Fearsome but Fearful.

rosalarian:

Harley Quinn’s new design has got a lot of people upset. I talk a lot about comic character costumes in general, and I’ve talked about Harley specifically.

enstasia asked: Wanted you to know that I was linking your Tumblr posts in a Facebook argument with a rather ass-backwards friend…

rosalarian:

Whenever I complain about how females are portrayed in mainstream superhero comics, inevitably half a dozen people pop up to tell me this:

“Men are idealized in comics, too.”

Yes. Yes they are. I am aware of this. While I think the idealism is harmful, that isn’t actually what I have a problem…