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Comics industry harassment: Is progress finally (if slowly) being made?

3 years ago 3 min read comic news Eddie Berganza Media sexism sexual harassment The Mary Sue

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 entertainment industry. Many of these figures

How to fix the comics industry's harassment and diversity problems?

5 years ago 5 min read comics trivia diversity Graphic Policy Media sexism sexual harassment The Comics Beat The Mary Sue

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 recent events: The Mary Sue’

Reddit finally shows some backbone, bans some racist subreddits

5 years ago 1 min read homophobia racism Reddit sexism Tech

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 (flawed) “free speech!” “

Reddit plans to deal with its racist content by... sticking a curtain in front of it?

5 years ago 3 min read homophobia racism Reddit sexism Tech

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 its former CEO/co-founder returning have

Yet more sexism in comics: Yale Stewart and Spider-Woman

6 years ago 2 min read comic news JL8 Media Milo Manara sexism sexual harassment Spider-Woman Ulises Farinas webcomics Yale Stewart

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 secret” for awhile) that artist

David S. Goyer, writer of "Man of Steel" and its sequel, makes crude remarks about She-Hulk during a podcast

7 years ago 3 min read Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice comic news David S. Goyer Man of Steel Martian Manhunter Media sexism She-Hulk

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 coals yesterday for some

Yet another round of comics sexism: Janelle Asselin, "Teen Titans" and online backlash

7 years ago 2 min read sexism Brett Booth comic news DC Comics Janelle Asselin Media Teen Titans Wonder Girl

“Teen Titans” (vol. 5) #1 (September 2014). Art by Kenneth Rocafort. (DC Comics) Other than Amazon’s purchase of Comixology, the biggest comics topic online in the past week’s been yet another

A week of media racism, sexism, and homophobia: from superheroes to "Duck Dynasty"

7 years ago 4 min read A&E comic news Duck Dynasty homophobia MariNaomi Media Paul Dini racism Scott Lobdell sexism Warner Bros.

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 on

DC promises to address more diversity in its reboot-comics

9 years ago 1 min read comic news Dan DiDio DC Comics DC Women Kicking Ass Flashpoint Media New 52 reboot sexism

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 their treatment and lack of female