What Is Wrong With Women Anyway?

Read two pieces online today. Both in their way have left me angry on such an atomic level that I can't really parse that anger in this moment. I'm going to have to sit on it for a while and let it distill a bit to see if anything appropriate for a public forum results.

For those who are interested, here are links to the two pieces in question:

Joss Whedon Asks "What Is Wrong With Women?"

Adam Hughes on Mary Jane Watson statue controversy

It's worth noting that as recently as this weekend, I cited Adam Hughes as an artist who understood the line between heroic fantasy and sexualized objectication when portraying female characters in comics. I was very wrong.

Read his comments, and even if you factor for a reflexive defence of his work, he just doesn't get it. Try this one on for size, Adam, it's a one-size, one-gender ticket to instant enlightenment: sexism is wrong. Objectification is wrong.

If you want a really good time, read the responses to the Newsarama piece - this is the world we live in, this is what is considered a suitable portrayal of an "iconic" female comic book character - doing her boyfriend's laundry.

Well, that puts me in my place, doesn't it?

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Please, please, please, someone buy this film and release it in North America. DVD would be fine.

Thanks, me