Episode 317: Sell to Your Strengths
on June 25, 2015
and modified on July 6, 2018.
Not everybody has to be in it for the same reasons.
The Adventures of Gyno-Star
Fighting the forces of evil and male chauvinism
Not everybody has to be in it for the same reasons.
My favorite iteration of the “Black Dynamo” joke yet. Even a well-meaning person is influenced by the language others use.
One thing I love about this strip is that Gyno-Star is human and flawed, and does not always live up to her ideals. A character like her could easily have become a boring paragon of virtue and/or preachy.
Words have power. The old saw “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me” is wrong. Words can hurt far worse and far more than any physical wound.
And it is up to writers to combat such poisons of the mind.
She cleaned up nicely from the flameout aftermath….was looking a bit black herself!
I’m really looking forward to getting Dynamo’s perspective once he’s in a situation where he doesn’t have to keep saying “It’s just Dynamo!” and can do something other than play beer pong. I do worry a bit as to whether he sees things as “nuanced” as Gynostar does. It could be, of course, that he sees *different* nuances…and Gynostar herself could be in for a bit of an education.
It’s always good to learn from someone else and see their viewpoint.
I have always valued the perspectives of others. On my own, I only have my own perspective. When I share in the perspectives of others, I am able to enrich my own.
One can always learn more when one is open to the perspectives of others.
Call him Just Dynamo. Problem solved..?
And when asked, he can always claim its because of justice!
Well…maybe it isn’t too much more complicated than “bad guys,” given the recent American events? Sure, it can be something other than just kicking butts, but there really are *specific* people and institutions that prey on minority groups.
But really, what’s so wrong with beer pong? Hate the players, not the game!
So, how exactly does a team of superheroes fight depply-rooted societal issues?
Ask Wonder Woman about fighting deeply-rooted societal issues, I suppose. That was the intention of her creator, anyway.
Really? I though it was so he could have an excuse to draw lesbian bondage…
Why not both? I remember seeing an article in the Village Voice many years ago about secret comics dealing with women capturing and whipping bound, near naked men. It was ostensibly about villainesses attacking the bad guys. But it looked suspiciously like bondage porn in comic form. Comics–fun fof boys AND girls!
Excuse me. I meant villainesses attacking the good guys. Too bad there’s no edit button available here.
Well, potentially that, too, but he’s on record as having said he wanted to create a character that was a strong woman so as to prepare the world for the kinds of strong women he saw as the way of the future, who would lead us into a peaceful existence. I’ve been reading a book on the history of Wonder Woman, and it goes into a lot of background; if I can find an exact quote I’ll post it here.
Is it “The Secret History of Wonder Woman” by Jill Lepore?
Well, Moultrie (sp?) SOLD Wonder Woman to National Periodicals as a character to appeal to young girls and address societal issues male characters couldn’t – but what he wrote (and what the artists working with hm drew) was closer to bondage porn than much of anything else…
Hey, something beats nothing, bucko. Good luck!