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	<title>Comments on: If Women Ruled the Earth 2 : Miss America</title>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If I may quote tumblr user chillaxton...

&quot;are you kidding me no this is not good in any way do you even understand how bodies work

thor would get her fucking sternum crushed why would you shape armor in the shape of her boobs that’s not safe in any way at all and also just like male thor she should have her legs covered in protective armor

there is absolutely no logical reason for captain america to have her stomach exposed do you even realise that that is a very important part of your body to protect

i do not understand the iron woman costume like the armor is way too small how would she even fit in that how tiny is she that armor is the normal size of a womans body the only way this would work is if all that metal was actually a skintight catsuit

who fucking designed these they’re an idiot these aren’t practical or safe at all&quot;]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If I may quote tumblr user chillaxton&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8220;are you kidding me no this is not good in any way do you even understand how bodies work</p>
<p>thor would get her fucking sternum crushed why would you shape armor in the shape of her boobs that’s not safe in any way at all and also just like male thor she should have her legs covered in protective armor</p>
<p>there is absolutely no logical reason for captain america to have her stomach exposed do you even realise that that is a very important part of your body to protect</p>
<p>i do not understand the iron woman costume like the armor is way too small how would she even fit in that how tiny is she that armor is the normal size of a womans body the only way this would work is if all that metal was actually a skintight catsuit</p>
<p>who fucking designed these they’re an idiot these aren’t practical or safe at all&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: N84inc</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[N84inc]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2013 02:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So people are talking about the lack of protection around her waist...do people wear full body armor? No. There are still plenty of places on a human body still exposed. Why not put everybody in full iron man outfits? Be safer right? Its his designs and his creations, you don&#039;t like it? Make your own!

Now, let&#039;s talk about a female Green Lantern?  Any chance of that happening?  And do know you did the superwoman pic custom, do you normally offer them? If so what&#039;s your price. And sorry if you have it posted on your page, I hate reading.

Keep up the great work!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So people are talking about the lack of protection around her waist&#8230;do people wear full body armor? No. There are still plenty of places on a human body still exposed. Why not put everybody in full iron man outfits? Be safer right? Its his designs and his creations, you don&#8217;t like it? Make your own!</p>
<p>Now, let&#8217;s talk about a female Green Lantern?  Any chance of that happening?  And do know you did the superwoman pic custom, do you normally offer them? If so what&#8217;s your price. And sorry if you have it posted on your page, I hate reading.</p>
<p>Keep up the great work!</p>
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		<title>By: josh</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[josh]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 08:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#039;re entitled to your opinion Capt Scorp&#039;yo, however I take umbrage to the supposed &#039;weakness&#039; of my not filling in the mid section. Photo manipulating these type of characters is difficult, it&#039;s not the same as working with a blank piece of paper and a pencil where you can draw whatever the hell you want, these type of artwork pieces are far more restrictive in what you are able to accomplish with them.  You&#039;re hand cuffed by several factors, one being finding imagery that matches the body position you&#039;re working with as a base, if the body position is stretching or crunching you&#039;ve got to find images that do the same otherwise it looks strange, on top of that they have to match not only the body position but the lighting direction as well.  These aren&#039;t always easy to find, in fact I can spend 2-3 hours sometimes just doing images searching on google or flickr or some photo sharing site. The problem is when I can&#039;t find a piece that I need, I generally have to do a mish-mash of images to get what I want, and that wasn&#039;t an option for Captain America&#039;s outfit given how it&#039;s designed, I needed a specific shot of his mid-section to have the the right lighting and folds in it to attached to Miss America but couldn&#039;t find it, and believe me I looked. So with that in mind I hope you see that my using the mid-riff comes more from a problem I encountered my than the desired result, even if I am still happy with the result of the piece.

I&#039;ll also say this, I won&#039;t lie and say I&#039;m not trying to make these ladies from a male perspective, of course I want them to look attractive and desirable, but I&#039;m also wary about not getting carried away with it, it&#039;s about finding a balance and I believe I have done so.  Frankly, the debates I&#039;ve read on website regarding Miss America and Thora (and even to some extent Iron Maiden) really has me perplexed - discussion of  skirts and mid-riff and even metal breasts makes me think some people would prefer it if I just stuck a girl head on the male costume, but where&#039;s the fun in that? What&#039;s the point in translating the exact same costume from one person to another? And even if I did debate would probably still rage on, people would complain about the size of the breasts or the positions of the body looking too seductive or the pants being too tight &lt;em&gt;or something&lt;/em&gt;, I mean where does it end? At what point do I have to stop defending the artworks? In the end I feel as if these pieces are perfectly fine compared to what&#039;s out there and that some of the discussion has blown things out of proportion.  The most important thing I think people are missing is that these are suppose to be a bit of fun, the way some people are taking them so freakin&#039; seriously is kinda ridiculous. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#8217;re entitled to your opinion Capt Scorp&#8217;yo, however I take umbrage to the supposed &#8216;weakness&#8217; of my not filling in the mid section. Photo manipulating these type of characters is difficult, it&#8217;s not the same as working with a blank piece of paper and a pencil where you can draw whatever the hell you want, these type of artwork pieces are far more restrictive in what you are able to accomplish with them.  You&#8217;re hand cuffed by several factors, one being finding imagery that matches the body position you&#8217;re working with as a base, if the body position is stretching or crunching you&#8217;ve got to find images that do the same otherwise it looks strange, on top of that they have to match not only the body position but the lighting direction as well.  These aren&#8217;t always easy to find, in fact I can spend 2-3 hours sometimes just doing images searching on google or flickr or some photo sharing site. The problem is when I can&#8217;t find a piece that I need, I generally have to do a mish-mash of images to get what I want, and that wasn&#8217;t an option for Captain America&#8217;s outfit given how it&#8217;s designed, I needed a specific shot of his mid-section to have the the right lighting and folds in it to attached to Miss America but couldn&#8217;t find it, and believe me I looked. So with that in mind I hope you see that my using the mid-riff comes more from a problem I encountered my than the desired result, even if I am still happy with the result of the piece.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll also say this, I won&#8217;t lie and say I&#8217;m not trying to make these ladies from a male perspective, of course I want them to look attractive and desirable, but I&#8217;m also wary about not getting carried away with it, it&#8217;s about finding a balance and I believe I have done so.  Frankly, the debates I&#8217;ve read on website regarding Miss America and Thora (and even to some extent Iron Maiden) really has me perplexed &#8211; discussion of  skirts and mid-riff and even metal breasts makes me think some people would prefer it if I just stuck a girl head on the male costume, but where&#8217;s the fun in that? What&#8217;s the point in translating the exact same costume from one person to another? And even if I did debate would probably still rage on, people would complain about the size of the breasts or the positions of the body looking too seductive or the pants being too tight <em>or something</em>, I mean where does it end? At what point do I have to stop defending the artworks? In the end I feel as if these pieces are perfectly fine compared to what&#8217;s out there and that some of the discussion has blown things out of proportion.  The most important thing I think people are missing is that these are suppose to be a bit of fun, the way some people are taking them so freakin&#8217; seriously is kinda ridiculous. </p>
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		<title>By: Captn Scorp'yo</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 07:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That said, this is really amazing work. And I suspect that&#039;s a big part of the problem: it could have been just *perfect* if it were not for the one problem of the midriff (and without that, the issue of the name also probably would have been overlooked.)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That said, this is really amazing work. And I suspect that&#8217;s a big part of the problem: it could have been just *perfect* if it were not for the one problem of the midriff (and without that, the issue of the name also probably would have been overlooked.)</p>
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		<title>By: Captn Scorp'yo</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Captn Scorp'yo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 07:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[@sinisterbassist As far as I can see, josh has not really been taking much &quot;crap&quot;; most of the ire has actually against people (notably Brian) trying to defend him with rote dudebro responses/attacks. People have acknowledged Josh&#039;s claim to be unable to find a midriff piece to manipulate, though the defense seems weak.

In fact, it&#039;s exactly that sort of kneejerk caustic, denialist response to and hyperbolic misrepresentation of cogent, respectful feminist statements like Megan&#039;s that illustrate how pervasive the problem is. It&#039;s actually been eloquently addressed online by a number of people, male and female, in the past year or so.

As to the name, a good response would have been &quot;She would be called Captain America, but the point of this was to gender-switch the character and I reflected that in the name of title.&quot; Which is something like what Josh in fact said. 

But it&#039;s a double problem in this case (unlike &quot;Thora&quot;) because &quot;Miss America&quot; already has a meaning, and it&#039;s specifically of a woman whose primary purpose is to stand around looking pretty, while simultaneously the authority is removed from the name. (There&#039;s a reason &quot;Mr. America&quot; wouldn&#039;t really work so well as &quot;Captain America&quot;)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@sinisterbassist As far as I can see, josh has not really been taking much &#8220;crap&#8221;; most of the ire has actually against people (notably Brian) trying to defend him with rote dudebro responses/attacks. People have acknowledged Josh&#8217;s claim to be unable to find a midriff piece to manipulate, though the defense seems weak.</p>
<p>In fact, it&#8217;s exactly that sort of kneejerk caustic, denialist response to and hyperbolic misrepresentation of cogent, respectful feminist statements like Megan&#8217;s that illustrate how pervasive the problem is. It&#8217;s actually been eloquently addressed online by a number of people, male and female, in the past year or so.</p>
<p>As to the name, a good response would have been &#8220;She would be called Captain America, but the point of this was to gender-switch the character and I reflected that in the name of title.&#8221; Which is something like what Josh in fact said. </p>
<p>But it&#8217;s a double problem in this case (unlike &#8220;Thora&#8221;) because &#8220;Miss America&#8221; already has a meaning, and it&#8217;s specifically of a woman whose primary purpose is to stand around looking pretty, while simultaneously the authority is removed from the name. (There&#8217;s a reason &#8220;Mr. America&#8221; wouldn&#8217;t really work so well as &#8220;Captain America&#8221;)</p>
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		<title>By: Dibs No Joust</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dibs No Joust]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:44:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wonder if so many people would complain if you made a female version of Tarzan but didn&#039;t take the artistic liberties to give her a top.  Wouldn&#039;t that also be a modification of the original character&#039;s costume?  According to a number of the comments on this picture it would be sexist to alter the outfit just because it&#039;s being put on a woman.  The same people would complain on the other side of the argument.

Job well done, good sir!  Keep up the great work.  Now let&#039;s hope miss Brie will sign on for this movie...!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wonder if so many people would complain if you made a female version of Tarzan but didn&#8217;t take the artistic liberties to give her a top.  Wouldn&#8217;t that also be a modification of the original character&#8217;s costume?  According to a number of the comments on this picture it would be sexist to alter the outfit just because it&#8217;s being put on a woman.  The same people would complain on the other side of the argument.</p>
<p>Job well done, good sir!  Keep up the great work.  Now let&#8217;s hope miss Brie will sign on for this movie&#8230;!</p>
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		<title>By: Person</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Person]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I believe some people are arguing for the sake of arguing. Next time just stick her in this to avoid all this banter: 
http://www.jumpinjammerz.com/captain-america.html


In more important news, great job on the ps!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I believe some people are arguing for the sake of arguing. Next time just stick her in this to avoid all this banter:<br />
<a href="http://www.jumpinjammerz.com/captain-america.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.jumpinjammerz.com/captain-america.html</a></p>
<p>In more important news, great job on the ps!</p>
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		<title>By: sinisterbassist</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[sinisterbassist]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Holy Crap Dude! You take a lot of flak for your (outstanding) work!
  I would advise your nay-sayers to maybe focus there equality energy on places such as the more extreme parts of the middle east? The masonic lodges perhaps? European sex-trade? Stuff that&#039;s a little more important.

  Anyway, the matter at hand (ye can be confused on what that is from the comments) - Excellent work! Coming on Leaps and Bounds from the Dark Night ladies, I  look forward to your next set. X-women? Justice League? The Sisterhood of Evil Feminists?  

Anyway, keep up the Great Work and don&#039;t let the Man (or Woman) keep ye Down!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Holy Crap Dude! You take a lot of flak for your (outstanding) work!<br />
  I would advise your nay-sayers to maybe focus there equality energy on places such as the more extreme parts of the middle east? The masonic lodges perhaps? European sex-trade? Stuff that&#8217;s a little more important.</p>
<p>  Anyway, the matter at hand (ye can be confused on what that is from the comments) &#8211; Excellent work! Coming on Leaps and Bounds from the Dark Night ladies, I  look forward to your next set. X-women? Justice League? The Sisterhood of Evil Feminists?  </p>
<p>Anyway, keep up the Great Work and don&#8217;t let the Man (or Woman) keep ye Down!</p>
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		<title>By: Emma</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Emma]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 04:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Christopher DC. While I agree that it&#039;s kind of ridiculous the way people have been reacting to the small amount of skin shown, I think your point is a bit off. The reason these people are so upset is not because one artist tried to depict a woman who wore less clothing than her male counterpart. It is because almost every female hero is depicted this way. It&#039;s a bigger problem than just these pieces of work. I strongly believe that a woman can wear whatever she wishes, but I feel like in the realm of heroines it has gone from &quot;can&quot; to &quot;must.&quot;
That being said, it&#039;s hardly the artist&#039;s fault that this is happening and I don&#039;t think this is the right place to argue about it, considering the reasons were explained and he obviously meant no harm. Just wanted to put in my two cents.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Christopher DC. While I agree that it&#8217;s kind of ridiculous the way people have been reacting to the small amount of skin shown, I think your point is a bit off. The reason these people are so upset is not because one artist tried to depict a woman who wore less clothing than her male counterpart. It is because almost every female hero is depicted this way. It&#8217;s a bigger problem than just these pieces of work. I strongly believe that a woman can wear whatever she wishes, but I feel like in the realm of heroines it has gone from &#8220;can&#8221; to &#8220;must.&#8221;<br />
That being said, it&#8217;s hardly the artist&#8217;s fault that this is happening and I don&#8217;t think this is the right place to argue about it, considering the reasons were explained and he obviously meant no harm. Just wanted to put in my two cents.</p>
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		<title>By: Christopher DC</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher DC]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 02:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Josh, please allow me to say what a great job you did with Miss America, and also let me express my sympathies for all the fallout you&#039;ve had to deal with just because you gave Alison Brie a bare midriff (and Amber Heard a short skirt as Thora).  Purists can cry &quot;sexist&quot; and &quot;unrealistic&quot; till they&#039;re blue in the face, but women in the real world have been wearing halter tops and very short skirts for decades now (of there own accord, I should add) and it stands to reason that if super-heroines actually existed, at least a few of them might to choose to dress in a like manner.  I think your work is terrific, and if anyone chooses to rake you over the coals just because they don&#039;t go along with all your decisions (be it with costumes or name changes), please don&#039;t let it bother you too much.

GirlGeek&#039;s comment gave me a thought, though: have you considered doing any manipulations based on current or previous Avengers who are already women?  Personally, I&#039;d love to see your take on the Wasp or the Scarlet Witch, should you get the time and the inclination to give it a shot.  Best of luck to you!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Josh, please allow me to say what a great job you did with Miss America, and also let me express my sympathies for all the fallout you&#8217;ve had to deal with just because you gave Alison Brie a bare midriff (and Amber Heard a short skirt as Thora).  Purists can cry &#8220;sexist&#8221; and &#8220;unrealistic&#8221; till they&#8217;re blue in the face, but women in the real world have been wearing halter tops and very short skirts for decades now (of there own accord, I should add) and it stands to reason that if super-heroines actually existed, at least a few of them might to choose to dress in a like manner.  I think your work is terrific, and if anyone chooses to rake you over the coals just because they don&#8217;t go along with all your decisions (be it with costumes or name changes), please don&#8217;t let it bother you too much.</p>
<p>GirlGeek&#8217;s comment gave me a thought, though: have you considered doing any manipulations based on current or previous Avengers who are already women?  Personally, I&#8217;d love to see your take on the Wasp or the Scarlet Witch, should you get the time and the inclination to give it a shot.  Best of luck to you!</p>
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