Tag: gender

Interview with Devin Grayson

The Womanthology blog interviews Devin Grayson, as part of their neat  series of interviews with female comics  creators, “Inside the Creator’s Studio.” Grayson discusses acting and writing, writing game scripts, and writing Dick Grayson in his Nightwing guise.

Womanthology

Womanthology will a massive book showcasing the talent of female comics creators, published by IDW, which means it’s going to be pretty. It’s being funded through Kickstarter and you can still contribute and get some pretty wicked rewards–beyond satisfaction, that is.

Romance Fiction, Romance Fact

Today on “Romance Fiction, Romance Fact,” Linda Holmes takes apart a recent hand-wringing essay in which Susan Quilliam fears for the sexual health of woman who read romance.  “Quilliam discusses a bunch of research, some of which indicates that reading romance novels is correlated with happy relationships, and […]

Catwoman: Hypersexualized

ComicbookGRRRL writes about the history of Catwoman and the hypersexualization of a sexual woman:   “At first glance, the cover of the upcoming Catwoman #1 may not be seen as terribly out of place for a character who is so openly sexual and enjoys revelling in the power she […]

Good-Bye, Oracle–Hello, Batgirl

As part of its massive “reboot,” DC Comics will make Barbara Gordon Batgirl again. This means, though that her 20 year history as Oracle, peerless hacker and information broker with an eidetic memory, leader of The Birds of Prey and one of the few examples of a differently-abled […]