Women in Refrigerators
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<blockquote> <i> Not every woman in comics has been killed, raped, depowered, crippled, turned evil, maimed, tortured, contracted a disease or had other life-derailing tragedies befall her, but... </i> </blockquote> | <blockquote> <i> Not every woman in comics has been killed, raped, depowered, crippled, turned evil, maimed, tortured, contracted a disease or had other life-derailing tragedies befall her, but... </i> </blockquote> | ||
| - | *All of [Savage Dragon]'s girlfriends (dead) | + | *All of [[Savage Dragon]]'s girlfriends (dead) |
*Aquagirl (dead) | *Aquagirl (dead) | ||
*Firestar (powers were sterilizing her) | *Firestar (powers were sterilizing her) | ||
Revision as of 03:23, 6 July 2009
Women in Refrigerators
Women in Refrigerators.
Contents |
Story
It occurred to writer Gail Simone (with contributions from Beau Yarbrough, Rob Harris, John Norris, Jason Yu, and Daniel Merlin Goodbrey) that it's not that healthy to be a female character in comics. Curious as to whether this was a statistical , she began correspondance with various comicbook professionals
Mission
"This isn't about assessing blame about an individual story or the treatment of an individual character and it's certainly not about personal attacks on the creators who kindly shared their thoughts on this phenomenon. It's about the trend, its meaning and relevance, if any."
The List
Not every woman in comics has been killed, raped, depowered, crippled, turned evil, maimed, tortured, contracted a disease or had other life-derailing tragedies befall her, but...
- All of Savage Dragon's girlfriends (dead)
- Aquagirl (dead)
- Firestar (powers were sterilizing her)
- Marrina (insane, dead)
- Mockingbird (abducted and mind-manipulated into a relationship, dead)
- Zatanna (powers severely limited)
- Etc.
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