News from around the web that could be a 20 or a 1... you decide.
- "The Sims" publisher Electronic Arts and developer Maxis released a free update available for "The Sims 4". It will remove gender boundaries and allow players to create virtual townsfolk — or Sims, as they're known — with any type of physique, walk style or voice they choose. (Adrian Martinez)
- Nigerian-American Hollywood film director Rick Famuyiwa has been selected by Warner Brothers to direct The Flash movie. (Adrian Martinez)
- The Radical Story Behind The First All-Women Feminist Comic Book Series (Adrian Martinez)
- Queer women don’t have to be cat people - we can be dog lovers too! Autostraddle proves this fact with a post on celebrity dogs (in their very important category “vapid fluff”). (Tova)
- Until you get your hands on Kameron Hurley's new collection of essays, The Geek Feminist Revolution, you can read one of the essays, In Defense of Unlikeable Women, on Bitch Magazine’s website. It’s about double standards for male and female “unlikeable” characters, and the importance of having a wide spectrum of fictional women to increase empathy for women in real life (even if they don’t fit the narrow boxes we expect them to fit into). Well worth the read!(Tova)
- A good break-up of objectification versus empowerment, as it pertains to fictional characters, courtesy of commenter Gordon Borland and Comics Alliance.(Kinoumenthe)
What other hits and misses have you seen lately? Sound off in the comments!
