The Hawkeye Initiative

The Hawkeye Initiative
Type of site	Tumblr
Available in	English
Owner	Skjaldmeyja
URL	thehawkeyeinitiative.tumblr.com
Commercial	No
Registration	None
Launched	December 2012
Current status	Active (offline as of Dec. 5 2018)

The Hawkeye Initiative is a satirical Tumblr page similar to Women in Refrigerators that comments on the depiction and treatment of female characters and superheroes in comic books.^[2] The site features fan art of Marvel character Hawkeye (Clint Barton) in various poses held by female characters that the artists believe to be impossible or sexually provocative.^[3] The site's intent is phrased as "to draw attention to how deformed, hypersexualized, and unrealistically dressed women are drawn in comics".^[4] The site further states that these poses are seen as normal and go unnoticed by many readers when performed by female superheroes.^[5]^[6]

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^ "The Hawkeye Initiative puts our favorite archer in superheroine poses". CBR. 3 December 2012. Archived from the original on 8 December 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
^ "Sexism exposed in growing geek culture". Daily Illini. Archived from the original on 25 July 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
^ "The hilarious Hawkeye Initiative pokes fun at sexist comics art". Blastr. Archived from the original on 6 December 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
^ "About". The Hawkeye Initiative. Archived from the original on 2023-07-11. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
^ "The battle against 'sexist' sci-fi and fantasy book covers". BBC News. 18 January 2013. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
^ Aldama, Frederick Luis (2020-08-17). The Routledge Companion to Gender and Sexuality in Comic Book Studies. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-429-55930-3. Archived from the original on 2023-07-08. Retrieved 2023-12-13.

[2] "The Hawkeye Initiative puts our favorite archer in superheroine poses". CBR. 3 December 2012. Archived from the original on 8 December 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.

[3] "Sexism exposed in growing geek culture". Daily Illini. Archived from the original on 25 July 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2012.

[4] "The hilarious Hawkeye Initiative pokes fun at sexist comics art". Blastr. Archived from the original on 6 December 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.

[OfficialAbout-5] "About". The Hawkeye Initiative. Archived from the original on 2023-07-11. Retrieved 2023-12-13.

[6] "The battle against 'sexist' sci-fi and fantasy book covers". BBC News. 18 January 2013. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2013.

[7] Aldama, Frederick Luis (2020-08-17). The Routledge Companion to Gender and Sexuality in Comic Book Studies. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-429-55930-3. Archived from the original on 2023-07-08. Retrieved 2023-12-13.

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