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A review by sarahrigg
Bitch Planet, Volume 1: Extraordinary Machine by Kelly Sue DeConnick
4.0
The first two ("Extraordinary Machine" & "President Bitch") contain a long-arc story about the dystopian future where women who are "noncompliant" are shipped to a prison planet, and the third is an anthology of short stories set in the same universe with guest writers and illustrators.
I LOVED this series and will be watching as more are published. It's strongly and unapologetically feminist, featuring many main characters who are black, Asian and Latinx, with my favorite being the very large black prisoner named Penny. I was SO happy that a story line in the second volume was strongly supportive of trans women and pointed out that attempts to turn cis-women against trans women are a way of dividing and conquering. I also liked the spoof ads in each issue that exhort women to buy the products to make their vaginas and personalities more acceptable to men.
I don't want to give too many spoilers away, but if the idea of a feminist comic with sly humor and centered strongly on the experience of WOC appeals to you, get yourself a copy now!
I LOVED this series and will be watching as more are published. It's strongly and unapologetically feminist, featuring many main characters who are black, Asian and Latinx, with my favorite being the very large black prisoner named Penny. I was SO happy that a story line in the second volume was strongly supportive of trans women and pointed out that attempts to turn cis-women against trans women are a way of dividing and conquering. I also liked the spoof ads in each issue that exhort women to buy the products to make their vaginas and personalities more acceptable to men.
I don't want to give too many spoilers away, but if the idea of a feminist comic with sly humor and centered strongly on the experience of WOC appeals to you, get yourself a copy now!