The battle against sexist sci-fi and fantasy book covers

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Science fiction and fantasy novels routinely portray scantily clad woman on their covers - a device that draws the heterosexual male eye but may turn away women readers. Lynsea Garrison finds one fantasy author aiming to zap gender stereotypes.

Jim Hines straddles the remnants of a defeated alien species (a table), and clasps a pistol (a toy gun)

Comments

[squeeful]

I give you...The Hawkeye Initiative. Aka: replace "strong female character" poses with Clint Barton. The earlier ones are best but still, :-D

[beoweasel]

There's another tumblr that I've seen, which is the opposite of the Hawkeye Initiative, where it takes female characters and puts them in the poses of male heroes.

It's really bad-ass.

[sakuraberries]

omg. What is that Tumblr's name? Because it sounds amazing and I would love to see it.

[alryssa]

Link me? This seems highly relevant to my interests. The Hawkeye Initiative has been amazing.

[beoweasel]

I can't remember the name, but I KNOW I've seen it somewhere.

[caffeine_buzz]

You might be thinking of the Psylocke Collaboration on the Escher Girls tumblr.

[squeeful]

Ooooh, do you have a link?

I think my favorites are Cap-Pin-Up-Merica because 1) dude, star pasties and 2) I like bad puns; and this one because 1) omg 2) Tony's face 3) omg.

ETA: FUCK YOU, HTML!

[lady_borg]

Oh.my.god

Cackling so hard right now.

[shishmish]

Tony's underwear would be so tight like that and see-through, so much so you can see the outline of *ahem* his package.

[ahzuri]

I need to know what this one is because that is also awesome!

[moonecho]

Are you possibly thinking of The Psylocke Collaboration, on Escher Girls? It's not what the whole tumblr's about, but definitely in the same vein of what you're thinking of.

[beoweasel]

Yeah, I think it was the Psylocke Collaboration.

[beoweasel]

[bleakwinters]

WHEEZING

[shishmish]

Hahahahaha! Gotta love gingerhaze and her art ♥

[alryssa]

DEAD