{"id":12878,"date":"2012-12-10T09:17:55","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T09:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.badreputation.org.uk\/?p=12878"},"modified":"2012-12-10T09:19:05","modified_gmt":"2012-12-10T09:19:05","slug":"the-hawkeye-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/badreputation.org.uk\/2012\/12\/10\/the-hawkeye-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hawkeye Initiative is quite simply the best thing on the Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hawkeye, introduced to many by the Avengers<\/strong> film but a Marvel character since his first appearance in Tales of Suspense<\/strong> all the way back in 1964, has struck a bit of a chord on Tumblr – particularly in his incarnation as Jeremy Renner in Avengers Assemble<\/strong>. Shipped<\/a> mercilessly with the Hulk in the Hulkeye fandom<\/a> – and particularly adorably by Noelle \u2018gingerhaze\u2019 Stevenson<\/a> – not a day goes by without Hawkeye in some incarnation crossing my dash.<\/p>\n

Lately, though, something has been stirring in the Tumblsphere (which is definitely a word shut up SHUT UP). Comic portrayals of female characters have been questioned, dissected, and found to be both objectification-tastic, and downright anatomically impossible.<\/p>\n

Now, if there\u2019s anything that Tumblr loves, it\u2019s mixing up social justice with fandom.<\/p>\n

Thus, The Hawkeye Initiative<\/strong><\/a> was born. The rules are simple: find a female character in comics being portrayed as an object and\/or in a position that human anatomy would simply laugh at, then redraw Hawkeye in that pose, wearing the same outfit.<\/p>\n

It is a thing of beauty<\/em>. Let me show you what I mean. Click a thumbnail to open each image without leaving this page.<\/p>\n

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