A Sense of Doubt blog post #4262 - Women and Gender in Comics - Comic Book Sunday for October 18, 2026
It's Comic Book Sunday, and I am still delaying a post that has been in the works for months.
https://girlsreadcomics.wordpress.com/2011/03/05/memorable-marvel-moment-valkyrie-does-not-hate-men/
Memorable Marvel Moment: Valkyrie does not hate men
Most of the time, feminism is a dirty word. It brings up connotations of women hating men, women fighting against the patriarchy, men being beat down and belittled to make women feel better — and these are all wrong. Like any movement, there are extremists, there are people with different opinions, there are people who don’t fully understand what it is. In the end feminism is about what you make it as a woman (or a man).

In one sentence, Valkyrie sums up everything I believe feminism to be. We’re not trying to take away your power, we’re not trying to emasculate you, we don’t hate you and we’re not trying to be better than you. We just want to be thought of as good as men. We want to be equals.
Valkyrie is introduced in Defenders #4 as a woman incredibly proud of who she is and what she stands for. She’s often written as over the top, but eventually Defenders strikes a great balance between Val as a character and Val as a feminist icon. This is the moment where, despite the sometimes omg-so-feminist writing, we get a glimpse of something real, something that strikes my heart every time I read it.
https://www.ign.com/articles/2017/06/06/valkyrie-explained-who-is-the-thor-ragnarok-character
The Basics
Valkyrie is in fact Brunnhilde, a Norse warrior goddess chosen by Odin to lead the Valkyrior or “Choosers of the Slain” (there’s also a whole bunch of back story about her and Siegfried from the Volsunga Saga, but honestly, if you want that kind of detail, go read a book on Norse mythology). Ferrying the honored dead from Earth and Asgard to Valhalla, Valkyrie was angered when Earth was closed to her after Odin made a deal with the Celestials. She fell into a partnership with Amora the Enchantress, but the evil sorceress turned on Valkyrie and imprisoned her spirit in crystal.Valkyrie was later given form via the body of wealthy socialite and avowed feminist Samantha Parrington. Parrington became the conduit for Valkyrie on several occasions, but the goddess also worked with her long-time teammates in the Defenders while in the body of Barbara Norris. When she incarnates, she usually adopts the same general look of a statuesque blonde (often with braids) in silver armor with a blue cape. Her persona is distinguished by her strength of character and keen awareness of her equality and power as a woman, which has played an important thematic part in many of her adventures over the years.
https://womenincomics.blogspot.com/2011/07/catching-up-part-eight-women-gender-in.html
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Catching Up, Part Eight: Women & Gender in Comics
Women & Gender in Comics:
The World Has Already Changed LinkBlogging: Women, Collectibility, Miniseries, and Gary Groth
Women in comics: They’re now, they’re wow — get used to it
Next cosplay idea:
HEY UGO, quit being assholes!
Character Spotlight: Princess Adrienne
June 19, 2011
Barda’s relationship with her body is interesting
Now, when I first posted this panel
I’d interpret this as saying that comics are currently being written to appeal to men in a way that alienates women readers
Soapbox: Women’s Manga
Josei manga considered
Ruffled Feathers and Jerked Knees
The Misadventures of a Newbie Superhero Girl
Intro
Remember how Tom Brevoort made this big thing a few months ago about how diversity is important but teams like the Avengers need to be composed of A-list heroes first and foremost?
Women in Comics: Regressive Storytelling and Iconic Characters
She Has No Head! – Life With Mr. Dangerous
Women in Comics – Spotlight series!
Pakistani Women Create Comics To Deal With Harassment
Life After Marriage: Is there life after marriage in comics?
DC-Women-Kicking-Ass Tell DC: Pick Up the Money Sitting on the Table
On Gender & Race In "Fear Itself" # 4 & "Flashpoint" # 3 :- "Don't Say That's Just For White Boys."
Frank Miller Owns Batman: “no hope at all”
New 'Huntress' and 'Penguin' Miniseries Join DC's Batman Titles in October
3 Chicks Review Comics – Episode 021
Women in Comics Spotlight – Kim Yale
When I was reading up on Storm the other day I was super impressed with her storylines
13. X-23
Trina Robbins on Comics Heroines, Feminism, and Lacy Underthings
OPEN CALL TO ALL FEMALE CARTOONISTS!
She Has No Head! – Koko Be Good
July 4th Edition:
7/9/11
7/16/11
7/17/11
7/18/2011
Greg Rucka and Rick Burchett Launch Lady Sabre
The Problems Of Not Being Male Or White In Comics Crossovers
Good Comics Out June 22
A Timeline of Josei Manga in the U.S.
Aki Alliance: Free Online Schoolgirl Graphic Novel Is Great!
March on Earth Books 1-2
Arisa Book 3
DC Spinner Rack: Batgirl #23, Birds of Prey #14, Frankenstein #2, Unwritten #27
Summer Shojo Chibis: Rasetsu 9, Library Wars 5, Story of Saiunkoku 3, Butterflies, Flowers 7
Review: Gingerbread Girl
Jim Balent's Catwoman Is 'The Mona Lisa of Comic Art,' Priced at Nearly $500K on eBay
The Complete Story of Harry Potter Illustrated in 8 Posters by Lucy Knisley
Kate Kane Is Bad to the Bone in 'Batwoman' #2 [Exclusive]
Comics We Love: The Day-Glo Sci-Fi Adventures of 'Miranda Mercury' [Interview + Preview]
DC Female Creators at SDCC: Table for One, Redux
Huntress gets a mini come October
Can someone tell me why this woman is not on a top tier book?
Girls who love Cap help “Knock out the Red Skull!”
Five Kick Ass DC Women who don’t have to get dressed-up for the fourth of July
Lady Liberty, she’s practically a DC woman
J.H. Williams III on Batwoman: “a wild ride”
Courtney Whitmore (Star-Spangled Kid II/Stargirl)
Karolina Dean (Lucy in the Sky)
Shado
Sif
Suzanne “Cissie” King-Jones (Arrowette)
Win Volume 1 of A Bride's Story!
Gallery Time: Emma Vieceli
Charlaine Harris plans original GN series!
Double Decker Linkspam
Drawn to comics: Literary scholar Hillary Chute frames a career with graphic narrative.
Interview: Emi Lenox Pt. 1
Graphic Nonfiction: The Life, Art and Death of Ana Mendieta
Know Your New Yorker Cartoonists: Roz Chast
How To Make Webcomics Characters Grow Up: A Conversation with ‘Girls With Slingshots’ Artist Danielle Corsetto
Review: Brain Camp
Preview: Betty & Veronica Double Digest #192
Interview: Colleen AF Venable
Squee! Of the Week: Leia Meets Mucha
July: Bad Machinery, by John Allison
Persephone Pioneers: Lucy Knisley
The first female superheroes
Review: Book of Lilah – Kickstart
Women in Comics – Spotlight series!
Women in Comics – Updates and Updated List
Women in Comics Spotlight: Adriana Blake
Women in Comics Spotlight: Camilla d’Errico
Women in Comics Spotlight: Conjoined Comics
I See How it Is
Don’t Worry Though!
Women: Threat or Menace?
Reality vs. Bodice Ripping: The Truth About Victorian Underwear
Huntress Somewhat Unbenched in the DCnU, Will Receive Her Own Mini-Series
GIRL COMICS FOR GIRLS - For GROWN’D UPS
So I’m guessing I’m the only one who knows Gwen Stacy was Peter’s first love…
Happy Birthday Gail Simone
The Josei Alphabet: Y
The Josei Alphabet: X
The Josei Alphabet: W
From the stack: Maid Shokun vol. 1
Magic Knight Rayearth, Vol. 1
A First Look at Soulless
Rogue Mirror
The Jillian Tamaki Interview
Exclusive: Kim Harrison’s Blood Work Blog Tour
Nice Art: Lauren Weinstein’s Sit Down Test
Indigo Kelleigh Kickstarts Ellie Connelly
Spend the month with Gabrielle Bell
The Art of Amanda Conner coming in January
Comics colorist Christina Strain writes The Fox Sister with artist Jayd Aït-Kaci
SDCC Wishlist | Amy Mebberson’s Green Lantern/Muppets mash-up
SDCC Wishlist | Joëlle Jones’ vintage ad prints
Preview: Sail the high seas with Betty and Veronica
Colleen Doran returns to comics
Robot Review | Olympians: Hera – The Goddess and Her Glory
Comics A.M. | Charlaine Harris’ new graphic novel; the origins of Epic
Brooke Gladstone will be on The Colbert Report promoting her graphic essay on media literacy “The Influencing Machine” TONIGHT!
My Collection of All-Lady Comics Anthologies!
SIMONE, VAN SCIVER Go For Nuclear Reaction On DCnU FIRESTORM
ProFile Friday: Melinda Gebbie
[PR] YEN PRESS LAUNCHES IPHONE APP WITH FREE GOSSIP GIRL, PSYCHO KILLER DIGITAL COMIC
Vixen: Return of the Lion
Review: Ivy
Valeria Richards
Joan Mason
Clarice Ferguson (Blink)
And if that Mockingbird don’t sing?
Fangirl Friday: Lisa
Gingerbread Girl
I Recommend: Magic Knight Rayearth
Any supposed Sequential Art professor who cannot think of a single female artist ~worthy~ of being featured is not himself worthy of his post.
Interview: Sally Pascale – Comic Book Reader, Feminist, Blogger… and the Internet’s most outspoken ‘Green Lantern’ fan
Emi Lenox Fills Her Sketches With Sweet Goodness [Art]
Arkham City adds Talia al Ghul; debuts Penguin video
Karen Zachary Wang Renders DC's Crimefighting Families [Art]
Happy Birthday Nicola Scott!
Happy Birthday, Gail Simone!
Three other interviews about women and comics to read this week
Saturday Manga edition for July 23 2011
7/24/11
7/30/11
Drawing Crazy Patterns – Flash Stories Ending With Iris West Complaining About Barry Allen
Drawing Crazy Patterns – Jean Grey “Dying”
3 Chicks Review Comics – Episode 022
An Elegy for Amelia Johnson
*Stardrop — Recommended
Cover of the Week – 7/20/11
Bits and Bytes: June 29, 2011
I Recommend: Pyongyang
Characters of Colour in superhero comics - the X (wo)men
K: “Right on time.”
krazy komiks konvention
Barda’s relationship with her body is interesting
My 9-year-old niece and legality scan
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Catching Up, Part Seven: Strong Female Characters, Womanthology, Wonder Woman, & more
SEXISM IS OVER: Kate Beaton's 'Strong Female Characters' [Webcomic]
Sexism is over!
'Strong Female Characters' Inspires Strong Female Fan Art, Animation
War Rocket Ajax #5: ComicsAlliance's Podcast Talks Dr. McNinja, Strong Female Characters
Womanthology:
Womanthology raises $27,000 overnight. Are you listening, Marvel and DC?
Womanthology offers a new way for to showcase and support Women in Comics
Womanthology!
WOMANTHOLOGY need your help!
VIDEO SHELF FRIDAY: ‘Womanthology’ roars, ‘Batman’ soars — and News of the World is floored
The Womanthology has just over $7500 to go, and it just went live last night!
THE WOMAN BEHIND ‘WOMANTHOLOGY’: Renae De Liz sees inspiration blossom for 140 female artists
Kickstart Womanthology!
Womanthology: A Massive, All-Female Comics Anthology
VIDEO SHELF FRIDAY: ‘Womanthology’ roars, ‘Batman’ soars — and News of the World is floored
The Rapid Rise of "Womanthology"
WOMANTHOLOGY: An Indie Sensation Before Publication
Womanthology Project Blows Up on Kickstarter
Womanthology
Womanthology News!
Anthology of Showcasing Female Comic Creators Needs Funding
Womanthology offers a new way for to showcase and support Women in Comics
Womanthology.
Womanthology!
WOMANTHOLOGY: An Indie Sensation Before Publication
Womanthology reaches funding goal in less than 19 hours
Women Comic Book Creators Find a Home on Kickstarter
Wow.
Womanthology, and Batgirl speaks out
Announcing: Womanthology
Female comic creators unite for a cause in Womanthology
Wonder Woman:
DC Puts Wonder Woman on Sale Online
Gene Colan Week - "A Bold New Direction for... Wonder Woman"
An interesting discovery on how Wonder Woman was perceived in WWII comes through the Google News Archive.
Is Ralph Cosentino’s Story of the Amazon Princess a Wonder Woman who actually works?
Wonder Woman is alone?
All of these folks got reboots before Wonder Woman ever had a single film.
Wonder Woman Web
Wonder Woman Loses Her Pants in DCnU?
DC Puts Wonder Woman on Sale Online
Comic Book Easter Eggs – A Trio of Wonder Woman Easter Eggs!
'Wonder Woman' TV Pilot Storyboards Surface, Give a Glimpse of Paradise Island
Wonder Woman: A Look Back at the Controversial Take on the Amazon Princess During the '70s
Is the classic Wonder Woman costume back in the DCnU??
The surest sign that Wonder Woman with pants is the status quo
Original sketch of NBC Wonder Woman costume; designer explains process
No pants! This is indeed the cover to Wonder Woman #1
Storyboards from Wonder Woman pilot
That Wonder Woman Pilot: No wonder this didn’t get picked up
Didio and Lee: More to come on the Wonder Woman costume
Lego and DC extend agreement; Wonder Woman, Superman to get sets
New Wonder Woman items designed for younger fans
Wonder Woman OGN to be released in the fall
Sale on digital “Wonder Woman 101” comics
Apropos of nothing, here's an Art Baltazar drawing of Wonder Woman riding her kanga Jumpa:
Wherein I talk about Wonder Woman’s underpants.
DC Retroactive: Wonder Woman – The 90s Cover Revealed
No More Pants For Wonder Woman?
October 2011 Solicits: Wonder Woman #2
Flashpoint: Wonder Woman and the Furies #2 Preview
The First Look Inside Wonder Woman #1!!
Lego Wonder Woman (How Awesome Is That?!)
A Look At The New Wonder Woman From Justice League Dark #1?
Colleen Doran’s Sketches For A Lost “Fantasy-Oriented” Wonder Woman
A Second Cliff Chiang Page From Wonder Woman #1!!
Wonder Woman Pilot Review OR Now I Understand Why It Didn’t Get Picked Up
Three Pretty Extensive Clips From the Failed Wonder Woman Pilot Remind Us Mostly of TV in the Nineties
Some Wonder Woman Concept Art You Haven’t Seen
DC Inexplicably, Quietly Changes Wonder Woman’s Costume… Again
Storyboards Give Us Another Taste of the Wonder Woman Pilot
DC Comics Gives LEGO Permission to Make Tiny Wonder Women
Breaking: Wonder Woman is still wearing jeggings
10 Things I hated about the Wonder Woman Pilot
Wonder Woman, Red Sonja, and Xena: Warrior Princess walk into a girls’ locker room…
Is this the triumphant return of Wonder Woman’s star-spangled shorts?
Ben Caldwell on Paradise Island
Colleen Doran’s JMS Wonder Woman that you didn’t see
New Wonder Woman action figures for the youngest of fans
Has the great Wonder Woman pants/no pants question been answered?
The Wonder Woman We Didn’t See
Frank Miller Owns Batman: “he’s a rube.”
X-Men: First Class
Why X-Men: First Class has issues
Magneto and Professor X Had Sex at the Movies This Summer—Did You See It?
July Link Love: X-Men First Class, Green Lantern, and Other Tidbits
Fantastic Fangirls Podcast # 3: X-Men First Class
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