Category: Bitch Media

• March 12, 2017

  PINK FLAG: WHAT MESSAGE DO “PUSSY HATS” REALLY SEND?

  Originally published by Bitch Media on January 17, 2017 a   The fast-approaching Women’s March on Washington is shaping up to be a massive event, with 130 organizational partners, from the Arab American Association of New York to the Feminist Majority Foundation to V-Day, as well as more than 150,000 individuals signed up on Facebook…
• August 5, 2013

  Digging into Gender and Comics at San Diego Comic Con

  The stars of Grace Randolph’s superhero comic Supurbia, on its first issue cover.  Originally posted at BitchMedia. I came to Comic-Con International this weekend with an eye on gender—how would female fans and comics creators be represented in the convention that draws 150,000 proud nerds to San Diego? Day one alone of the epic convention included three…
• June 17, 2013

  Is Wonder Woman Too Muscular For the Silver Screen?

  Originally posted at Bitch This is a dark summer for geek girls. Though superhero and comic book-based films are all the rage these days, it’s male crime-fighters who get all the attention: there are no films starring female superheroes on the horizon. Take the whip-smart spy Black Widow, for example. The Avengers member will co-star…