http://www.afburns.com/2009/12/04/sexys-back/ Alexander Burns's writing sketchbook Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:13:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.afburns.com/2009/12/04/sexys-back/comment-page-1/#comment-2294 Dauna Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:10:04 +0000 http://www.afburns.com/?p=834#comment-2294 Some very good points. :) Um, I mean in your post, Alex. I'm trying to pretend the Uggo person's comment isn't above mine. Some very good points. Um, I mean in your post, Alex. I’m trying to pretend the Uggo person’s comment isn’t above mine.

]]> http://www.afburns.com/2009/12/04/sexys-back/comment-page-1/#comment-2292 Jens Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:54:32 +0000 http://www.afburns.com/?p=834#comment-2292 Sexism, or anything, in genre fiction is just a slice of the rest of mainstream media. It's just that comics and pulp paintings are visual... they're also hampered by their roots as adolescent male entertainment. Whatever. People like to look at attractive people. Sometimes I think that we should depict a greater variety of humans in our media, but then I think, god, who wants to look at uggos? (Uggoes?) I am known to scream at my television: "Who is that ugly person? Get that goddamn mutant off my TV!" Sexism, or anything, in genre fiction is just a slice of the rest of mainstream media. It’s just that comics and pulp paintings are visual… they’re also hampered by their roots as adolescent male entertainment. Whatever. People like to look at attractive people. Sometimes I think that we should depict a greater variety of humans in our media, but then I think, god, who wants to look at uggos? (Uggoes?) I am known to scream at my television: “Who is that ugly person? Get that goddamn mutant off my TV!”

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