May The Flail Be With You: The Big Sexy Problem with Superheroines and Their 'Liberated Sexuality'
captainplath:
twelvebats:
[TRAUMA WARNING! Contain trans-women slurs.]

Yesterday, two new comic books from the “New 52” relaunch of DC Comics provoked some online controversy: Catwoman and Red Hood and the Outlaws. They were controversial in particular because of the way they depicted women,…
Interesting, well-written, and obviously thought out. I was really excited about this comic book and now I don’t know.
I admit that I’m willing to let Red Hood and the Outlaws plead the fifth to me for a few issues before I make any official judgement. But when I imagined Starfire in this comic, I imaged Jason hitting on her. Yeah, I did, because I think it’s something he’d do to get at Dick. But Starfire wouldn’t actually have sex with him. Ever. Especially for those reasons.
So you better be giving me a really good explanation next issue, Lobdell. This is me having faith in you right now, don’t bring me down.
(Source: comicsalliance.com, via captainplath-deactivated2012052)