The actual title of this blog post is:

Why I'm for and against the feminism movement and how diversity in comicbooks should be handled

I have a feeling that many of the people who read this post may miss my point. That's not because people are stupid or haven't explained clearly enough but with these two big issues, people always seem to. A year ago, I use to write very angry blog posts on a Tumblr about how I hated the feminism community that was surrounding comicbooks. How they were never satisfied and I felt they tended to be very angry instead doing the simple solution of just not buying the comic. But this isn't what I'm arguing about today. I was walking around in my small kitchen waiting for the kettle to boil and I thought to myself: female characters aren't written correctly because most writers grew up with the old fashioned comics, I say old fashioned because of lot the writers from the previous generation didn't really write female superheroes. Look at Wonder Woman, yes she's iconic but not in the same way Batman and Superman are. Why? I think it's because girls of the '40s were reading girl comics and superhero didn't fit into that. And I think writers take inspiration from what they grew up with as children and because of this, they've ended up with the same formula. And many will argue they're grown up “super-fanboys” and just like the look of 'perfect' women.

Starfire is a prime example of this. Her new body and they way she flaunts herself is treated like that. I agree with people getting angry. What I don't think was logical was that people were doing this like: my six year old daughter's reaction to Starfire. It's not the target audience, that's not the correct way of doing it. Comicbooks are aimed from 15-34 year olds. And that means boys and girls. They're not going to win any girl fans if they objectify women in certain ways, even in the most subtle way possible. Most believe that they should just “hire more female workers” I don't think it's that simple. There are a lot more male comicbook writers and artists out there. But before I digress from my point and really start up debates over feminism in comic books, I return. There is a huge unfair treatment and many fans express this constantly but, writers seem to ignore it. Why? Because writers think they're the overlords of stories and to a sense that's true. I'm a writer, I've written a book and happen to be starting on the second soon. People ask me: why don't you write this and this? Because I write whatever I feel like writing. I think that's true in their case but the problem is, they've got a variety of people to please.

Another thing (and also the other side to this post) is diversity. Currently, there are a lot of things in this matter that are changing. I've noticed more and more heroes being of different origin and culture. But DC and Marvel have a habit of flaunting this around. This isn't something we should adopt. I was talking about the story of me in my kitchen making tea, this also occurred to me: diversity is something a writer should chose to do. Not because a fan tells him to do or he feels obligated but because he/she is trying to create a world that is similar to ours with superheroes and villains and power. Yes, there is a sense of pure fiction but realism in comicbooks works phenomenally to an extent. In our world, we have different religions and cultures and races etc. I think it's important we all realise this and it'll strengthen story telling. So what is the point: We should have equality among everyone and a way of dealing with it should be by not buying something. There's a lot more I can say but I'm rather nervous due to this being my first article about comics in a while now. I hope you all enjoy reading and if you don't like my view, just say but please don't insult me.