Feminisms that don't seem feminist enough in Wonder Woman on my dreamwidth

I've had this recurring idea of a story involving an Amazon named Venelia, which was a name Bill Loebs used in "The Contest". So when I saw this (I haven't been keeping up with the movies) I was thrown.


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OK, I have seen the Wonder Woman 1984 trailer now, twice; and I do not know which Cheetah that is (but I assume it is a Cheetah because of a promo image someone linked on scans_daily) nor how they brought back Steve ( Read more... )

Rassin' frassin' freakin' Amazons.

For years, the Amazons in my head have called each other variations on "sister" because, well, because of the way Artemis called Diana "little sister" in Artemis: Requiem. Well, yeah, they are a sisterhood, right ( Read more... )

I bought Grant Morrison's Wonder Woman: Earth One in hopes of snarking about it online with bluefall, with whom I deludedly imagine I have some kind of fandom-based friendship.

Yeah. Well, it shows some research, but then so did Phil Jimenez's Wondy run, and we saw how that went. But I hadn't been real pleased with the first volume of Superman: ( Read more... )

Only one comic book today. Starfire #7. And I just realized that some of the scenes are flashbacks, and that's why they don't make sense in sequence. I'm really stupid. I guess I should go back and re-read ( Read more... )

So, the latest Starfire. (That's #5.)

Kory, canonically, from like her first appearance, has the ability to learn a language by kissing (because Marv Wolfman was a perv wacky like that).

So in the latest issue, the writers remember that, and instead of just ignoring it in embarrassment, decide to use it. She kisses a porpoise dolphin and learns ( Read more... )

My response (could probably be better) to this piece: https://themiddlespaces.wordpress.com/2015/03/31/humanity-not-included/Read more... )

Here's the link: http://www.themarysue.com/wonder-woman-36/Read more... )

I probably should make notes of when I bought particular comics, if only for my own reference.

I went to the comic shop today to drop off an order from Diamond Previews.

I looked around the racks. Captain America and the Mighty Avengers #1 is out, but I am avoiding SIXIS, so nope. (Yes, I know it's meant to be AXIS ( Read more... )