The new Thor is coming out, in which Thor’s hammer goes to a woman, and she become Thor. My daughter, who is 5, is excited. Stay tuned for Halloween costumes later this month, in which she raises her hammer into the air, and shouts, THOR!
I’m not a comics expert, but Marvel seems to have done a better job with racial and gender diversity in their comic lines. Their movies also include some strong female characters, though tend to put them to the side a bit in marketing (where’s Gamora? Where’s Black Widow too in the products)? I also noticed that Gamora’s big fight was with another woman, a hackneyed approach, but whatever. Marvel’s doing a good job compared to this …
This is an actual shirt, sold to Tweens, in Walmart, licensed by DC. Now that’s the same thing as DC putting out this product, they were just happy to cash the check when someone licensed it.
The shirt has been well covered in the media, with the Mary Sue making a positive case for female heroes being badasses merchandise.
My daughter loves superheroes and so has, as a result, a lot of superhero underwear. She has superhero underwear that is all pinkified. Similarly, we bought her minion underwear, and it’s covered with hearts.
The thing is, this isn’t necessary. Here’s a set of underwear showing superheroes being superheroes, and awesome.
