Seems there's a bit of a wave of allies in comics these days. Recently,
Paul Cornell, a celebrated comic (and television) writer, decided that
he's not going to be on comic book panels that don't have some gender
parity:
If I'm on, at any convention this year, a panel that doesn't have a 50/50 gender split (I'll settle for two out of five), I'll hop off that panel, and find a woman to take my place.
If I'm on, at any convention this year, a panel that doesn't have a 50/50 gender split (I'll settle for two out of five), I'll hop off that panel, and find a woman to take my place.
Yay for Paul.
And now, Si Spurrier has followed Paul's example, and given up his seat on a panel to Tammy Taylor. I hope this trend continues!
1 comment:
Isn't it supposed to be who does the best work? I don't know... it's hard when sometimes things HAVE to be 50/50 because that could be considered sexist in that women or men are given priority to cede to this ratio of 50/50. Wouldn't real equality mean that there is no choice for the job based on gender? It would be based on the idea that men and women are equal and therefore the job would be given to whoever can do the best job? This could mean that the entire panel is men or the entire panel is women or that it is a mix. Of course, it's hard to be completely gender-blind because of ingrained ideas about men and women, but I'm not sure... I don't know... tough one...
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