Hecate Hellcat: Post-apocalyptic Poster Grrrl

"If women really were fated to be significantly more anxious than men, we would expect them to start..."

aliceinemeraldcity — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:48:09 -0500

“If women really were fated to be significantly more anxious than men, we would expect them to start showing this nervousness at a very young age, right? Yet precisely the opposite is true: According to the UCLA anxiety expert Michelle Craske, in the first few months of infants’ lives, it’s boys who show greater emotional neediness. While girls become slightly more prone to negative feelings than boys at two years (which, coincidentally, is the age at which kids begin learning gender roles), research has shown that up until age 11, girls and boys are equally likely to develop an anxiety disorder. By age 15, however, girls are six times more likely to have one than boys are.”

- Taylor Clark (via albinwonderland)

Close-up look at Hathaway's Catwoman Costume

aliceinemeraldcity — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 19:11:12 -0400

dcwomenkickingass:

At an exhibition in Madrid about Christopher Nolan and The Dark Knight Rises they displayed the costumes worn in the movie.

Here’s a look at Catwoman’s boots:

I think those boots look ridiculous; we’ll see how I feel after I see the movie. Here’s a look at the belt and suit:

Those a bit more than thigh high.

Birds of Prey XXX: I can't even begin to tell how wrong this is

aliceinemeraldcity — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:54:30 -0400

dcwomenkickingass:

Actually I can - I’ve noted the mistakes they made below.

As I’ve said before how sad is it the only way I can see my favorite DC women on screen is in Porn.

"Gamers get hella uncomfortable over male sexuality too. Can you imagine a “good male character who..."

aliceinemeraldcity — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:52:29 -0400

“Gamers get hella uncomfortable over male sexuality too. Can you imagine a “good male character who just happens to be wearing sexually exploitative outfits because he’s ok with his masculinity?” Constantly has the camera pan lovingly over his asscrack and firm glutes, and big ole dangly ballsack that is totes sweaty from all this MMA and soldiering. Time to hit the showers, and do you, personally, think it’s ok to have a long slow pan up the dude’s package (indiscreetly hidden in a jock of course), to his chiseled physique and erect nipples (pierced). He’s not even a Bond-esque confident man, he’s basically a weird Bowie caricature that’s constantly having near-dickslips in every single cinematic as the completely nonsexualized female characters do their business of being gruff and shooting dudes and advancing the plot. Finally, at the end he falls in love (out of nowhere) and/or is killed by the big baddie.”

- a forum post I read recently, trying to give a solid example of what ‘male objectification in gaming ’ would actually look like if it was anything equivalent to current female objectification in gaming. (via nothingbutsurrender)

I think I reblogged this before, but I’m just gonna reblog it again.

(via hobbitdragon)

So fantastically accurate.

(via psdo)

vintagegal: D for Delinquent by Bud Clifton, 1958

aliceinemeraldcity — Sun, 06 May 2012 09:38:11 -0400

vintagegal:

D for Delinquent by Bud Clifton, 1958

Who Needs Feminism?: I need feminism because I’m sick and tired of talking to my fellow men...

aliceinemeraldcity — Sun, 06 May 2012 09:37:25 -0400

Who Needs Feminism?: I need feminism because I’m sick and tired of talking to my fellow men...:

whoneedsfeminism:

I need feminism because I’m sick and tired of talking to my fellow men and hearing that they actually think misogyny benefits them.
I need feminism because of all the advice I get on “how to show my girlfriend I love her” and “what she’s thinking” are all a load of crap because they don’t address…

"The argument that women who enjoy BDSM are “taught” they should be submissive in bed is insulting to..."

aliceinemeraldcity — Sun, 06 May 2012 09:11:27 -0400

“The argument that women who enjoy BDSM are “taught” they should be submissive in bed is insulting to me as a feminist: I’m not a little girl who needs other people to tell me what’s best for me. I choose to trust the men I “play” with. I know what kind of pornography and erotica turns me on. I know what kind of touch turns me on. I know what kind of words and tone of voice turn me on. In fact, there’s sort of a joke in BDSM that submissives are actually the dominant ones because they have ultimate control (like with a safe word). As far as spanking play goes, I’ve always been the one telling men to do this to me, to do it harder, to do it softer, and when to stop.”

- BDSM And Feminism: “Stop Telling Me What I’m Supposed To Like, Damn It.” (via albinwonderland)

laurenaye: RIP Adam MCA Yauch.

aliceinemeraldcity — Fri, 04 May 2012 18:57:50 -0400

laurenaye:

RIP Adam MCA Yauch.

vintagegal: Joan Jett

aliceinemeraldcity — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:52:18 -0400

vintagegal:

Joan Jett

vintagegal: Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman (1970’s)

aliceinemeraldcity — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:46:55 -0400

vintagegal:

Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman (1970’s)

vintagegal: The Munsters

aliceinemeraldcity — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:46:13 -0400

vintagegal:

The Munsters

thismomentsforwomenincomics: I don’t have a scan of it but one...

aliceinemeraldcity — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 07:46:43 -0400

thismomentsforwomenincomics:

I don’t have a scan of it but one of my favorite Power Girl moments is when she’s assuring herself that she can cut all the cables at once as Terra is manipulating the earth. It’s in Amanda Connor’s run in Power Girl’s New Beginning.

"I want to live in a world where little girls are not pinkified, but where little girls who like pink..."

aliceinemeraldcity — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 07:45:11 -0400

“I want to live in a world where little girls are not pinkified, but where little girls who like pink are not punished for it, either. We can certainly talk about the social pressures surrounding gender roles, and the concerns that people have when they see girls and young women who appear to be forced into performances of femininity by the society around them, but let’s stop acting like they have no agency and free will. Let’s stop acting like women who choose to be feminine are somehow colluders, betraying the movement, bamboozled into thinking that they want to be feminine. Let’s stop denying women their own autonomy by telling them that their expressions of femininity are bad and wrong.

Antifemininity is misogynist. What you are saying when you engage in this type of rhetoric is that you think things traditionally associated with women are wrong. Which is misogynist. By telling feminine women that they don’t belong in the feminist movement, you are reinforcing the idea that to be feminine and a woman is wrong, that women who want to be taken seriously need to be more masculine, because most people view gender presentation in binary ways. This rewards the ‘one of the boys’ type rhetoric I encounter all over the place from self-avowed feminists who seem to think that bashing on women is a good way to prove how serious they are when it comes to caring about women and bringing men into the feminist movement.”

- Get Your Anti-Femininity Out Of My Feminism by s.e. smith (via albinwonderland)

whoneedsfeminism: I need feminism because Arizona just passed a state law that defines a fetus’s...

aliceinemeraldcity — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:28:55 -0400

whoneedsfeminism:

I need feminism because Arizona just passed a state law that defines a fetus’s life to begin the day after a woman’s last menstrual period. Meaning that life starts before conception. Meaning that even before a woman has sex, she is considered pregnant.

vintagegal: Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman (1970’s)

aliceinemeraldcity — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 18:48:02 -0400

vintagegal:

Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman (1970’s)

Photo

aliceinemeraldcity — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:18:20 -0400

WOO!

aliceinemeraldcity — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 09:59:00 -0400

WOO!:

Nicole Cawlfield’ s Thin Up Girls

aliceinemeraldcity — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 09:39:49 -0400

Nicole Cawlfield’ s Thin Up Girls

Who Needs Feminism?: I need feminism because I’m a girl who reads comics and this concept...

aliceinemeraldcity — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 09:31:08 -0400

Who Needs Feminism?: I need feminism because I’m a girl who reads comics and this concept...:

whoneedsfeminism:

I need feminism because I’m a girl who reads comics and this concept baffles people

I need feminism because people in comic book stores scrunch up their noses because “those darn feminists are angry again” when a female character is disempowered, objectified, stripped other powers, or…

vintagegal: Julie Newmar as Catwoman for the Batman TV series...

aliceinemeraldcity — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 19:00:29 -0400

vintagegal:

Julie Newmar as Catwoman for the Batman TV series (1960’s)