{"id":640,"date":"2014-01-24T16:42:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-24T16:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=640"},"modified":"2018-11-20T05:39:18","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T05:39:18","slug":"unscheduled-extra-grumpy-early-soapbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingya.com\/?p=640","title":{"rendered":"Unscheduled Extra Grumpy: Early Soapbox Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Under the category of GOOD GRIEF IS NOTHING SACRED:<\/b><\/p>\n

<\/a>BEFORE\n<\/div>\n
<\/a>…AFTER\n<\/div>\n

Hey, Sorrywatch?<\/a> Wanna weigh in on the craptasticness of this non-apology for me?<\/p>\n

Publisher IDW’s Dirk Wood responded to Barger online over the controversy, saying the artist \u2013 chosen by the Cartoon Network \u2013 was “thinking of it more along the lines of ‘female empowerment’ than the kind of thing you guys are talking about”. He added: “Half of the employees have kids here, and we pride ourselves in making comics they’ll enjoy and not give them a warped view of the world (except, you know, in a good way). Anyway, I certainly see your points, and we’ll be sensitive to these things, as I think we mostly have been.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

These guys are my FAVE. They kick butt – literally. They’re hilarious. They’re …completely ridiculous. I LOVE the Powerpuff Girls. The whole latex dress, sexed-up version of them IS NOT EMPOWERING, you morons. Big muscles and big shoes for butt-kicking = Empowering. Outthrust chests and microminis= YOUR FANTASY, NOT MINE. And how dare you<\/i> overlay your fantasy on top of a child’s show. HOW FREAKIN’ DARE YOU.<\/p>\n

Why, yes, there ARE a lot of other injustices in the world to get pissed off about.
\nThis one just happens to toast my muffins hottest Now. Tune in an hour from now, and I’ll be pissed off about something else.<\/p>\n

Hat tip to The Guardian<\/a> for fodder for this soapbox moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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