Me? I'm just a figment of the imagination, apparently.

Jan 09, 2009 20:29

Posted without comment because my comment would just be a long string of "fuck", "you" and "DOUCHEBAG."

We Don't Need More Female Superheroes

Wishing for more female superhero movies is kind of like longing for more Sex and the City knockoffs with all-male casts. It’ll never work and it’s not because of sexism or Hollywood bias or whatever rabble rousing labels you want to throw on it. It’ll never work simply because men and women have different interests. There’s a reason Wonder Woman is the only noteworthy solo female superhero anyone can name. It’s because men like superheroes, men wish they could be superheroes, and it’s men who see superhero movies and read superhero comic books...

Of course some women actually are interested in superheroes, just as there are guys out there who are really into touchy-feely musicals. Most of them are British, but even here in America you’ll occasionally run into a guy with a twisted love of Mamma Mia!. Sure you’ll see women at Comic Con dressed up as Wonder Woman. But you’ll see a lot more men dressed up as Batman. And unlike those women, none of the guys are being paid by booth owners just to stand around and slut it up. Nothing draws a nerd crowd quite like exposed female skin. There are exceptions to any rule.

Emphasis mine. Sadly I cannot emphasize it with my foot up his ass

hat tip cereta

meta_fandom, meta_comics, gender_politics

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