Stick Out Your Chin

destroythemeek:

queenitsy:

pluckyredhead:

kisskicker:

“And the second reason was — during the years that I spent running Walt Disney Studios — I learned about how hard it was to find a fairy tale with a good strong male protagonist. You’ve got your Sleeping Beauties, your Cinderellas and your Alices. But a fairy tale with a male protagonist is very hard to come by. But with the origin story of the Wizard of Oz, here was a fairy tale story with a natural male protagonist. Which is why I knew that this was an idea for a movie that was genuinely worth pursuing.”

—Joe Roth, producer of Oz the Great and Powerful

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRGH

Wow. I might super need to not see this movie because of this.

ALSO THE ICONIC PROTAGONIST OF OZ IS A GIRL, HER NAME IS DOROTHY, FUCK YOU.

OZ WAS A FUCKING CHARLATAN. A HUMBUG. HE HAD NO POWER AND WAS BASICALLY USELESS. ALL THE ACTUAL POWER IN OZ WAS HELD BY WOMEN: THE FOUR FUCKING WITCHES, NOT TO MENTION DOROTHY AND OZMA. WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK.

I’m honestly ashamed that when I saw the first trailers for this movie I thought, “Ooh, pretty!” and wanted to see it.  I don’t know if I didn’t have my critical media consumption hat on, or if I was too dazzled by the CGI and James Franco’s weirdness, or WHAT, but I didn’t think anything of it until someone pointed out the problematic nature of creating a male protagonist out of such a female-centric text.  To see this quote, to know that this was INTENTIONAL, to know that people actually believe that “strong male protagonists” don’t exist and that there are no fairy tales about men (because that’s not EVERY CLASSIC FANTASY QUEST NARRATIVE EVER or anything)… it infuriates me.

You want a fairy tale with strong male protagonists, go watch every single Lord of the Rings and Star Wars movie, JUST AS A START. And leave Oz alone.

It looks visually stunning and I really enjoy all four of the main cast, so I don’t think there’s anything wrong with an “ooh, pretty!” reaction.  It’s super pretty!  (Side note: does Rachel Weisz not age?  Is she a for-real sorceress?  Because she looks AMAZING.)

But yeah, you don’t even have to go outside of the traditional Western (or Western-appropriated) fairy tale canon to find plenty of male protags.  Aladdin!  Peter Pan!  Jack and the Beanstalk!  Jack the Giant-Killer!  Jack and [Insert Four Million Jack Stories Here]!  And when there IS a female protagonist, Disney takes her name out of the title and makes the trailer all about her love interest, *coughRapunzelcough*  Because WHAT ABOUT THE MENZ???

I have no problem with exploring the Wizard’s character more, because his very lack of legit power or integrity makes him pretty interesting.  But not at the expense of the women whose story he is a SIDE CHARACTER in, and not by framing it as some kind of backwards-ass social justice.

dcwomenkickingass:

All the Reasons Comic Book Men is the Worst PR for Comics, EVER

AMC’s Comic Book Men, the “reality” show based around director Kevin Smith’s comic store and staff raised some eyebrows last year when it debuted. A number of folks including myself pointed out how the behavior and language used by a number of the participants reinforce the worst tropes and stereotypes about comics shops.

The owner of the blog BigBardaFree has compiled a reel of the worst of this behavior. The rap that comic book stores get for being the realm of manboys and dudebros who don’t really want woman around (except when sexualized)? This is why. 

Try not to wince.

What the hell is the market for this show?  Are male comic book fans really eager to see themselves relentlessly insulted every week?  Or is it like Big Bang Theory, where the point is mocking nerds so the audience is non-nerds?

P.S. Barda is a selfless hero for slogging through this show enough to make this.

dcwomenkickingass:

There’s a new writer, Michael Alan Nelson, and if you read the interview with Harras/Chase a potentially darker take on Supergirl. They are keeping, it seems, Mahmud Asrar on art. That’s smart because he’s done fantastic work. 

The solicit for this issue includes interaction between the Earth 1 and 2 Kara’s which does interest me. Or scare me. 

Supergirl is dead—Long live Supergirl! Or so it seems as the strange connection between the Karas has Power Girl becoming Supergirl again. 

Also another cover by by Emanuela Lupacchino.

It was nice of Supergirl to contort her body while unconscious/dead so that we could see her rack, pelvis, and ass-cleavage at the same time.  OH WAIT, SHE’S SIXTEEN AND THIS IS GROSS.  (Not that it wouldn’t be gross if she was legal, but her age is the vile cherry on the misogyny sundae.  Which is a shame, because this art is otherwise lovely.)

Also this solicit concerns me.  Nnnnnn.

(Source: newsarama.com)

la-belle-laide:

tehblackbirdincardigans:

Oh, shit.

WHY DOESN’T EVERYONE JUST LISTEN TO JON STEWART? 

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT TIME:

There was an uprising in EVERY SINGLE JEWISH GHETTO before the Jews were moved to the concentration camps.

EVERY SINGLE ONE.

Obviously, they were unsuccessful.  (And hey, dickweasel, AR-15s weren’t around until 1959, so yeah, maybe the Jews could’ve fought back, with MAGICAL FUTURE WEAPONS.  They also probably could’ve spread the word about the genocide that was happening with Twitter, or escaped the camps on magical flying unicorns.  EQUALLY PLAUSIBLE.)  But they DID fight back.  It turns out that Germany had an IMPERIAL ARMY OF STORMTROOPERS, and the Jews were oppressed and impoverished and could barely afford FOOD, let alone GUNS.  A handful of shiny weapons would not have stopped an army.  But it sure did help Germany round people up into camps.

But I just want to make sure everyone who follows me is better educated that the fuckwads who come up with “what ifs” involving the Jews fighting back.  (Side-eyeing you so hard, Tarantino.)

Because they did.  And they died doing so.  And for decades afterwards, they were looked down on by people - including THE OTHER JEWS IN FREAKING ISRAEL - who thought they didn’t.  So their failure to avoid oppression led to - you guessed it - FURTHER oppression. So maybe - just maybe - we should stop propagating that actively harmful myth?

And that talking head in the first gif is Jewish, so maybe he should learn his own damn history before shooting his fucking mouth off.

(Source: catbushandludicrous, via leskuh)

dcwomenkickingass:

I do wish Brian Wood had gotten the writing gig but this art by Mahmud Asrar is very, very nice.

Oh, lovely. I was thinking the only thing missing in the current Supergirl comic was naked underage pelvic creases. #sarcasm

puzzleboat:

From The Source:

• This Superman is very much an alien, one struggling to adjust to his adopted home. In the series, he must come to terms with both the loss of his home world, as well as the loss of both of his adopted parents. He is more Kal-El from the planet Krypton than Clark Kent from Kansas. He’s a loner trying to find his place in the world.
• The series’ first storyline will explore the origins of Superman’s costume, as it evolves from a look that includes jeans and work boots to a new look: a suit of battle armor that pays tribute to his Kryptonian past.
• His great powers have limits. When the series begins, Superman can leap tall buildings, but his ability to fly is in its infancy.
• Clark Kent is single and living on his own. He has never been married.
• Lois Lane is dating a colleague at the DAILY PLANET (and his name isn’t Clark Kent) and she has a new position with the paper.

I hate everything and I don’t want to talk about it.

(via Comics Alliance)

Dear DC,

You profess to be targeting males ages 18-34.  Post-Crisis Superman has been in effect for 26 years now.  YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE GREW UP WITH HIM.  WHY ARE YOU CHANGING EVERYTHING IN FAVOR OF COMICS FROM BEFORE THEY WERE BORN/KNEW HOW TO READ?

Genuinely curious,

Me

P.S. These changes are bad and you should feel bad.

dcwomenkickingass:

DC offered their exclusive to the NY Post this morning and what an exclusive it is. The real cover to Action Comics #1. Yes, Superman is still wearing jeans. And a tee-shirt. Cos-players never had it so easy!

According to writer Grant Morrison:

“We felt it was time for the big…

Superman is more of an aloof, distant alien.

But he is also “Paul Bunyan” and a hero of the streets.

PLZ TO RECONCILE. YOUR ILLOGIC IS HURTING MY BRAIN.

dcwomenkickingass:

Bleeding Cool got a hold of the FAQ that DC prepared and sent to retailers who couldn’t get to their road show. And let’s just get to the most interesting tidbit:

* Does The New 52 undo events or continuity that I’ve been reading?

Some yes, some no. But many of the great stories remain….

She’s a more seasoned and nuanced character because she’s not in a wheelchair?

What kills me is that these statements are written down.  This isn’t a thoughtless comment at a con, these are their marketing packages that they presumably planned out and had time to proofread for anything wildly offensive and stupid.  So the real question is: are they assholes or morons?

leskuh:

chonklatime:

newwavefeminism:

College Humor Sketch - XBOX girls get revenge

Interesting… I first watched this and thought “I didnt even know there were so many ways one can be vulgar when it came to men.” The video seems ridiculous and absurd, but only because the roles are reversed - because women gamers have to deal with this all the time and its normalized.

I’m liking this whole “women are funny too” movement thats coming about…

not that i condone real world violent speech, or am I saying “feminist totally want to make every man crawl into that fetal position and cry” I just found this video pretty eye opening. What a difference a role reversal makes. Plus, I know I have some feminist followers who are also into gaming!

There’s a reason I never speak on Xbox Live.  Hell, even though I’m silent, I still have this little knot of anxiety in my chest that doesn’t go away, especially when I’m playing an FPS, because I know that people can look me up and see that my avatar is female. 

And then it makes me feel worse, because I should be brave enough to speak up. I should be brave and take the shit talk to help change the perspective that girls don’t play games.  But I’m not.  I’m anxious because of the gendered, racist, homophobic trash talk, and I’m angry that my shittiness at gaming is going to be ascribed to my gender, and I’m just so tired. 

Ahhhh, I love this video.

I don’t know if the ads are randomized or what, but the point of this video was really undermined by the fact that it was followed by one of those fucking Klondike ads where the guy needs to “earn” a Klondike by accomplishing the Herculean task of listening to his wife for 30 goddamn seconds.  BITCHES ALWAYS GOTTA BE TALKING AMIRITE BROS?

dcwomenkickingass:

For a company trying to bring in new readers, one would think that you would have a welcoming attitude, right? Than why out of the 49 covers (they still have not revealed three of the Green Lantern covers) that have been released is there just one cover with someone who looks happy and smiling.

There are smirks, there scowls, there are bemused faces. Even a few (Joker on the cover of ‘Tec and Enchantress on the cover of Justice League Dark) scary smiles. But smiling and happy?

Just one:

Because the prevailing attitude at DC is “Comics must be like I thought they were when I was a kid!”  It’s like a 5-year-old watching the Adam West Batman, taking it all completely seriously, becoming an adult, and attempting to reboot it as the gritty show he thought it was when he was too young to understand camp.

Smiles are for kids, after all.  And comics aren’t.