Comics industry harassment: Is progress finally (if slowly) being made?
Since the Harvey Weinstein story broke wide open last month, there’s been a flood of reports of sexual harassment by many famous figures in the …
Tag: sexism
How to fix the comics industry’s harassment and diversity problems?
The past few weeks have seen a large amount of attention paid to the comics industry’s problems with diversity, sexual harassment, and sexism. To summarize …
Reddit finally shows some backbone, bans some racist subreddits
Recent events with Reddit have made much of how vocally bigoted some of its subreddits are, and how half-heartedly they’ve handled such, often behind the …
Reddit plans to deal with its racist content by… sticking a curtain in front of it?
Reddit, the self-proclaimed “front page of the Internet,” has been under a lot of fire in recent months. Staff turmoil, an interim CEO leaving, and …
Yet more sexism in comics: Yale Stewart and Spider-Woman
Once again, sexism reared its ugly head in the comics medium during the past week… Last week, it was fully revealed (after being an “open …
David S. Goyer, writer of “Man of Steel” and its sequel, makes crude remarks about She-Hulk during a podcast
David S. Goyer, the writer for “Man of Steel” as well as the upcoming “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” got raked over the online …
Yet another round of comics sexism: Janelle Asselin, “Teen Titans” and online backlash
Other than Amazon’s purchase of Comixology, the biggest comics topic online in the past week’s been yet another embarrassing round of sexism by a vocal …
A week of media racism, sexism, and homophobia: from superheroes to “Duck Dynasty”
While it’s not all about comics/animation, the previous week’s seen plenty of racist, sexist, and homophobic stuff in the media that I feel’s worth remarking …
DC promises to address more diversity in its reboot-comics
As reported on the blog “DC Women Kicking Ass” (and other comics news sites), DC posted this statement to their blog, addressing recent criticisms about …