Comics Human Rights and Representation
Taking the Long Way: The Super-Heroine’s Struggle for Respect
Taking the Long Way: The Super-Heroine's Struggle for Respect An essay by Bob Reyer With 8 March being International Women's Day, I thought I'd re-post this piece that was originally written for our…
Comics and Human rights Week: Wonder Woman and The Trickiness of Superheroines
Carolyn Cocca is Associate Professor in the Department of Politics, Economics, and Law at the State University of New York, College at Old Westbury. She is the author of Jailbait: The Politics of Statutory Rape Laws in the…
Why We Still Need Wonder Woman
We still need Wonder Woman. The 75th anniversary of her first appearance coincides with intense, public, necessary conversations about gender and power. She may be a decades-old fictional character, but she can tell us quite…
Marvel So White: What’s the Deal with Iron Fist and Other Heroes?
Being a fan of Marvel and anything related to it is a recurring roller coaster of excitement, dread, and then resignation. That isn't to say that the House of Ideas doesn't make hits or that they're bad, but…
To: Feminism, Love: Fat Me
To: Feminism, Love: Fat Me By Melissa Megan I've never been a member of Fat Club, until now. Ok, until about 2 years ago. At first, I wasn't happy about my new club status. I've spent my whole life avoiding it…
