Comments on: Monday Morning LinkBlogging

By: Johanna

Johanna — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 02:14:26 +0000

I’m not blaming you (and I’m sorry you see a snarky tone in what I was attempting to present straightforwardly) — but I do find it disturbing that not only is the character portrayal sexist, but too many people are willing to overlook the woman who worked to redeem the character. In many cases (not yours), that’s another example of comic industry sexism, crediting only the male half of a co-writing team with what they like. (And I don’t post or comment on livejournal.)

By: Kate Willaert

Kate Willaert — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 21:19:30 +0000

1) I wasn’t trying to defend the book from charges of sexism, so much as working out, out loud, my internal conflict regarding how I feel about the book. And in fact, I do conclude at the end of the post that the book itself was very sexist, and questioning what Alan Moore was thinking.

2) I’m not a DC expert (I don’t read a lot of DC…the only Oracle story I’ve read so far is a single Birds Of Prey TPB) and apparently didn’t do enough research on Oracle’s creation — sorry.

You could’ve simply posted a simple message correcting me rather than resorting to snark.

By: The Dane

The Dane — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:37:29 +0000

Wow, Midnight Sun looks really good. I hadn't even heard of it before now. Three cheers for free samples!

By: Johanna

Johanna — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:25:20 +0000

Oh, I don’t know that it’s a bad thing, really — impassioned is more interesting to read than dry and academic, after all. And yes, provoke is a much better word.

By: Chris Mautner

Chris Mautner — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 01:47:32 +0000

Sorry about that Johanna. Blame it on me writing my intro on two different computers over a lengthy period of time and trying to remember what I said in my intial email. The intent was not to rile, to be sure. Provoke maybe, but certainly not rile.