Given that Taskmaster has been retconned as being an ex-SHIELD op with a memory condition working under an ex-SHIELD operative (who happens to be his wife [comics]), it's not a stretch for him to be doing the right thing.

Jealous?

Oh, cool then!

Wuh? I'm the one saying Marvel is doing good, not a lot of it, but they're starting.

Oh, there's something wrong with what my Malibu Stacy says…

@avclub-6a39664e3119f973f6f230fb66f4c0a5:disqus That's not what I'm talking about. I mean that a lot of female characters are written as having no character traits bar tits. It's not a big a problem as it used to be, but it's still not perfect.

*stares at finger* Wait, that's not it… *searches through each pouch in turn, eventually dying of old age*

The difference is that women are shown to be solely sex objects for the audience whereas men are what you're supposed to aspire to look like. It's really more to do with power, since men are powerful by being archetypal heroic figures, whereas powerful women are usually reduced to wank fantasies.
        The men are…

Captain Marvel wears combat boots. Partially for practicality, partially to reflect that she's ex-air force.

Can't say I read either of those titles. I was hardcore DC for a while, so missed out on Academy, and Arena just doesn't interest me.

Oh, entirely. It's a meditation on power politics in general and in comics editing. The sexism and exclusiveness is vital to that book, as it's about perspectives and wider issues.

Yes, portraying all the men as super-strong and attractive is completely the same thing as portraying all the women as oversexualised blow-up dolls.

They've released a few female led books (The Fearless Defenders, Captain Marvel, one of the X-Men titles), have hired Kelly Sue DeConnick and Sara Pichelli, changed some of the more ridiculous costumes to be less revealing, and having the lead Avengers title surprisingly un-sexist (the female characters are…

Hawkeye, he's so hot right now (i.e. finally read Hawkeye #1 and nearly cried on the bus, stupid dog).

I'm flattered.

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Wanna watch me stick nine inch nails through each one of my eyelids?

I'd be less annoyed if they were nice shoes, but it looks like the eighties barfed the nineties.

I loved Fantastic Mr. Fox, though. Probably because it felt more realistic.

Only if Vincent Price officiates.