Back in 2021, DC Publisher and Chief Creative Officer Jim Lee articulated his enthusiasm for the portrayal of Superman’s son, Jon Kent, as homosexual within the pages of the comics.
"To declare that a character is gay (or belongs to any other designated identity cohort) conveys precisely one piece of information: membership in an abstract collective. It says nothing about the concrete shape of that person’s life, the texture of his desires, the contours of his virtues or vices, or the particular way he moves through the world."
Actually, for the group-thinkers who identify themselves with a single group-identity, that DOES meaningfully tell you everything about them. The problem isn't reductionism. It's that the people who the stories are accurately depicting have no other dimensions to their personalities IN REAL LIFE.
Bag it.
Tag it.
Jon Kent is a
Faggot.
Excuse me Sam but do you read these comics gay comics? Like in depth?
Because whatever Del Aroz and Trent are paying it's not enough if they're making you read gay porn.
Great article as always.
Read everything. Good and bad. You can better tell the difference and know how to speak of both.
"To declare that a character is gay (or belongs to any other designated identity cohort) conveys precisely one piece of information: membership in an abstract collective. It says nothing about the concrete shape of that person’s life, the texture of his desires, the contours of his virtues or vices, or the particular way he moves through the world."
Actually, for the group-thinkers who identify themselves with a single group-identity, that DOES meaningfully tell you everything about them. The problem isn't reductionism. It's that the people who the stories are accurately depicting have no other dimensions to their personalities IN REAL LIFE.
Remember when they made Iceman of the X-Men gay? He quickly slid into irrelevance as 'gay' became his entire personality.