Cathy is a feminist icon the same way minstrels were black icons

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http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/books/01/29/cathy.marriage.ap/index.html

blah. why is this strip given any shred of legitimacy at all?

 

[lizard]

Newshounds is far more relevant, especially since Alistair the cat came out of the closet.

 

[xfer]

I don't know what Newshounds is. I used to read the comics page, but not for years. I remember I would read shit like Mary Worth and Rex Morgan, M.D. before I'd read CATHY, though. I secretly suspected Cathy was written by some rabid woman-hater who was trying to caricature females, the same way I used to think Full Metal Jacket was an exaggerated satire of the Army.

 

[lizard]

http://www.newshounds.com

 

[minxnim]

i've always HATED that cartoon SO MUCH. the fucking slut constantly just worries about getting married/her weight/shopping.

HHAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGAAAAAAAAAAH i cannot stand her.

 

[avi]

Cathy is not carried in my local paper, thank god.

I stopped reading the funnies that annoy me: Family Circus, Denace the Menace, Hagar, etc.

 

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do you read mallard fillmore?!?

honestly even though its views are loathesome, it's a much better comic to read than vapid shit like Cathy or the Family Circus.