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Good for the gander

By tigtog on May 14, 2007

via Tama Leaver‘s post on a fanboy collectible of Mary Jane from the Spiderman comics (which I have seen around the feminist gamer/comics sites this week already) I find that Nancy Lorenz at GirlWonder.org has done a parody to show just how silly the same pose would look if Spiderman was doing the washing for MJ. If you haven’t seen the MJ figurine yet, prepare to wince. (It’s sold out, too).

Updated to add: the sculpture and the parody have made BoingBoing now.
Updated again: I have resurrected an abandoned draft post that ties in to the double standard here. [link]
MJwife and Spideywife

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8 responses to “Good for the gander”

  1. Lauredhel
    May 14, 2007 at 9:40 pm |

    ‘Tis a small world – I came across this a very short time ago, triggered by this thread – and it turns out the artist is on my LJ FOAF-list.

  2. When Fangirls Attack
    When Fangirls Attack
    May 15, 2007 at 12:13 pm |

    May 14th, 2007 Part I…

    Good for the gander…

  3. tigtog
    tigtog
    May 15, 2007 at 1:22 pm |

    Oh, that trackback post below from When Fangirls Attack has a roundup of all the feminist blogging done on this. Yay.

  4. tigtog
    tigtog
    May 15, 2007 at 7:20 pm |

    A lurker has sent me a link to this post about casual misogyny around him in response to watching a college-campus midnight screening of the Spiderman 3 film:

    I was feeling uncomfortable and uneasy by now, and I can’t imagine how any women sitting in the middle of that group must have been feeling. I mean, it’s 3 AM and you’re going to have to walk to your car in the dark with creeps who think hitting women is hilarious.

  5. Kate Harding
    Kate Harding
    May 16, 2007 at 12:18 am |

    He’s not bending over quite far enough for my tastes. :)

  6. tigtog
    tigtog
    May 17, 2007 at 10:50 am |

    Oh dear. Marvel has a new villain, Lady Ultron. She’s a robot, who runs around naked, with blank eyes.

    IBTP.

  7. Quickhit: Needs More Glitter — Hoyden About Town
    Quickhit: Needs More Glitter — Hoyden About Town
    April 5, 2009 at 2:52 pm |

    [...] What do you think of the new Marvel merchandise? Would you rather they’d run with Nancy Lorenz’ idea for a Spiderman figurine? [...]

  8. Quickhit: Needs More Glitter — Hoyden About Town
    Quickhit: Needs More Glitter — Hoyden About Town
    April 5, 2009 at 2:52 pm |

    [...] What do you think of the new Marvel merchandise? Would you rather they’d run with Nancy Lorenz’ idea for a Spiderman figurine? [...]

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