Comments on: It’s International Women’s Day! (or at least it was when I wrote this) http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/03/09/its-international-womens-day-or-at-least-it-was-when-i-wrote-this/ the webcomics blog about webcomics Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:54:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Tonia http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/03/09/its-international-womens-day-or-at-least-it-was-when-i-wrote-this/#comment-64434 Tonia Mon, 12 Mar 2007 02:57:26 +0000 http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/03/09/its-international-womens-day-or-at-least-it-was-when-i-wrote-this/#comment-64434 What about Jennie Breedons' <a href="http://devilspanties.keenspot.com/" rel="nofollow">The Devils Panties (not demonic porn)</a> and I'd second Girls with Slingshots as a neat female oriented strip. And anything by <a href="http://liliane.comicgenesis.com/ " rel="nofollow">Leanne Franson</a> too - actually I could keep going name dropping women in webcomics who write good characters, so I really don't think there is as much a shortage as seems to be suggested by the article. What about Jennie Breedons’ The Devils Panties (not demonic porn) and I’d second Girls with Slingshots as a neat female oriented strip.
And anything by Leanne Franson too - actually I could keep going name dropping women in webcomics who write good characters, so I really don’t think there is as much a shortage as seems to be suggested by the article.

]]> By: Anne http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/03/09/its-international-womens-day-or-at-least-it-was-when-i-wrote-this/#comment-63943 Anne Sat, 10 Mar 2007 01:51:02 +0000 http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/03/09/its-international-womens-day-or-at-least-it-was-when-i-wrote-this/#comment-63943 Thanks, folks, for the suggestions--much appreciated! Of the ones above, I'd read about the Pink Raygun blog but hadn't looked yet, and someone did recommend Girls with Slingshots in passing, but all the others are totally new to me (I especially liked Normal Life and had never heard of it before, so that was particularly cool). As for the part about distinguishing between comics created by a woman and comics that are specifically influenced by gender awareness, I don't think that gender awareness, per se, is a gender specific trait. I don't think all comics by women are going to be automatically gender-savvy, and I also don't think all comics by men are going to default into the (heterocentric?)stereotypes about gender and arrested adolescent development and so forth. (And what about folks who don't identify with either of these two categories?) But given the history of women in comics (and in webcomics perhaps as well), I'm more interested in finding and reading what work is out there by women--and that's what I went looking for, specifically, for this piece. I mostly wanted to see what turned up when I narrowed the field or did a Google search for "feminist webcomic." I didn't find quite as many as I'd expected. So, again--thanks for the recommendations; I'm enjoying the reading! Thanks, folks, for the suggestions–much appreciated! Of the ones above, I’d read about the Pink Raygun blog but hadn’t looked yet, and someone did recommend Girls with Slingshots in passing, but all the others are totally new to me (I especially liked Normal Life and had never heard of it before, so that was particularly cool).

As for the part about distinguishing between comics created by a woman and comics that are specifically influenced by gender awareness, I don’t think that gender awareness, per se, is a gender specific trait. I don’t think all comics by women are going to be automatically gender-savvy, and I also don’t think all comics by men are going to default into the (heterocentric?)stereotypes about gender and arrested adolescent development and so forth. (And what about folks who don’t identify with either of these two categories?) But given the history of women in comics (and in webcomics perhaps as well), I’m more interested in finding and reading what work is out there by women–and that’s what I went looking for, specifically, for this piece. I mostly wanted to see what turned up when I narrowed the field or did a Google search for “feminist webcomic.” I didn’t find quite as many as I’d expected. So, again–thanks for the recommendations; I’m enjoying the reading!

]]> By: Otter http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/03/09/its-international-womens-day-or-at-least-it-was-when-i-wrote-this/#comment-63891 Otter Fri, 09 Mar 2007 21:50:05 +0000 http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/03/09/its-international-womens-day-or-at-least-it-was-when-i-wrote-this/#comment-63891 I think you might want to distinguish between comics created by a woman and comics that are specifically influenced by gender awareness. The latter is a genre; the former merely requires a different set of undergarments. I’ll dig my teeth into Templar, Arizona any old day of the week but this is because it’s good, not because it’s written by a woman. I think you might want to distinguish between comics created by a woman and comics that are specifically influenced by gender awareness. The latter is a genre; the former merely requires a different set of undergarments. I’ll dig my teeth into Templar, Arizona any old day of the week but this is because it’s good, not because it’s written by a woman.

]]> By: Ben http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/03/09/its-international-womens-day-or-at-least-it-was-when-i-wrote-this/#comment-63888 Ben Fri, 09 Mar 2007 21:33:36 +0000 http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/03/09/its-international-womens-day-or-at-least-it-was-when-i-wrote-this/#comment-63888 Don't forget <a href="www.templaraz.com" rel="nofollow">Templar, Arizona</a>. Don’t forget Templar, Arizona.

]]> By: Mr. Myth http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/03/09/its-international-womens-day-or-at-least-it-was-when-i-wrote-this/#comment-63879 Mr. Myth Fri, 09 Mar 2007 21:10:43 +0000 http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/03/09/its-international-womens-day-or-at-least-it-was-when-i-wrote-this/#comment-63879 <a href="http://www.panel2panel.com/ns-chap001.html" rel="nofollow">No Stereotypes</a> definitely comes to mind immediately, and some other good ones off the top of my head... <a href="http://www.candicomics.com/d/20040625.html" rel="nofollow">Candi</a>, <a href="http://www.intershadows.com/?date=20030831" rel="nofollow">Intershadows</a>, <a href="http://www.green-avenger.com/d/20040924.html" rel="nofollow">The Green Avenger</a>. No Stereotypes definitely comes to mind immediately, and some other good ones off the top of my head… Candi, Intershadows, The Green Avenger.

]]> By: J.Jacques http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/03/09/its-international-womens-day-or-at-least-it-was-when-i-wrote-this/#comment-63875 J.Jacques Fri, 09 Mar 2007 20:47:15 +0000 http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/03/09/its-international-womens-day-or-at-least-it-was-when-i-wrote-this/#comment-63875 Another good one is <a href="http://normallife.livejournal.com/" rel="nofollow">Normal Life</a>. Another good one is Normal Life.

]]> By: Kate Ditzler http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/03/09/its-international-womens-day-or-at-least-it-was-when-i-wrote-this/#comment-63874 Kate Ditzler Fri, 09 Mar 2007 20:45:25 +0000 http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/03/09/its-international-womens-day-or-at-least-it-was-when-i-wrote-this/#comment-63874 I have no problem identifying with the "f" word, but I think that's something that takes some adjustment to. However, at the same time, I think that sometimes women have to build up respect as geeks and dorks. In that line, I've been reading this blog: http://www.pinkraygun.com/ Enjoy. :D I have no problem identifying with the “f” word, but I think that’s something that takes some adjustment to. However, at the same time, I think that sometimes women have to build up respect as geeks and dorks. In that line, I’ve been reading this blog: http://www.pinkraygun.com/

Enjoy. :D

]]> By: Malki ! http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/03/09/its-international-womens-day-or-at-least-it-was-when-i-wrote-this/#comment-63871 Malki ! Fri, 09 Mar 2007 20:28:00 +0000 http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/03/09/its-international-womens-day-or-at-least-it-was-when-i-wrote-this/#comment-63871 Another great female-centric and -authored comic is <a href="http://girlswithslingshots.com" rel="nofollow">Girls With Slingshots</a>. Another great female-centric and -authored comic is Girls With Slingshots.

]]> By: Paul Southworth http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/03/09/its-international-womens-day-or-at-least-it-was-when-i-wrote-this/#comment-63853 Paul Southworth Fri, 09 Mar 2007 18:54:12 +0000 http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/03/09/its-international-womens-day-or-at-least-it-was-when-i-wrote-this/#comment-63853 Dear Internet, Please learn some manners. Love, Paul Dear Internet,

Please learn some manners.

Love,
Paul

]]> By: Point http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/03/09/its-international-womens-day-or-at-least-it-was-when-i-wrote-this/#comment-63841 Point Fri, 09 Mar 2007 17:26:39 +0000 http://www.fleen.com/archives/2007/03/09/its-international-womens-day-or-at-least-it-was-when-i-wrote-this/#comment-63841 Another wonderfully pointless article by Anne. Thanks Anne! Another wonderfully pointless article by Anne.

Thanks Anne!

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