FLAVOR TEXT: Gender in Comics

CONTENT WARNING: at 1 hour 38 minutes we discuss sexual assault in comic books. Last year we discussed Social Justice in Comics (Season 4, Episode 21) which covered an entire spectrum of social justice issues that comics sometimes handled alright, but often times missed the mark. This week, thanks to continued support of Patrons like Sharkbait, we're dialing in to focus on Gender in Comics. Join us today as we talk demographics, representation, and the artists behind the characters. If you hadn't become familiarized with the terrible history of "fridging" then you will be after today.

We did our homework:

• "The Golden Age of Comic Books" - Mark Kelley, Marquette University - https://bit.ly/3brN2JH
• "Punch a Nazi: 15 Times Superheroes Fought Fascism" - https://bit.ly/3bvNZAP
• "The History Behind Captain America Punching Hitler" - https://bit.ly/3HWNhbU
• "NYCC Insider Sessions Powered by ICV2: A Demographic Snapshot of Comics Buyers" - https://bit.ly/3uamIud
• "Women in Refrigerators" - https://bit.ly/3Otnafj "Pink Kryptonite" - https://bit.ly/3OLxorc

Thanks to podvoices.help for providing this list of abortion links and resources:

• https://abortion.cafe/ - this is a collection of abortion resources
• shoutyourabortion.com - this is a campaign to normalize abortion
• https://donations4abortion.com/ - donate to support abortion funds by state
• https://secure.actblue.com/donate/supportabortionfunds - donate to the national network of abortion funds (donations split between 80+ abortion funds)
• https://usow.org/repro/volunteer/ - this is a list of abortion clinics across the country that need volunteers
• https://dontbanequality.com/ - this is language for companies to use to stand against the ruling
• https://plancpills.org/ambassadors - here are early abortion access pills you can store in your cabinet
• https://prochoice.org/ - this is an abortion access hotline
• https://natalist.com/products/early-pregnancy-test-strips - buy early pregnancy test strips
• https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/birth-control - get info on types of birth control
• https://choice.crd.co/ - this is a collection of these above links and more. Managed by @starplanes - DM them on twitter to add more
• https://www.guttmacher.org/state-policy/explore/abortion-policy-absence-roe - abortion policy by state as of June 1, 2022
• More in-depth version: https://www.guttmacher.org/state-policy

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