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Holy fuck when did Archie comics become AWESOME
BETTY DID THAT
THE LIPSTICK INCIDENT
And now to buy aaaaaaaaaaaaall of the Archie.
Archie comics, the imprint, are doing the good shit. They’re fighting the patriarchy, Jughead is ace…
I wanna emphasize that last point: Jughead is ace! They say the word asexual in a panel! It’s not a big thing!
am I the only one who finds the imagery of a woman swiping a guy’s face with a messy slash of lipstick, kind of questioning his identity, and then him sinking stunned to the floor and her storming off. idk. vaguely discomfiting. like idk if I’m seeing patterns that aren’t here, idk the larger context, something about “taking him down a notch” by putting makeup on his face is kind of. I mean I get that its about humiliating him by calling him a misogynist not by feminizing him but dialogue aside the panels alone are just REALLY disconcerting to see. idk. anyone else seeing anything?
ok, read the comic, opinion revised. the transmisosgynistic “humiliating a presumed-dude by putting makeup on his face” angle is accidental/incidental. i still think its uncomfortable and I dislike it, but I really hate this comic for different reasons. I really really hate this. the plotline is that Betty is such a dirty masculine weirdo (because she doesn’t wear lipstick or blouses. not because she dresses in masculine manner, like, her clothes are still women’s section stuff, she has long blonde hair up in messy buns. and she’s obviously competent at performative femininity stuff, like, she’s able to style her own hair with a flat iron, she already knows how to do it) that she’s really insecure about her relationship with archie, so when some mean feminine girls offer to fix her she takes them up on it, and then when Archie is like “what the fuck I liked you before?” she’s like ITS STILL ME! which is fair but I feel like reflects the idea that this is how she’s really supposed to be? how she would really want to be? and it’s like. let women???? not be hyperfeminine???????? jesus. well, whatever. anyone who’s read this can feel free to come start some shit with me.
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