The REadWind series gets contributors to re-read the books they haven’t read in years and self-reflect. The goal is to explore how the contributors’ growth as a person plays a role in their experience in revisiting the book. Do they still like/hate it? How has it changed? Why? Growing up, my mother ran a small…
The Wicked + The Divine: “Fucking Tara” and the Fame Monster
On Autonomy, Available Bodies and Asking For It Spoiler Warning: This essay contains spoilers for The Wicked + The Divine #13.
Dinah Drake: Martial Arts Maven or Musical Menace?
Black Canary #1 Brenden Fletcher (writer); Annie Wu (artist); Lee Loughridge (coloring) DC Comics June 17, 2015 As the increasing number of new and rebooted comic series being made for women are still viewed as a threat to a not-insignificant number of fanboys, it makes perfect sense that the all-woman band Black Canary is dubbed “the…
Soulmates, Sholay and Stereotypes: How Kamran Steals Our Girl in Ms. Marvel #13-15 (SPOILERS)
WARNING: This article contains BIG FAT SPOILERS for events occurring in Issues #13-15 of Ms. Marvel. As Ms. Marvel editor Sana Amanat notes in the “Holla at Kamala” section of issue #13, the arrival of Kamran, Kamala’s love interest in the 3-part story arc Crushed, is “a big deal.” Kamran’s appearance in Ms. Marvel signifies that…
This One Mother: Musings on Motherhood in Jillian and Mariko Tamaki’s This One Summer
Released late last May, Jillian and Mariko Tamaki’s This One Summer has since been garnering a ton of critical acclaim, mainly due to its brilliant depiction of female adolescence. Though a lot of the discussion surrounding this book has centered on its two eagle-eyed pre-teen heroines Rose and Windy, the Tamakis’ languid summer narrative also…
Teenage Kicks: Rosenberg, Kindlon and Hood’s We Can Never Go Home #1
We Can Never Go Home #1 Matthew Rosenberg and Patrick Kindlon (W); Josh Hood (A); Michael Walsh (CA) Black Mask Comics April 6, 2015 As punk rock history might tell you, there’s something about a boy, a girl, self-destruction, and rock n’ roll that makes for a pretty compelling, if not ultimately tragic story. As…
Marvellous Rumour: ABC Potentially Planning Ms. Marvel Miniseries
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Victor/VicThoria: Feminism, Personhood & Hammering Out the Trouble with Thor
The new gender-swapped Thor is currently outselling the old Thor by 30%. And as She-Hulk and Storm would tell you, numbers matter, as it’s precisely the lack of single-issue sales that led to the cancellation of both of those characters’ series. Marvel’s much-publicized decision to depict the new Thor as a lady is proving to…
“No One Is Only One Thing”: She-Hulk Navigates Identities, Frustration, and Resilience in Newest Reboot
She-Hulk 1-12 Charles Soule (W), Javier Pulido (A), Ronald Wemberly (A) Kevin Wada (C) Marvel Comics 2014-2015 Guest writer Nyala Ali shares her thoughts on the latest reboot of the Jade Giantess, She-Hulk!