For the record, I am so not a feminist. Either that or I'm one of those bizarro-feminists who are all about being empowered by our EZ bake ovens and pole dancing. I love my comics and I love them girly! I reserve the right to buy every wedding special, every first kiss issue, every all-girl superteam, and every Marvel Ai ever published. I have the cover for the Black Canary wedding planner set as my computer background. For the record, I'm on the wait list for the Mary Jane comiquette that had everyone in a tizzy a while back. I'll probably wax poetic about that statue at a later date, but today is for outrage!
Today's outrage is not directed at comic books, but at comic strips - specifically today's Beetle Bailey:
For those of you unfamiliar with the strip, Beetle's about the wacky hi-jinx that ensue when a really lazy guy spends three decades in boot camp. The lady shown here in her negligee is Miss Buxley, the *ahem* buxom secretary of cranky ol' General Halftrack.
Honestly, you could write a women's studies term paper on the representation of female military personell as represented in this strip. But I really am so not feeling the term paper right now. Instead I'll just present you with some perplexing questions:
Why in the world is Buxley waiting for the repairman in black lacy panties? Is she planning to shoot a porno? Or is there some subtle implication that she's skivving off work so she can hang around in her skivvies? And what in the world does this punchline mean? Does it sound more than vaguely dirty to anyone else? Is the general telling us that he's both incontinent and unmanned? Why can't I come up with any plausible explanation for his statements that don't involve his old-man junk? Why must Beetle Bailey make me even THINK about old-man junk?
Ugh, why can't he just go back to hitting on his secretary and neglecting his wife?
for bonus points: discuss Buxley's inability to remember the word "radiator"
3 comments:
Uh, only plausible non-porno explanation:
She's in her "pajamas" because she hasn't been able to have her shower yet.
Nah, I don't buy it either.
Leaky parts definitely refers to old man junk. Missing parts is probably knees and hips.
and what's that thing in her pocket?
I'm just glad that I'm not the only one whose feminist alarms went off at this.
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