
Posted by Cascadyan on 5/13/2009, 9:48 pm, in reply to "How Important Is Feminism 2 Ms. Marvel?"
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Well, the 'Carol' version does - lol! Am expecting Ms Meanie to be the inverse - LOL!
She doesnt discriminate between sex, race, age, capability, sexuality, etc, etc... if ur norty - she'll hand out the smack-down in equal measure.. AND look fabulous while she does it... She doesnt differentiate, she doesnt stop and contemplate a course of action based on a label.. she looks at the villians deeds, motives, etc... EG - I would contend that Carols treatment of Puppet Master was based on his actions, NOT his gender... if a female/gay/coloured person did what Puppsie did, she would have reacted the same
So, to answer ur (fantastic / pertinent) question.. Feminism is equally AS Important AND UNimportant as any OTHER form of discrimination / prejudice... HEROES are expected to fight against them all, with comensurate vigour when / if / however the situation arises... just like a fire-fighter approaching a burning house... all that matters is whether there is another lifeform in there that needs rescuing. PERIOD. (BTW - her treatment of Puppet Master was by NO WAY Heroic, hopefully we'll see repercussions someday)
So, I would content it is a 'quantum' answer.. its neither AND both all at the same time.
However... she is a Trail-blazer, and thus may be percieved as an ICON, but thats just others... I actually think it would be interesting for her to have a Lesbian/Bi Female foe... and maybe even some Femmo-Groupies following her around... just to further explore the 'consequences' of her ICONIC nature (she wanted to be the BEST of the Best... well there are costs involved in that...)
Cheers
Caz
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