But she's not **doing** anything...

DC comics recently started re-releasing some updated versions of classic comic heroes to regain some lost readership. Assuming you were a kid in the 80s, you’re a grown up now, and therefore whereas you previously liked a female superhero that was pretty and kicked ass, you now like a female superhero that is a caricature of tits and ass, and stands still in panels while musing on a complex, sex-based storyline. Sure - maybe it’s aimed at “adults,” but is it really an improvement?

As a kid who read plenty of grown-up books, I love that fantasy author Michelle Lee had her 7 year old daughter write her response to the “character evolution.”

via io9:

“Do you think the Starfire from the Teen Titans cartoon is a good role model?”

*immediately* “Oh yes. She’s a great role model. She tells people they can be good friends and super powerful and fight for good.”

“Do you think the Starfire in the Teen Titans comic book is a good role model?”

“Yes, too. She’s still a good guy. Pretty, but she’s helping others all the time and saving people.”

“What about this new Starfire?”

“No, I don’t think so.”

“Why not?”

“Because she’s not doing anything.”

Checkmate.