I truly hope she has realized how she helped cause the destruction of the industry. I love the Hearher Antos clip of “if you don’t like my politics, don’t buy my book” only to talk about years later how comic book shops are closing and the industry is hurting.
Gail Simone annoys me because she was the one to whine about “fridging” and acted as if no stories existed where a woman seeks to avenge the death of a husband, boyfriend, brother, father, etc. I think she also shares some blame for the agenda of crapping on male fans and pushing women into comics despite the data showing they don’t have the same interest level as males. They could’ve very easily made some comic book like Twilight to appeal to a female audience.
Anyway, I hope she has truly learned her lesson.
I remember when I was still on Reddit a lot getting downvoted when I saw this push across the board for females into male hobbies. All I said was to market to women with stuff women actually like. Like you said, make a comic book with themes that tend to appeal to women.
It was all a con, anyway.
Making 'Miss Marvel' the new poster boy for Marvel was a feminist power play. Just like it was a feminist power play to make Rey the Vampire Slayer the new poster boy for Star Wars.
They suck and were horribly written. Turns out feminists can't write for shit.
And yet still get jobs. Notice how manga understands the tastes of men and women much better.