#boycotts

No it is not because we suddenly got a black character leading a main line comic series. But rather because of some issues that have come with doing such a boycott (video is by JPenumbra on tik tok)

You can also find the full statement here

As someone who has openly supported this boycott I also want to apologise for the part I’ve played in the harm and division that has come from this. I wanted to do my bit to contribute to spreading awareness of this issue because it’s not right that it’s been over 1200 days since a black lead main line comic came out.

But I did not take into account the knock on effect this would have on other marginalised creators and fans who already struggle to have their voices heard in this industry. Representation is important for every community, every one deserves to see themselves in the media that they love I am deeply sorry to have contributed to the importance of that being undermined.

Comics are for everyone they always have been and always will be.

I will be taking down my last post on this as to stop others from participating in this now defunct boycott and re-subscribing to DC Infinite which I ended to support the boycott. To continue reading comics and supporting creators who deserve to be uplifted and recognised for the work they do for not only the comics industry but also their communities.

I mean, yeah my.personal belief is corps should be forced to act more ethically but the way to do that is pushing for laws and legistatiation that forces it because thats material change

But any alternative company you go to in modern society just does another kind of shitty thing

I mean, shit. The only sqeaky clean tech companies I can think of are ones that cant afford being evil so youd have to be Amish

Every food company is 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon'd to Nestle

Clothes are all made under appalling labor standards

Every game publisher works with Epic and we're boycotting them for something different every week. Unreal is basically a mob racket.

Cars, well none of us reading this can afford a new car off the lot so I guess that one moot

Let's not even upack the pharmaceutical industry at this point

I guess my point is that if you feel like you need to support a boycott, you follow your heart and do that because we all have to follow our convictions. I support you standing up for what you believe in.

But dont act like its a moral imperative when someone else doesnt want to or sometimes even reasonably can't participate in a given boycott

Unless its like, something complete absurd like your buddy wants to join P Diddys Patreon

I am torn between skipping Christopher Nolan's the Odyssey because, despite my interest in mythology and history and esteem for Nolan as a director, I don't want to support US companies and MAGA-sympathetic studios...

Or seeing it because the fact that he dared to cast non-white people in their Greek mythology is apparently making the MAGAs angry, and I think we should support films with diverse casts and that make MAGAs angry.

Guess I'll let Tumblr weigh in on this.

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To be clear about this, so that no one misunderstands and feels like "well I'm doing my best, let me live": no reasonable person expects you to be some sort of perfect blameless consumer. There is no way to realistically avoid EVERY business that engages in unethical behavior.