Comic book feminist writes child pornography

[Zev]

If you haven't heard of girl-wonder.org, they're the ones that are always complaining that Power Girl's boobs are too big and Supergirl's skirt is too short. One of their pet peeves is the sexualization of underage characters. For instance, here's an excerpt from Karen Healey, one of their leading columnists.

And then I raise both eyebrows in stark horror and shriek at the unmitigated awfulness of the other reciprocated romance thus far, which is between a ten-year-old girl and her homeroom teacher.

Rika, who is described as “nice”, “pretty” and “really mature”, has told her friends that she has an older boyfriend. After exchanging significant glances and blushes with Rika, the teacher gives her a ring, “as promised”, declaring, “I told the clerk that this is an engagement ring. Take care of it until it becomes a wedding ring.”

EW.

Perhaps I am especially disgusted because I teach at elementary schools, and a lot of my students have crushes on me – they give me flowers and love notes and cling to available limbs, to the point where I have ascertained my maximum bearing weight is three first-graders, or two second-graders.

I naturally don’t return that affection in kind, and I would under no circumstances give any one of them a ring that would later become a wedding ring, because that would be incredibly ****ing creepy, oh my god.

Unlike the relationship between Sakura’s parents, there is no intratextual condemnation whatsoever of this irredeemably ****ed-up agreement, which is presented as a charming tale of romance, instead of latent pedophilia at work. It’s a sweet tale of wish-fulfilment that says “Hey, kids! If you fall in love with your teacher he just might marry you, and there’s nothing wrong with that!”

Shame on you, CLAMP! This is not a message for children (or for anyone)! It is downright irresponsible to suggest that a romantic relationship between an adult and a child is acceptable at all, much less a cute sub-plot. Shame, shame, shame on you.

Now, that makes sense. I'm sure it's something we could all agree with. Except their CEO, Mary Borsellino, writes pornographic stories involving Batman and Robin. Like this one, this one, this one, and let's not forget this one.

I'm not sure whether to be amused or horrified. I'm erring on the side of horror.

 

[The Hero]

*sigh* WRONG. Batman having sex with Robin couldn't be considered pedophilia because, as we all know, Batman brutally defeated pedophilia in 1994. And you call yourself a comic book fan.

 

[Honey Vibe]

Peoples is peoples.

 

[Sloth7d]

I read those fics. I will never be the same again. Ever.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

IT IS DOWNRIGHT IRRESPONSIBLE TO SUGGEST THAT RADIOACTIVITY CAN ENDOW ONE WITH FANTASTIC SUPER POWERS!
It sends kids the wrong MESSAGE!!

 

[Silverstein]

Hypocritical people reign. Like animal rights extremists. They throw red paint on people that wear fur, but they drive cars, wear clothes and buy paint.

1. Car pollution effects the atmosphere which hurts animals. Cars run animals down. Car manufaction facilities used to be homes for animals before the area was paved over and turned into a factory.
2. Clothes comes from factories and in many factories they are in other countires like asia where even children are paid at such minimal rates that they can not afford the clothes they make.
3. Paint is not non-toxic.

So basically they care more about the -idea- of animal rights then the rights of humans or the animals they claim to protect.

 

[The Hero]

To be fair, Zev, Karen Healey said in her last column that she was a-okay with Power Girl's Power Rack.