Batwoman’s Lesbian Marriage Problem. Another day, another comic book controversy that gets twisted around and misinterpreted to satisfy sensationalist news headlines.
For those unaware, artist/writer JH Williams III made a somewhat public exit from DC Comics, where he was writing the ongoing Batwoman series (he had previously done the art on the series as well). In a blog post, Williams cited editorial interference as the motivating factor, and unfortunately, he is not the first creator since DC’s “New52” relaunch who has publicly departed from the company after airing similar grievances. Williams mentions several storylines that he had been working on over the last two years that were allegedly cut short or changed at the last minute by the fickle editorial department, and among these points were a new origin story for Killer Croc and Batwoman’s marriage to her fiancé, Maggie Sawyer.
Artist Spotlight: Sara Swaty. In Swaty's series 'In Between & Outside,' gender is represented as both a fluid, relaxed, and creative expression as well as a more tense and exploratory transition.
Above: Ben. The Queen: Monarch of 11 countries where being gay can land you in prison. While the anti-gay laws in Russia have garnered a lot of International attention in recent weeks, it is still legal to be gay in the country.
However, in other parts of the world, where The Queen is Head of State, gay people can still be jailed for same-sex activity. Queen Elizabeth II is Queen of three nation states where same-sex marriage is legal, England and Wales, Canada and New Zealand. The Sci-Fi Comic Book That Portrays Gay Romance as Completely Normal - Noah Berlatsky. Artifice is a well-written, cleverly plotted action-romance with two likable, appealing leads who both happen to be men.
AMW Comics The sci-fi android romance comic Artifice is arresting—but not because it features gay protagonists. Rather, it's arresting because, reading it, you suddenly realize the extent to which gay protagonists are normal. "Normal," in this context, means a couple of things. Some of the Greatest, Most Popular Comic Books Are Feminist - Noah Berlatsky. Spawn creator Todd McFarlane recently claimed that comics with political messages don't make good comics.
But series like Wonder Woman and Sailor Moon prove him wrong. Mainstream superhero comics are aimed at guys. That's why Starfire, a character best known for her stint as an empowering icon for girls on Saturday morning cartoons, gets turned into a voracious, literally brain-damaged, libido-driven pin-up girl when she's translated to comics. It's why Wonder Woman, best known as an empowering icon for girls, gets turned into an excuse for buckets of bloodshed and gun play in her most recent comics incarnation.
Data is hard to come by, but best guesses seem to estimate that the readership of superhero comics is between 90 and 95 percent male. Do Kids Care If Their Parents Adhere to Traditional Gender Roles? - Matt Villano. Probably not.
They just want someone to be nurturing and someone to provide structure. Pink Wasn't Always Girly - Anna Broadway. Toward the end of the 1925 novel The Great Gatsby, Jay shows up to lunch with his mistress and her husband in a pink suit.
For modern readers, it's tempting to take his color selection as a sign of dandyism. Why would a man choose to wear the color of Mary Kay, breast-cancer research tie-ins and kitchen gadgets galore? When cuckolded husband Tom Buchanan criticizes Gatsby for wearing pink, he seemingly echoes the present-day assumption that pink is a feminine color. But that would be imposing today's view of pink on the past. Don Draper Was Raped. Mad Men's non-consensual encounter between a young, frightened Dick Whitman and a prostitute didn't generate as much chatter as its gender-reversed scenario might have.
Why? In an episode of Mad Men last month, a prostitute named Aimee has sex with a teenaged Don Draper (née Dick Whitman) after nursing him through a nasty chest cold. Actually, let me rephrase: Aimee doesn't just have sex with young Dick Whitman--she rapes him. Throughout most of the episode, Aimee serves as a surrogate mother for Dick; she lets him recuperate in her bed and offers him rest, comforting words, spoonfuls of warm broth. From Pony To Person: The Disturbing Evolution Of My Little Pony, In Photos. Despite valiant efforts made by parents, toy creators and even kids themselves to convince brands to produce gender-neutral toys, the divide between "boy" and "girl" products remains vast.
Blue stuff and action figures get relegated to boy land, pink stuff and dolls are in the girl aisle and, more often than not, the dolls are increasingly feminized. They are thin, have large eyes, long lashes and are dressed provocatively. As we've pointed out before, however, these characters (some iconic), weren't always so sassy. Once upon a time, Strawberry Shortcake was a round-faced little girl with freckles, long sleeves and bloomers. Trolls used to be, well, just trolls, not "Trollz," their sexy, slim, smooth-haired doppelgängers. Op-ed: F Bombs, C Terms, and Other Words With Friends. Words matter and keeping up with their changing nature is part of being alive, so study up on "cisgender" and stop dropping "queen" like you're Alec Baldwin.
So I could hang out with my high school friends, the ones who knew Sicilian curses in their tweens, I chose Italian IV over Creative Writing. Coming Out With Some Help From 'The Simpsons' The popular animated show's positive depictions of gay people have helped many come out, a German academic says. If you’re an out and proud gay man, you may just owe some thanks to America’s favorite yellow-hued, blue-collar family. A scholarly study coming out as in a book in Germany finds evidence that The Simpsons “has helped to enable gay men to come out, because of they way it sympathetically portrays homosexuality,” reports the U.K.’s Pink News.
For Behind the Gay Jokes: Homosexuality in ‘The Simpsons,’ to be published next week in Germany, Cologne-based academic librarian Erwin In het Panhuis studied 500 gay-themed scenes and 70 LGBT characters from the long-running animated series. Gaysayer Opinions: I Am Not a Homophobe. Gay comedian, Mike Gillerman, is tired of being scrutinized for not looking the part. Mike Gillerman My name is Mike Gillerman and I’m not a homophobe. There, I said it. It's baffling to have to say that considering I’m a comedian who talks extensively about being gay on stage. Why would anyone think I’m afraid of other homosexuals? Study: The Simpsons has helped gay men to come out due to portrayal of homosexuality. A study has found that cartoon series the Simpsons, has helped to enable gay men to come out, because of they way it sympathetically portrays homosexuality. Erwin In het Panhuis, a German academic, conducted the study, which found that the popularity of characters, such as Homer Simpson, and the way the series as a whole deals with homosexuality during prime time, has been “trailblazing”, for helping positive attitudes towards same-sex couples.
The librarian, based in Cologne, conducted the study over several years, analysing almost 500 scenes from the cartoon series, which he says help to dispel anti-gay discrimination. The study was published as a book titled Behind the Gay Jokes- Homosexuality in ‘The Simpsons’, he writes that the programme “treats homosexuality as something normal in a media environment which can usually be very hostile to the point of view.” The author also suggests that Homer Simpson, the main family’s father, is a more complex character than he immediately appears. It’s Juneteenth 2013. More Black people are in prison than were slaves and Paula Deen wants to bring slavery back. Today is June 19, or Juneteenth. While the Emancipation Proclamation was signed on January 1, 1863, slaves in Texas didn’t find out slavery was over until June 19, 1865, hence commemorating this date as the end of legal slavery in the US.
Santorum. Savage Lovecast. Savage Love by Dan Savage - Seattle Columns - Savage Love - Dan Savage. June 5, 2013 By Dan Savage I love my husband of 20 years, but sexual differences are putting a strain on our marriage. Ten years ago, he asked me to talk dirty to him about having sex with other men. It has progressed to him wanting to be a cuckold. I only want to be with him, but he presses the issue by verbalizing cuckold situations during sex. Gay Fiction Booklist That Doesn't Suck. An Etiquette Guide for Straight People in Gay Bars. Dan Savage: American Savage. 'Blue Is The Warmest Color' Is Cannes' Palme D'Or. Photos: Cuba Libre. Kevin Slack's Cuba is free of sexual categories, and free of many of the restraints and inhibitions of its neighbor to the north. WAREHOUSE9. 15 Pride Celebrations You Can't Miss. Gay Guides & Travel. Daily chart: Lean in, Barbie.
Barbie: Life in plastic. Emilie Pedersen-Nielsen. Video: Pastor says Sodom and Gomorrah was God’s ‘pilot study’ for ‘homosexual society’ An anti-gay US pastor has responded to a question on his internet radio show, to say that the biblical story of Sodom and Gomorrah was meant as God to be a “pilot study”, and a way of dealing with “homosexual society”. Speaking on his own show, Hagee Hotline, Pastor John Hagee said that the ciblical story of Sodom and Gomorrah was God’s “pilot study”. Top 5 Gay iPhone Apps. This is a guest post by Tyrone Ford. If you want to guest post on this blog, please check out the guidelines here. The Apple App Store just hit 100,000 apps which is an amazing statistic within itself. If you take a look at the App Store Metrics on 148Apps.Biz you will find that Games make up 16.9%, Entertainment makes up 13.86% and Books come in at 13.69%. These three are responsible for the top selling categories in the App Store. Buried within apps where you can accomplish nearly anything from running your own virtual Spa in Sally’s Spa or for those in the medical field there is STAT ICD-9 LITE which provides all 13,677 ICD-9-CD diagnosis codes to the user’s iPhone.
With so many different options it’s no surprise whatsoever that various Gay related apps would not only be created but thrive within the community. Number 1: Edge Gay News Reader. John Mullan's 10 of the best: women dressed as men. David Attenborough accused of excluding homosexuality from animal documentaries. Sir David Attenborough has been accused by a university academic of restricting his programmes to representing only a “single interpretation” of the sexual behaviour of animals, excluding the possibility of homosexuality. Why Everyone Hates Couples. Dear Couples, The other day I looked at my boyfriend and asked him what he wanted to do for Valentines Day. “Nothing, I’m not big into Valentines Day,” he replied. At which point I burst into tears and ran out of the room, slamming the door behind me. Just kidding. No I didn’t. Amazon's Kindle Goes Gay. The latest Kindle commercial shows a mutual love for e-readers and men. Teaching Tolerance.
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