Wonder Woman's ass and Green Lantern's package

4-21-06

Fund Criteria and Update

Sexism in Comics

This would have been easier if I could draw

pornography and fandom

Cartoonist adds life to series of books for teen girls

Brad Meltzer Comics Make Baby Jesus Cry

So My Current Tirade is About Manga

Saikano Vol. 7 Review

This may be only mildly related but: here is one graphic novel creator's views on women and feminism.

A few more...

Peaceful Canadians Brace for Hurricane Beat
2006 Women Writers Conference includes Graphic Novel Quorum this weekend

Toronto Celebrates Women of Comics

Ramona Fradon

4-18-06

More on Women in Nerditry

Lily Lau

SIGH

I love Lois

So What Do I Mean By That?
Random Musings: Power Girl and Body Image

4-16-06

Violet Miranda: Girl Pirate #1-2

Taki Soma

Wolverine, A Sexist Pig [Updated]

Yaoi, What's the Draw?

A Sprinkling More...

Artesia (Series)

Supergirl Part II

All the Virtues of Femininity, None of the Vices

Saturday's crop

More about the proposed empowerment fund

The Bat Segundo Show #33 (podcast)

The Girl Behind GirlAMatic

Kick-Ass Queer Women in Comics

A Blast from the Past: She's Got Her Own Thing Now

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Oh, and a quick announcement, Ragnell is going to be out of town for a while, and basically incommunicado. So if you guys have any submissions/recommendations/comments or critiques regarding WFA please send them my way instead at either r_nyalveis@hotmail.com or kalinara@gmail.com

Thanks,
-Kalinara

A Fresh Batch:

Man-haiting lesbo dyke feminist

Dykes to Watch Out For

Be A Man

The Gamines love Gaiman


Blast from the past:

Y the Last Man 1

Manga-Related:

Rant #674289

Relating to Ms. Soma's experience:

Since Most of the People on my Friends list are...

Silly Site of the Day

Sexual Assault

April 12th

The Beauty of Rough Edges: The Women of The Spirit

Personal Archive, I: Wait, They Did What?

The Cliche Writers Can't Refuse

On Taki Soma and the Friends of Lulu:
Hold the phone...

Sexual assault at 2005 Mid-Ohio-Con

The most powerful woman in comics

The Rest of the Story (sort of)

somebody needs an ass whoopin'...

So, what's it all about then?

Oh Ronee, that's not bullshit...

An ill-publicized addendum to the recent infamous boobhonkery

Forest, Trees and Taki Soma

Friends of Lulu Empowerment Fund to debut at CAPE

Chivalry

April 11th

The Appeal of Red Sonja, Courtesy of Beverly Hills 90210, Lisa Simpson’s Bad Boy Crush, and the Taming of the Hottie

More on Taki Soma:
Friends of Lulu: Empowerment Fund
The FOL Empowerment Fund
If I do you a favor... you owe me a grope.
Assault, Women, and Comic Books



Taki's Story

Perv-Or-Not

You Think the Eisners Got Me All Worked Up?

Reasons I'm Not Discussing Taki Soma

What Makes a Real Man?

Call for Donations; Also, Thoughts About the Club

Fight! Heidi Vs. Spurge

News

The Rest Of the Story!

Linking to Her:
Oh, Adam West Batman, I wish I knew how to quit you. (Where I found it)
Drop the Bomb: Taki Soma
Friends of Lulu Empowerment Fund
Friends of Lulu
fringe element (2)
Taki Soma Rocks
*stabbity*
Taki Soma is a woman with courage
Assault is assault, no matter who performs it

April 10th

The Spectre is a Jackass

Power Girl's Phantom Pregnancy

It's Too Early In The Day For This Much Misogyny

Reginald Hudlin Article

Kick ass, Lois

A Quick Sweep:

A Sex-Skewed Look at JSA #26 and #27

The Star Sapphire Tutorial
The Flash is Starting to Scare Me

No Girls Allowed?

Friends of Lulu Establishes AWESOME New Fund
Friends of Lulu Fund: Who Wants to Donate?

4-5-06

Ragnell's hosted the 12th Carnival of Feminists so everyone go and read!

Other stuff:

Why oh why?

Batgirl: Librarian and Super-hero

Comic rec - Y: The Last Man

You, Too, Could Look Like This

girls love boys...comics?

Men *Never* Sacrifice the Sluts: The Virgin/Whore Dichotomy in Comics

Batch!

While Reading This Wonderful Post, I

Manarval Comics
Action Adventure Redheads

Aurora: Building Sociopaths with No Glue Needed

Queen for a Day

Obscuring the Male Gaze

Is She or Isn't he?

Marvel/Panini team; so do Claremont/Manara

Posture Perfect

Fan What?

An Autonomous Character OYL

Selina Kyle, OYL

Neat Link

Few more:

The Fear

Just for fun a little info on Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman: Penguin Stumblings

29 March

I Read Comics: Show 23 (Podcast, 35:50 -- Women in Comic Book Stores)

Quien es Macho? Siryn es Macho!

SWEET BOOBIE JESUS

Second Call to the Carnival of Feminists (wherein I just ask for trouble, and will therefore get a less interesting commentary)

Enjoy!

comics

I was asked to join a panel at I-CON,

Life Imitating Archie (Archie Imitating Life?)

The Meaning of Supergirl

Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed 43 (in the comments)

Nagging Thought About Continuity in General and Identity Crisis in Particular

Y?

March 24th

Fanboy Rampage Korner: most disturbing comics message board thread maybe ever

Teen Titans Annual: **SPOILER** Rant

Ha! Classic Villainy!


And I'm happy to announce that the commentary on this picture has given me an excuse to link the submissions call for 12th Carnival of Feminists here. Thanks, Tekanji!

March 23

Youngblood Goes Hentai

Supergirl, Paragon of Feminism

Great Hera

Superboy's Transgendered Experience

A Few More:

V for Vendetta

Jessica Abel, II

Manga Pricing By Sex

Healthy Batch:

Musing on Heroic Deaths

Reader Review: Girls

Wow, Heidi Can't Read

Comic Book Heroines

Favorite Female DCU Characters

More Websnark ridiculousness: Webcomics blogging about tits


She Draws Comics exhibit to Open at MOCCA

New Strip! Isn't it just like a Woman?

Alison Bechdel's comic strip insight

Who Watches the Watchwomen

March 17th

FUCK COMICS: The One with Alan Moore

Playboy Rocks

Today

Jessica Abel, I

E Wein - Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy -- Call For Contributors

Is Viz Sexist?

It's Tough Being A Girl...er, so I've heard (near the top)

March 14th

Down and Out and Over the Top in Sin City

The Other Iron Triangle

More to Peruse:

DC Romance Comics: Knowing What Women Want

Thinkin' Too Much: WiR

My Vision of the Future: Comics & Graphic Novels

Sparks, An Urban Fairytale

Monday the Thirteenth

It Wasn't the Storm That Did the Damage, it Was the Water

"and death I think is no parenthesis"

Bad Girls 4ever!!

Genius Covers Sunday

A sprinkling:

Japanese Comics With Gay Themes Attracting Young Female Readers

A Man of Diverse Talents

Choices and Decisions: Doing a Feminist Research Project

March Eleventh

Blog Against Sexism Day (Reposted due to my screwing up the link)

Do me a favor...

Stealth Feminism

Punching Reality

Fuck, Marry, Kill. Fuck! Marry! Kill! FUCK! MARRY! KILL!

The New Scandal

No Girls Allowed Awards

Discussion Question Time, kids!

The rest of the Eighth (and some earlier)

Blog Against Sexism: Sor Juana, 1651?-1695

Blog Against Sexism Day

On Sexism, Part II

Blog Against Sexism Day, 3/8/2006

Legends Of Bronze - Ms. Marvel

Update on the Whole Meltzer Rape Thing I Am Always Yammering On About

What's in a Name?

Steve Trevor - R.I.P.

Today's Batch:

And Then There's the Girl: "Women Characters" vs. "Characters that are Women"

Where's My Adolescent Power Fantasy

Forum Topic:Who is DC's Smartest Female?

Thank Goodness They're Hot

Rina Piccolo, others, to attend Toronto Comicon

Women and Sexism in American and Japanese Comics

Bloggy McBlogLink

Two more

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

Not All Female Comic Readers Like Sandman...

What I Found Tonight

Wonder Woman: Truth and Trinity
Thoughts (The Jonah Hex #4 review)

SPOILERS ABOUND: All-Star Superman #2 (DC Comics)
SPOILERS ABOUND: JSA #82 (DC Comics)

(From January 18th, 2006)
Show #19 of "I Read Comics"
19:20 -- Y: The Last Man (Entire rant applies)
45:00 -- Casual Sexism in the Comics Industry
(and the comments section of the linking blog-post)

(Some older posts, from last year)
Origins
Hooray for Boobies!

A sprinkling more

Marvel and Tamora Pierce

DC Comics Killed my Sense of Political Efficacy

Supergirl's scary bits made safe for public viewing

New Crop!

Web of Romance

Women and Comics at UCLA Hammer Museum (Wednesday, March 8, 2006)

Great Power Greater Irresponsibility

Fat Images in Comics, Popular Art, Part II

'Brokeback Mountain' Might Be Ultimate 'Chick Flick' in Japan, Says Literature Expert

"I Read Comics" Show #22

(It'll take a while to go through all of theses. Here's the most recent one, though)

Show #22
6:00 -- Donna Troy
10:00 -- Female Aliens
44:30 -- Us

March Fourth

Why DO girls like hot boy-on-boy action?

These Are My Words: Five Random Opinions That I Hold About Current "Mainstream" Comics (#4)

Episode 20

I Read Comics: Episode 20

It's a 35:55 minute Podcast link, so here are the on-topic points and their timestamp:

4:22 -- Superman's target audience
18:30 -- Janissa in Conan, Female Costuming
23:05 -- Janissa in Conan, Sexual Assault
29:20 -- Brian K Vaughn's letter about her Y: The Last Man review

March 2nd

Return Of The White Tiger

BREAKING RADIO SILENCE: SOMEONE, THINK OF THE CHILDREN EDITION

Kevin Smith Writes Heroines (More sexual assault commentary)

Take Your (Grand)Daughter To Work (It) Day

Ladies, Are You Embarrassed By Unsightly Arm Flab?

Working for the Planet Must be Fun

Question

Fat Images in Comics, Popular Art

Why Frank Miller is a Fascist Writer

And two related articles:

Comic
It's Sad Isn't It

February 28th

Talk About Mixed Messages

Catwoman and the Moral Ambiguity of Killing

Look closely, for you shall never see its like again.

"I may be a girl but I can still kick your ass."