Gail Simone's Blog, page 1087

ealperin:roxannameta:Black Manary appreciation post!Our...

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Black Manary appreciation post!

Our Danny Lance only got to join the rest of the Genderbent Justice League for a couple of hours at WonderCon 2011, but United Underworld is really looking forward to seeing more of his pretty fishnetted chest this year!

YAY! I LOVE this guy! :D

COSPLAYERS, WHY ARE YOU SO AMAZING?

ealperin:misskitquinn:contextisfortheweak:Kit Quinn as...

ealperin:

misskitquinn:

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Kit Quinn as SuperMa'am and her alter ego, Clarissa Kent.

(Source: 1, 2)

oh thanks for the repost of these pics, I really like them!

This looks like a job for… Oh, well, you've got the idea, right? ;)

So much in love with these photos.

thedarkdamsel:originalboywonder:OMG IT WONDER WOMAN CANARY...

thedarkdamsel:

originalboywonder:

OMG IT WONDER WOMAN CANARY AND HAWKGIRL !!!!

SPANK SPANK SPANK

HA!

You would be AMAZED how many requests I got for spanking scenes when I wrote Birds of Prey. People of all genders would request it in a ton of different combinations.

I never quite understood how they thought the Birds of Prey were going to administer or receive these spankings.

fyeahbatgirl:Batgirl by Michael StriblingDamn....

fyeahbatgirl:

Batgirl by Michael Stribling

Damn. That's fierce and fiery!

someonecertainly:gailsimone:kirailabs:gailsimone:clownypr...

someonecertainly:

gailsimone:

kirailabs:

gailsimone:

clownyprincess:

asylum-countess:

badatpettingcats:

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I'm sorry, but THIS isn't racist? 'WHITE HIPSTERS NOT ALLOWED'. If you replace it with any other race, THAT is racist, but if you put white, then SOMEHOW it isn't racist! And whites just have to be okay with that. Sorry. This pisses me off. Equality means to be EQUAL, NOT 'EVERYONE ELSE GETS ALL THE BENEFITS AND LEAVES THE REST WITH THE SCRAPS.' This is NOT okay, and THIS IS RACIST. 

Please stop talking about something you don't understand.

If you would like me to help you understand, I will do so tomorrow because right now it's my bedtime.  But for now… please, stop.

Wait, wait, wait.

In what delusional world do POC get 'all the benefits,' and white people get, 'the scraps?'

WHAT benefits? WHAT scraps?

Are you fucking kidding, here?

It's racist to specificy race with a 'get out' or similar such message. Regardless of what the race is. Racism isn't about privilage, status, etc. It's about *disliking and discriminating against a race of people*. Sexism is about disliking/discriminating against *any given gender*. Ageism is about disliking/discriminating against *younger or older people*.

Prejudice and intolerance, regardless of age, sex, creed, color, etc is bad.

Assuming I agreed with your first statement, which I don't, my question was purely about the somehow baffling notion that the world is a playtoy for POC, who get all the good stuff while poor unfortunate disempowered white people get the 'scraps.'

Does that sound like reality to you?

I actually agree with kirailabs. Racism toward minorities is more prevalent in society, but it really isn't okay for anyone to discriminate based on race, religion, gender, or whatever. It's a pretty nasty double standard to say "discrimination isn't okay UNLESS IT'S DIRECTED AT X GROUP, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE MAJORITY AND IT DOESN'T HAPPEN NEARLY AS OFTEN". The whole practice is ugly and works to ostracize and inflict shame based on generalizations. Being white, black, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, or otherwise is all fine, and no group should be condemned for being born with one ethnicity or another IMO. We're all just people, everybody does good and bad, and while I can understand frustration while enduring discrimination I don't think that's an excuse to return the favor in-kind.

My head hurts so much right now.

A thousand people are going to say this more eloquently than me, but HOW in god's name is a hand-drawn poster responding 'in kind' to centuries-old, institutionalized and systemic racism? 

'In kind?' Really?  That's how this seems to you?

kirailabs:gailsimone:clownyprincess:asylum-countess:badat...

kirailabs:

gailsimone:

clownyprincess:

asylum-countess:

badatpettingcats:

har

I'm sorry, but THIS isn't racist? 'WHITE HIPSTERS NOT ALLOWED'. If you replace it with any other race, THAT is racist, but if you put white, then SOMEHOW it isn't racist! And whites just have to be okay with that. Sorry. This pisses me off. Equality means to be EQUAL, NOT 'EVERYONE ELSE GETS ALL THE BENEFITS AND LEAVES THE REST WITH THE SCRAPS.' This is NOT okay, and THIS IS RACIST. 

Please stop talking about something you don't understand.

If you would like me to help you understand, I will do so tomorrow because right now it's my bedtime.  But for now… please, stop.

Wait, wait, wait.

In what delusional world do POC get 'all the benefits,' and white people get, 'the scraps?'

WHAT benefits? WHAT scraps?

Are you fucking kidding, here?

It's racist to specificy race with a 'get out' or similar such message. Regardless of what the race is. Racism isn't about privilage, status, etc. It's about *disliking and discriminating against a race of people*. Sexism is about disliking/discriminating against *any given gender*. Ageism is about disliking/discriminating against *younger or older people*.

Prejudice and intolerance, regardless of age, sex, creed, color, etc is bad.

Assuming I agreed with your first statement, which I don't, my question was purely about the somehow baffling notion that the world is a playtoy for POC, who get all the good stuff while poor unfortunate disempowered white people get the 'scraps.'

Does that sound like reality to you?

Bop Note

gaymagick:

i've been rereading gail simone's run on birds of prey for the past week and i just had the most awful shock of my life when i remembered that not every comic book is about badass, complex, and fully realized female characters.

going to cry now and think about the pros and cons of a black canary tattoo.

Aww.  Thank you. But there's still kickass girls out there!  Bop, Batgirl, Batwoman, Wonder Woman…there's quite a few still out there!

Why can't my shopping trips be like this

thefingerfuckingfemalefury:

I wish random redheads pounced on me and gave me kisses when I go out shopping for alcohol and bondage collars

So far my shopping experiences have been sadly surprise kiss free :(

Scandal gets all the luck…

These panels are also as good an excuse as any to comment on how freaking sexy I find Scandal's arms and that tatoo she's sporting on one of them

I REALLY want to get one just like it :D

Wait'll you see Melody McKenna's workout routine up close. YOW.

I loved this scene…again, I was kind of surprised it got through as written.

WHY DO I LOVE LILO AND STITCH SO MUCH

Laughs and tears, EVERY TIME.

And I've seen it a gabillion times and if it's on, I STILL REWATCH.

I've been seeing the semi-drama about the Tremor asexuality wording, and I just want to say that I think you've been handling the strange amount of fallout very well. Personally, I interpreted the word "choice" as your choice as a writer/creator to make th

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Aw, that is very sweet of you, but it lets me off the hook, I'm afraid.

I would LOVE to use that excuse, but it's simply not true. I just used a thoughtless phrase, in retrospect I don't even know WHY I said, 'lifestyle choice.' It doesn't fit what I meant, or Tremor's backstory. 

Whatever fallout happens is deserved, I screwed up, and actually, I think most people have been more than fair, they've been downright kind, which they certainly were not obligated to be.

I screwed up, there's no real other explanation. Fortunately, people pointed it out and it got through my apparently thick skull. I feel bad, but I think you're SUPPOSED to feel bad when you use oppressive language thoughtlessly and carelessly.

It was my mistake, not the posters who pointed it out.