Romance Comics, and FEMINISM

[lang_ea.insanejournal.com]

Just want to share and point to a link from a very nice blog; 'Lady That's My Skull'

And I really want to share, most especially as I stumbled on a posting of a certain romance comic of the 70s (my fave); but also a rare one that...erm, talks about 'feminism' and how it's been related with this media material.
Still, I really should not relate how I was rendered completely speechless by how WHACKED the characters and story idea is. Not really about how feminism is dismissed as 'a whatchamacallit that OTHER women are obsessed about'; but more on...well, seriously, you just HAVE to read it to get what I mean.

A Marvel Romance Comic 'My Love' , published in 1973. Read and gawp, people; read and gawp.

http://thatsmyskull.blogspot.com/2007/12/my-love-10-no-man-is-my-master.html

Also, rather meaningless question; but does this guy look familiar? Seriously, I keep seeing that same face and hair cut creeping up constantly? What was going on, some movie star of bygone days influencing that look? :S

Comments

[halloweenjack.insanejournal.com]

I think that it's just Generic 70s Dude, also spotted in the pages of Playboy.

[mechanicaljewel.insanejournal.com]

I read the whole thing, and...oh dear.

I think I'll just leave it at that.

[stig.insanejournal.com]

Oh, Stan. Always classy.

[lang_ea.insanejournal.com]

I know, right? Especially Bev's quote: "Female freedom isn't about dates--or Romance! It's about job equality
--and things like that."

I totally lol'd at that last part. SURE, Bev; like you'd know what work is. Or...femme equality at that matter.

[midare.insanejournal.com]

*has no words*

[strannik01.insanejournal.com]

And this, my friends, is why romance comics died a well-deserved death in the 1970s.

[espanolbot.insanejournal.com]

Ah, these things were always fair in their depiction of women,

[petalsinthewind.insanejournal.com]

:|

[lady_mondegreen.insanejournal.com]

The waiter's a jerk, too. Why doesn't he just ask her directly, instead of speaking about her like she's not even in the room?

No matter how many times I see this, every time shocks me just the same.

[ccsharumun.insanejournal.com]

...

[superfan1.insanejournal.com]

Ye Gods that was unbearable.

[icon_uk.insanejournal.com]

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear....