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Supergirls Gone Wild: Gender Bias In Comics Shortchanges Superwomen

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King_of_Batch-migration

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Supergirls Gone Wild: Gender Bias In Comics Shortchanges Superwomen

 

An article in Mother Jones (magazine) by By Charlie Anders, July 30, 2007

 

http://www.motherjones.com/arts/feature/2007/07/supergirls_gone_wild.html

 

Charlie Anders is coeditor of

"She's Such a Geek: Women Write About Science, Technology and Other Nerdy Stuff".

 

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"Women in Refrigerators"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_Refrigerators

 

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"Girls Read Comics (And They're Pissed)."

http://girl-wonder.org/girlsreadcomics/?p=21

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Supergirls Gone Wild: Gender Bias In Comics Shortchanges Superwomen

 

An article in Mother Jones (magazine) by By Charlie Anders, July 30, 2007

 

http://www.motherjones.com/arts/feature/2007/07/supergirls_gone_wild.html

 

Charlie Anders is coeditor of

"She's Such a Geek: Women Write About Science, Technology and Other Nerdy Stuff".

 

Thanks. Interesting link.

 

"...batman needed a new Robin. His previous protégé had quit after his dad found out his teenage son was sneaking off to wear green tights. Then, in May 2004, a 16-year-old named Stephanie Brown stepped into comic-book history as Bruce Wayne's first female sidekick. When the caped crusader told her she got the job, she jumped in the air and shouted, "This is so totally cool!"

 

Stephanie's 71-day tenure as the Girl Wonder started off well. Drawn in a fun, Powerpuff Girls style, she trained hard, and even saved her mentor from a serial killer. But then, in a series of unfortunate events, Batman canned her, she accidentally set off a Gotham City gang war, and finally fell into the hands of a skull-faced villain called Black Mask, who tortured her to death with a power drill."

 

Whaatt?

I am so out of modern comics that I've never heard of this character or plotline. Yuk.

A very quick search says that Brown was already around since 1992 as Spoiler.

 

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Tecnically, wouldn't Stephanie be the SECOND female Robin given we had Carrie in Dark Knight Returns?

 

my first thought as well..............

 

that last site is quite interesting - lots of by girl comic fans............some of those quotes about girls' reactions to comic heroines are quite interesting and some downright scary............

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"Women in Refrigerators"

I just checked.

None in mine... :sorry:

 

No chicksickle in my frig either. :o

So sad.

 

I have a couple of different ones in my freezer that I thaw out on occasion when the mood strikes me.

 

 

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"Women in Refrigerators"

I just checked.

None in mine... :sorry:

 

No chicksickle in my frig either. :o

So sad.

 

I have a couple of different ones in my freezer that I thaw out on occasion when the mood strikes me.

 

 

Artboy99

 

:o:o:o

 

lol

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