Gender and book covers

[huinare]

Thanks to Wheelrider's post, I went off on a tangent and found a couple links that were of amusement and interest to me, and hopefully to some of you.

Fantasy author Jim C. Hines took it upon himself to reproduce some of the anatomically questionable, physically torturous, and notably objectifying poses of female characters on a selection of sci-fi/fantasy book covers.  Except it's him instead of a non-existent woman of unlikely proportions:  "Striking a Pose (Women and Fantasy Covers)"

To address the righteous outcry of those pointing out that women aren't the only victims of objectification, Hines then tackled some men on book covers, concluding (aptly, I think) that yes, men are objectified, but not in the same way and not to the same extent: "Posing Like a Man"

It really does my dessicated heart good to see men defending "feminist" notions such as the respective portrayals of women and men in media, and their overt or covert implications.

Comments

[wheelrider.livejournal.com]

Aha, so that's what you meant by "this whole endeavor" -- freakin' great! (I didn't have time to follow Jim's "journey" past that book cover earlier, so thanks!)

[huinare.livejournal.com]

Yes, that and this all began as a fundraiser for research on...er, I don't remember the name of the condition and I can't get sucked into looking at the site again right now.

He also did a different cover each time the fundraiser hit a new monetary goalpost. There's a whole page of them over there somewhere. I didn't have the time to look at them.