What is your collective opinions on Kelly Sue's BP?
@occasionallyintelligent
Hey there! So we have a bunch of people on staff for Black Nerd Problems and of the comic book reading crew, just about all of us read Bitch Planet.
In short, We’re quite fond of Kelly Sue and Valentine De Landro ‘s Bitch Planet. We’ve been following the comic from the start, we’ve had a staff writer draw real life parallels to the panels from the comic and we’ve even interviewed some cosplayers who read and love the comic too. We review the comic as well.
Bitch Planet explores gender dynamics and agency (women having it/not having it) and completely dismisses the male gaze in our opinion.
It also serves a great example of what intersectional feminism looks like, from Kelly Sue doing the research about transgender folks by actual talking to them before writing the latest issue of BP (there’s a tumblr post that we want to link to but just can’t find at the moment), to having an actual Japanese female artist, Taki Soma do the art for Issue #6 which focused on a Japanese female character (AND back essay also written by Japanese vagina mold artist Rokudenashiko!) And there have been Black Women galore on the pages of the comic and after the pages with written commentary.
At the end of each issue are essays written mostly by women, there are tweets and photos and letters written by fans who, are mostly women. Bitch Planet also serves as a safe space for women (female identifying persons, etc) and especially to those belonging to more than one marginalized group. Bitch Planet should be credited for this and for also for the social issues it touches upon like the high numbers of incarcerated women of color in the prison systems and such.
So to answer your original question ”What is your collective opinions on Kelly Sue’s BP?” , We’re fans and recommend it. Pick up a copy and see where it takes you.
