"...more chaos than 50 wars right next to each other."

[blackgarden]

Girls Read Comics (and They're Pissed) is a fantastic read -- an angry and irritated feminist perspective on comics, where there's certainly no shortage of things to be angry and irritated about.

dafnap linked to it last month. And in her journal, Dafna posts reaction to the blog from fanboys whose justification for the leggy, pornfaced sexpots who

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[cinnamonblood]

If I had super powers, I would totally be out fighting crime. More because of anger issues than out of any real sense of wanting to do good. And I'd do it in a sexy-yet-mostly-practical costume.

I'm a feminist, but I can't say women in comics have ever bothered me that much. I'd rather see scantily-clan women than women dressed like Puritans. And men in comics are also drawn unrealistically. How many fan boys actually look like Batman or Cyclops?

I mean, hell, I don't have any right to complain. I first picked up Adam Warren's Dirty Pair when I was thirteen and have been madly in love with it ever since. The whole series is about scantily-clad babes in silver bikinis who run around the galaxy blowing shit up. (I need Kei and Yuri icons, damn it!) Granted, it's way-over-the-top satire, but I guess I'm just as bad as the men by reading it.

As far as how comic book women behave... Well, let's see. The first comic I ever read was X-Men, where the women get to kick just as much ass as the men. The there's Dark Horse Comics' Ghost, who

[wickedprincess3]

The guy that wanted us chicks to be happy cause they haven't taken away our right to vote yet was maybe my favorite. And by "favorite" I mean he made me want to stab everything. OH FANBOYS. ://

[doubtful_salmon]

Boys are so dumb. I don't get how they seem to fail to understand that feminism doesn't mean women will stop having boobs and stop liking men. All feminism isn't also lesbianism, and all lesbianism is not also butchiness.

The point of all this is fucking fuck, if I had superpowers I'd be a crimefighting machine! Or, I'd be an awesome villain, depending on the mood and condition I was in when I got these superpowers.