Let me be crystal clear on this:
Nov. 27th, 2009 02:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
perpetual_motionMy superheroes do not have to have vaginas for me to want to be them, all right? I see nothing wrong with--in the midst of a pile of shit I don't want to deal with--channeling some Guy Gardner badassery to get me through it. You know why? Because Guy Gardner is a badass. He is not a badass with a penis. He is not a badass with testosterone. He is a goddamned badass.
You know who else is a badass? A lot of other people. Some of them are female (Kate Kane, Barbara Gordon, Stephanie Brown, Arisia, Soranik Natu, Dinah Lance, Nico, Karolina, Xavin, Jessica Jones, Emma Frost, Pepper Potts--the list could go on). Some of them are male (Kyle Rayner, Kilowog, Dick Grayson, Tim Drake, Ollie Queen, Roy Harper, Connor Hawke (pre-Winick), Scott Summers, Hank McCoy, Tony Stark, Bucky Barnes--this list could also go on). You know what I don't care about in my comics? The gender of the badassery.
Look, there's a shit-ton to be said (and a shit-ton that has been said) about women in comics and about people of color in comics and about LGBT in comics, and these are all discussions that should go on. I've been involved in my fair share (more at the shop than on the internet), and it's always been interesting, but I'm sick and tired of having it implied or outright said that I should throw away all my superhero comics because there aren't enough people who represent me.
You know who represents me? 5'2", 32D, vagina-having me? Guy fucking Gardner. Because when it comes down to getting shit done because you gave your word, there's not a better person to channel than Guy fucking Gardner.
You know who else is a badass? A lot of other people. Some of them are female (Kate Kane, Barbara Gordon, Stephanie Brown, Arisia, Soranik Natu, Dinah Lance, Nico, Karolina, Xavin, Jessica Jones, Emma Frost, Pepper Potts--the list could go on). Some of them are male (Kyle Rayner, Kilowog, Dick Grayson, Tim Drake, Ollie Queen, Roy Harper, Connor Hawke (pre-Winick), Scott Summers, Hank McCoy, Tony Stark, Bucky Barnes--this list could also go on). You know what I don't care about in my comics? The gender of the badassery.
Look, there's a shit-ton to be said (and a shit-ton that has been said) about women in comics and about people of color in comics and about LGBT in comics, and these are all discussions that should go on. I've been involved in my fair share (more at the shop than on the internet), and it's always been interesting, but I'm sick and tired of having it implied or outright said that I should throw away all my superhero comics because there aren't enough people who represent me.
You know who represents me? 5'2", 32D, vagina-having me? Guy fucking Gardner. Because when it comes down to getting shit done because you gave your word, there's not a better person to channel than Guy fucking Gardner.
