Over Analysing It

Women in Comics

04 Dec 2009 32 Comments

by Nikkiin comics Tags: batgirl, black widow and marvel girls, empowered, iim, invincible iron man, pepper potts, sexism, sgu, stargate, stargate universe, women in comics, wonder woman

Or, Nikki is a glutton for punishment and does not like possessing money.

Travis and I have decided that we’re going to read a few comics with female leads and analyse how they are portrayed.  Okay, that is fine and good and all, but I’m already spending upwards seventy bucks a month on comics (actually, according to my bank statement, I’ve spent 120 bucks on comics the past four weeks.  But I also bought a box, at least one tpb and seven back issues in those weeks – if you factor those out, it is about 60-75 bucks) and, get this, I’m freaking unemployed and just bought a car in the beginning of September.  Oh, and I have about 2.5 grand in tuition due by the end of January.  And I need to buy gas.

And, yet, I’ve decided to pick up four more titles for the express purpose of poking holes at (or praising) the portrayal of women in comics.

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Women in TV

19 Aug 2009 23 Comments

by Nikkiin tv Tags: bones, castle, chuck, criminal minds, defying gravity, eleventh hour, eureka, fanfic, fringe, house, multifandom, sanctuary, sexism, sg-1, sga, star trek, star trek: enterprise, star trek: the next generation, star trek: the original series, star trek: voyager, stargate, stargate atlantis, stargate sg-1, the big bang theory, warehouse 13, x-files

Maybe it’s just the shows I watch or the books I read, but I find one strange similarity between them all… there is rarely, if ever, a woman as the ultimate lead character.  In fact, off the top of my head, I can only name Star Trek: Voyager and Sanctuary as shows I’ve watched with a female lead.  But I’ve got a notoriously bad memory, so let’s make a list (in a rough order of air time from the 2008-2009 season).

Buuut I’ll put it under a cut cuz I really hate uncut long articles on blogs.

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