Vintage Batgirl PSA: “It’s no joke, it’s the federal equal pay law!’
48 years ago tomorrow, the Equal Pay Act was signed into law by President John F. Kennedy to “prohibit discrimination on account of sex in the payment of wages by employers”. To celebrate, check out...
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A world where there are waiting periods for war, not abortion
Go here for a larger version of the cartoon. Counter-earth: Such a strange place! So different from the world we know–where a President’s unilateral power to wage war is now essentially unchecked and...
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Newspapers censor “Doonesbury” strips about abortion news
All this week, “Doonesbury” is running a series of comic strips about the ultrasound laws that have popped up recently. The first strip features an abortion patient being sent to the “Shaming Room.” I...
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Conservative moms outraged – just outraged! – by gay comic book hero
Last week, DC Comics announced that one of their characters is going to be coming out soon. Over at The Advocate, they suspect it’ll be The Green Lantern. Marvel has also announced that Northstar, its...
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Really, DC Comics? (Cat)women don’t bend like that
What reaction did DC Comics think they were going to get with this “anatomy-be-damned,” “sub-Maxim” cover for Catwoman #0? I mean, really. It was, after all, just a month ago that the internet was...
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The Feministing Five: Hari Kondabolu and Janine Brito
Photo by Matthias Clamer. Courtesy of FX. Hari Kondabolu (pictured right) and Janine Brito (pictured left) are brave comics who aren’t afraid to speak truth to power and give a voice to the...
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Relaunched X-Men comic to feature an all lady superhero team
Cover art by Olivier Coipel, who will be drawing the book. Marvel is relaunching X-Men in April, to join the 2 ½ other X-Men titles they’re currently publishing. This one will be notable, though, for...
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All Malala Everything
Let Malala Yousafzai be a reminder to all of us of strength, courage and unflinching determination to survive and succeed in a world that demands you to fail. The artists at Zen Pencils have created a...
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Who approved these ridiculously sexist “Avengers” T-shirts?
Welp, sexist advertising doesn’t get much more blatant this. Here’s Marvel’s Avengers T-shirt for boys: And for girls: Update: Sign the petition to say we’re #notbuying it. Related: What if dude...
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Comic of the day: ACLU publishes “Stealth Attack” illustrating sneaky new...
It’s no secret that anti-choice radicals have been using disingenuous laws and misleading language to force a decline in abortion access across the country. To expose this trend, the ACLU enlisted the...
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You go, Ellen Page. The Michael Dunn trial will expose disturbing (and sadly unsurprising) truth about America. “Valentine’s Day is a holiday based on fears…can technology make long-term monogamy any...
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“The morning after I was raped, I made my rapist breakfast.”
Here’s a powerful comic from The Nib on rape, triggers, good stories, and true ones. Read the rest here.
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New Favorite Comic: Manfeels Park
The brilliant new comic Manfeels Park, created by two women based in Scotland, pairs scenes from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice with actual anti-feminist, mansplaining comments on the interwebs. As...
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Comic of the Day: Playing With Dolls
Sara Zimmerman’s short and sweet comic on parenting daughters is all over the interwebs this month — joining numerous fellow witty feminist comics we’ve enjoyed. On Zimmerman’s inspiration for the...
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