On
Valentine’s Day I managed to play a little catch-up and read Archie: A Love
Showdown. I remember reading this back when I was just getting into Archie
comics. It also has a lot of the different styles of art which I really enjoyed
revisiting. It’s got the unfeminist love pentagram with Cheryl, Archie,
Veronica, Betty, and Jason. Part of my brain talks about the unrealistic
relationship expectations and gender attitudes but another part of me loves
this part of my childhood. Sometimes being a feminist can be a real killjoy.
The
graphic novel for this week is was pretty short with Stuff About Sex for guys
who are not, like total idiots by David Mellon. It’s a very male
heteronormative guide but it makes a lot of important points young people should
be hearing. Lose the shame, always communicate, and use protection. Even if you’re
not in love with the perspective it offers, it says a lot of valuable things
that people should hear, especially teenagers. It’s technically more of a
floppy but it makes an important enough point in so many words that I’m
counting it.
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