July 2011
Happy Birthday, Gail Simone!
dcwomenkickingass:
I am a big fan of Gail both because of her writing and because of her willingness to try and make comics a better medium for everyone.
This past week she was our “Chick of the Week” on “3 Chicks Review Comics.” Give it a listen to hear why we think Gail is important to comics.
And let’s celebrate the Secret Six way:
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[The Great Perhaps]: The problem I have with... →
poeticallyspeaking13:
The problem I have with feminism is that all too often do they forget about women of color. Sometimes the focus lies too heavily on the American white woman and all she has contributed to the cause of women everywhere and what directly affects them. There’s a certain level of erasure in feminism…
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DC can't find female creators: sign this to help... →
clownyprincess:
wildunicornherd:
idlovetobebardafree:
As of May 25th, 2011 16 women worked for DC’s creative staff . This comming September, that number will be cut back to 2 women.
This week San Deigo ComicCon Dan Didio was asked why more women didn’t work for DC and his answer was “Who should we have hired?”
We, the undersigned, are willing to offer Dan Didio and the rest of DC’s...
“The homophobes do not stop hating us when we go mainstream. Even if every single...”
– Pat Califia, introduction to Doing it for Daddy, from 1994 and still so true. (via ecrivaine)
Was trying to explain this to a trans woman friend who was trying to tell me that all us queer folks need to “clean up our image” in order for people to like us. Sadly, I’ve no idea if I got through or...
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“Fighting racism is really not an issue of people being nice to each other. It...”
– squintyoureyes, on “The Help” (via youarenotyou)
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These two GIFs are meant as a set.
isitis:
a-contrario-gifs:
*SWOONS*
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“Sometimes you can try so hard at something, and still fail. But everytime you...”
– John Cena. (via destinedt0explode)
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Fuck yeah, feminists!: The Cost of Racism →
White people are raised in an environment in which they are regularly assured of their superiority. Their experts are white, like them. And they often live in segregation, thus denying them the opportunity to be exposed to other viewpoints.
What happens in a culture of white supremacy? White people assume that they are the experts. Even in the absence of any history, education or...
Hear about clownyprincess and alfredwithatray...
idginator:
At first I’m all:
Now I’m sitting here all:
While they’re all:
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Light up the night sky: NY Gay Marriage →
dancinggoats:
I am happy for LG people in NY, but here are two responses that sum up my response better than I could.
First, we have bigger fish to fry, like discrimination against our community, particularly transgender individuals: …
