who gets to be a superhero & why it matters: diversity in comics
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WHO GETS TO BE A SUPERHERO &
WHY IT MATTERS: DIVERSITY IN COMICS
Lisa HagerUW-Waukesha
http://bit.ly/[email protected] || @lmhager
Pronouns: she, her, hers or they, them, theirs
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WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE SUPERHERO?
WHY DO YOU LIKE THEM?
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WHAT DO OUR SUPERHEROES LOOK LIKE?
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WHAT DO OUR SUPERHEROES LOOK LIKE?
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MINORITY CHARACTER TROPESWOMEN IN REFRIGERATORS
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•Gail Simone (1999) – Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner) discovers his girlfriend, Andrea DeWitt, has been killed by Major Force
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MINORITY CHARACTER TROPES MAGICAL _________ FRIEND
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MINORITY CHARACTER TROPES
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• Little to no character development
• Only point of these characters is to advance the main character’s development or the plot
• Often entirely defined by their minority identity
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HOW DO WE AVOID THESE TROPES?
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Chuck Wendig: I do like to think that it’s important to write books that feature people who aren’t me because I really, really hope that my readership is not just a room full of beardo white dudes with grumpy sourpuss faces staring at each other. Diversity matters to my readership, and I don’t mean that in a salacious “equates-to-sales” way, but rather in a, “equates-to-acknowledging-the-vast-complexity-of-the-humans-who-exist-around-us” kinda way.”
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WHAT CAN WE DO?
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• Critique problematic representations in comics and support others who are doing so
• Create comic book characters of diverse backgrounds and support comics that are doing so
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A FEW NOTABLE CRITIQUESHAWKEYE INITIATIVE
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A FEW NOTABLE CRITIQUESHAWKEYE INITIATIVE
[email protected] || she, her, hers or they, them, theirs || @lmhager
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A FEW NOTABLE CRITIQUESTEXTS FROM SUPERHEROES
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A FEW NOTABLE CRITIQUESBLOGS
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•The Mary Sue
•DC Women Kicking Ass
•Black Nerd Girls
•Polygon
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A FEW NOTABLE CHARACTERSKATE KANE ~ BATWOMAN
BATWOMAN VOL. 3: WORLD'S FINEST
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A FEW NOTABLE CHARACTERSORACLE ~ ORACLE & BIRDS OF PREY
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A FEW NOTABLE CHARACTERSALYSIA YEOH ~ BATGIRL
BATGIRL VOL. 3: DEATH OF THE FAMILY
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A FEW NOTABLE CHARACTERSKAMALA KAHN ~ MS. MARVEL
MS. MARVEL VOL. 1: NO NORMAL
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