As perhaps the most prominent female writer in superhero comics today, Gail Simone might not be the first person in the industry that you'd expect to get called out for sexism and misogyny. And yet, a male reader (and self-proclaimed gender studies student) -- who also patronized Simone with comments like, "You don't understand feminism, dear" -- did just that yesterday, sparking both a Twitter meme and a response from Simone herself.The "Wonder Woman" writer has asked her Twitter followers to help detail the many reasons she supposedly detests her own gender in a tongue-in-cheek Twitter hashtag called #gailhateswomen. Here's a smattering of the responses so far, and it's still going strong:
@GidgetAnne: @GailSimone created Women in Refrigerators to get women out of refrigerators so she could force them to make dinner for her.
@KriegsaffeNo9 Jane Chill shot Gail Simone's parents as they were leaving the theater. Cue oath of vengeance, training, comic writing.
@brianalynch: It's true - @GailSimone is writing DC's multiverse retort to Marvel's "Girl Comics", called "A Crisis in Infinite Kitchens".
@fodigg: When asked what she thought of her female fans, @GailSimone asked with horror "Who taught these women to read?"
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Saturday 30 January
By Tyler Chin-Tanner
Well what are his reasonings for saying she's sexist and/or a misogynist? Just because she's a woman writer doesn't mean this can't be true. I'm not saying she is either, haven't read the comic, I'm just curious what case he's making.
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Saturday 30 January
By Laura Hudson
The thread has apparently been deleted, but at least some of his criticisms about Simone being misogynist pertained specifically to her Wonder Woman, and the character's "proximity to domesticity." From what I understand, this is because WW makes a reference to having to "do the dishes" -- e.g. clean up after a battle -- and also because WW's mom wants to be a grandmother.
Saturday 30 January
By Brian A. Lynch
Heyy, I got quoted!
Also, yes - the tirade was completely in reaction to her new issue of Wonder Woman. A few pages in, after Wonder Woman finishes fighting off the descendant of an Aztec snake god, she makes a remark about cleaning up the mess it left behind as "doing the dishes".
Which, if taken extremely out of context, yes, it could be misconstrued as being vaguely sexist. As it stands in context, though, it seems more like Mr. Aztec Snake God was an unwelcome party guest, who had his fun and left all of the mess behind for her to deal with. Hey, even Hercules had to clean the Aegean stables...
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Monday 01 February
By Scott Bieser
There are few things more annoyingly ridiculous than a college student who, having taken a class or two, thinks he or she is now an expert on the subject.
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