Gail Simone's Blog, page 383
October 17, 2014
mcharacter:
Transgender Themes in Comic Books at NYCC 2014 Part...
Transgender Themes in Comic Books at NYCC 2014 Part 01
I was very happy to mostly shut up and listen during this awesome panel.
The best thing is that the room was completely full and people had to be turned away, so next year maybe the Trans panel will be in an even bigger room.
The panelists were amazing, I was honored to be there.
misskitquinn:
#SweetheartsoftheGalaxy Army assemble!! And check...
#SweetheartsoftheGalaxy Army assemble!! And check us out on our new home with #StanLee on #WorldofHeroes http://bit.ly/1Fc9Rat #superhero
"[W]e do need more incidental diversity, but it’s often seen as The One True Path to doing diversity..."
[W]e do need more incidental diversity, but it’s often seen as The One True Path to doing diversity right. Review after review praises books for their understated approach to diversity, saying how it’s not an “issue,” the diverse characters “just are,” and how wonderful it is that barely any comment was made about a certain character being queer/Black/a wheelchair user. Sometimes, books only hint at a character’s identity, or indicate it via a throwaway mention or two.
That approach works for some stories. It especially suits fantasy or science fiction settings where authors can build a world from scratch. In real life, though, marginalized people are affected … when [that isn’t] acknowledged in realistic fiction, I notice. When the absence of those elements is praised, I notice especially.
And I wonder — perhaps uncharitably — are diverse characters only OK as long as they’re not too diverse?
”- “Diverse characters: Corinne Duyvis on the decline of ‘issue’ books” by author Corinne Duyvis (Otherbound) at the Guardian
(via corinneduyvis)
I get very suspicious when creators go on and fucking on about how a character ‘just happens to be’ female or lgbtq or Poc or whatever.
Usually, it’s meant in good faith but sometimes it’s code for “I put no effort into this character whatsoever.”
I Am Bad At Super Smash Bros For the 3DS
Is it just me?
I LOVE fighting games. But I can’t even figure out how to move or when I am winning.
It’s just button mashing and slow response from the characters.
What am I doing wrong?
Since NYCC...
…I have become obsessed with the idea of a Tiffany Fox, Batgirl of the Future comic. I think twelve year old Tiff, with allies the League of Batgirls, could be huge.
She’s twelve. She has pink nunchucks.
And she’s Batgirl.
Man, I would read that.
justplainsomething:
For fans of Gail Simone, you might want to check out my piece on Leaving...
For fans of Gail Simone, you might want to check out my piece on Leaving Megalopolis and how it avoids some very frustrating sexist tropes.
This was a great piece and I think it accurately hits a beat a lot of people didn’t necessarily get right away—the book is actually pretty subversive, which makes me happy.
Great article, thank you!
hellomynameisemilycomics:
Monday, October 6th, 2014.
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Monday, October 6th, 2014.
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profeminist:
"I’m a cosplayer …. I’m also black. Which is fine...
"I’m a cosplayer …. I’m also black. Which is fine by most everyone, until I have the audacity to cosplay a character who isn’t.
I’m aware that to actively engage yourself in such a visual hobby as cosplay, you have to have a thick skin — and I do. I’m cool with people criticizing my choice in fabrics, choice in wigs, choice of pose, whatever. But my skin color is something I can’t change, nor would I if I had the ability. I love the skin I was born in, and I won’t apologize, make excuses or work around it for anyone’s benefit beyond my own.
I’m thankful that the black cosplay community has encouraging blogs like Cosplaying While Black and World of Black Heroes, so now anyone who might be curious about joining in won’t have to worry about feeling out of place, and will also have a reference to see how certain colors, styles and characters look when portrayed by someone who shares similar features.
We have celebrity support as well - Gail Simone, the current writer of DC’s Batgirl has given her stamp of approval to cosplayers of color time and time again — she even told me she liked my Batgirl on Halloween! (And if Gail Simone likes what you’re doing, then everyone else can take a step to the left because GAIL SIMONE.)”
- Chaka Cumberbatch, writing for xoJane
Chaka, you so do not need my stamp of approval, you are amazing in every cosplay you do, you are witty and stylish and gorgeous, you do nothing but honor to every character you portray and I am thrilled to know you.
You are exactly why I love cosplayers.
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