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It is and that's her.

She looks like a hooker Ben picked up on the way to the party, right?

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falseaesop

Well its not like she can look in a mirror.

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nezchan

He who knows a bad hand FOLDS at the Man-Thing's tell!

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sd_admin

As you know, this community is not an acceptable place for sexism and statements like "she looks like a hooker" about a woman dressing to feel attractive have the taint of misogyny and are not appropriate under our ethos.

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How is that sexist?

It's a skanky dress.

It's a comment on fashion.

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kingrockwell

I'll just leave this here.

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Interesting article but it doesn't make Alicia's dress less skanky.

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mad

I don't know about you, but in my experience the word "skanky" refers to how "sexual" a woman is, like how much skin she's revealing, her behaviour, or how she expresses her sexuality. It refers to those things negatively.

That is slut-shaming, and if you read the article, you'll know what that means. It's condemning women, their bodies, their sexualities, insulting them, dehumanizing them, making it okay to dismiss and demean them. That you have equated sex-workers with that word is equally egregious.

Whatever your previous understanding of those words are, I am telling you now: in this community, do not call women or the way they dress "skanky", and do not conflate that word with sex-workers.

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"takes off glasses and rubs bridge of nose"

Fine, the words "skank, skanky" have been banished to the Phantom Zone.

Verboten. Verboten. Verboten.

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mad

Okay, mod-hat off for the moment, and I am asking this because I'm tired and my sarcasm detectors aren't always the best: are you being sincere here, or are you mocking me?

I'm partly asking because I'm genuinely surprised that you had no idea that it was offensive, and it seems kind of...odd that you'd repeat the words in the midst of agreeing not to use them against women while participating on scans_daily.

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No. I'm serious and snarky at the same time. I won't use the words in the context you laid out again.

I don't entirely agree on the reasoning "not to use them against women" I don't think I was doing that. I was talking one dress, at one time.

Plus, I'm tired too, I had a bad day and maybe I was looking for a fight.

It's not worth it, I don't agree with banning words without looking at the context they're used in and I think this could lead to the inablitly to say anything negative about female character.

I don't like the dress, it looked like Alicia stepped off the set of Law & Order: SVU. So I chose a descriptive word of what I thought it made her look like.

If it's not kosher, so be it.

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mad

No. I'm serious and snarky at the same time.

Okay. I guess it was your attempt at snark that made me feel like you were trying to make fun of me, which I do not appreciate.

I don't think I was doing that. I was talking one dress, at one time.

I understand that, but the problem is in the language and the context in which you were using it, it's pretty near impossible for your comment on her dress to not reflect on her as a woman. Not to mention the weight that the word carries (as noted above) regardless of intention.

It's not worth it, I don't agree with banning words without looking at the context they're used in and I think this could lead to the inablitly to say anything negative about female character.

But in this instance you were trying to comment on the character's (or perhaps more to the point, the artist's) choice of dress, were you not? You can say that's an ugly dress, that you don't think it suits the character or situation, or that you hate the character, but to imply that the words you used in reference to it aren't usually wielded as gender-specific insults in this kind of context is pretty ignorant. (As to why gender-specific insults are usually bad: they tend to insult someone on the basis of their identity, which is a pretty basic form of discrimination.)

Quite frankly, I'm being generous here, because I'm getting the sense that a big part of why you don't like the dress is because you think it reflects negatively on her sexually, which again, is a part of slut-shaming. At this point, you should be well aware that we don't tolerate such things, as per our community ethos.

I won't use the words in the context you laid out again.

Thank you.

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nezchan

Could be Impossible Man turned into the Man-Thing. Hey, if he can do Hulk, he can do anyone green.

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hyperactivator

Love this series.

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nezchan

Can all the heroes at the Big Two be this fun and cute and READABLE? Please?

It's the Brightest Heroic Night Age or something, I hear.

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jlroberson

Can't. They have to keep stretching out the events until you scream and scream.

Dropped BRIGHTEST DAY. Realized that the DCU's fate just doesn't matter to me anymore. But BATMAN 700 was a lot of fun. And you know why? Because it had NOTHING TO DO WITH THE REST OF THE DCU.

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brandiweed.livejournal.com

Can all the heroes at the Big Two be this fun and cute and READABLE?

Fun, cute, and readable is for children. Comics are MATURE, SERIOUS BUSINESS now.

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crinos

Anyone else notice Tony on that first page staring at a bottle of beer on the table while sweating?

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Never just you!

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The expression on Tony's face is hilarious. He's staring at the bottle like it's talking to him or something. "Drink me, Tony...you know you want to....just a little sip...one little sip never hurt anyone, right....?"

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crinos

So... he's Jared from Super Jail?

Hey, maybe they go to the same AA Meetings.

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kirke_novak

Yes I did. Lovely, isn't it?

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auggie18

So glad to see Rachel as the X-men's telepath. I like Emma and all, but always gotta have love for the Grey girls.

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sherkahn

Anyone else notice Lockjaw admiring the Dogs Playing Poker masterpiece on the opening big panel?

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I bet he's trying to figure out how they are holding onto the cards without any thumbs.

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rdfox

I've got a friend who has said he's willing to put a hundred bucks on Logan, right after the end of the last page, saying, "All right, everyone over to my place, I've got three kegs in the fridge, but you guys'll need to get your own booze on the way..."

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So many icon opportunities...so cute overall, but I wish we'd see more X-men girls (or more girl super heroines of any team) playing. Maybe Storm would distract everyone with her notorious powers to get people to propose to her? Scarlet Witch would change up the cards? So many possibilities.

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I bet Storm would be an awesome poker player. With her past as a pick pocket I bet she would be really good with the bluffing and whatnot. Heck, she could probably snatch all of your good cards without you even knowing it.

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valtyr

She was doing well in MA:A until Hulk announced her hand to the table.

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What'd he do that for?

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valtyr

Because he didn't understand the rules, I guess. He said "Storm will win. She have all the cards with little pictures on," or words to the effect, and Storm made the face seen in my icon.

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Oh Hulk! *face palms too*

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"Hey, look, Reed's double-dipping!"
"Whaaat?"
*snatch*

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jjgalahad

Hahaha, awesome. Thanks for posting this! I'd forgotten about the Impossible Man being in the mix.

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