That is, they don’t actually do anything they don’t make choices of their own, or do their own things or have their own lives. The viewpoint of the Women in Refrigerators trope is that women are essentially. Its broader meaning refers to the frequency with which women in comic books are killed in order to motivate the men in their life to achieve some grand act of heroism: think Gwen Stacy dying so that Spider-Man feels real bad, or Elektra dying so that Daredevil has something new to brood about.Īja Romano and Alex Abad-Santos explained why the woman in the refrigerator is such a troubling trope for Vox last year: The term was coined by comic book writer Gail Simone in 1999, after Green Lantern’s girlfriend Alexandra DeWitt was murdered and stuffed into a literal refrigerator, but it describes more than just that specific comic book death. When I say “fridging,” I’m referring to the infamous comic book trope of the woman in the refrigerator. Black Widow’s Endgame arc plays into one of the oldest and grossest tropes in comics It has sidelined her, saddled her with weak storylines, and failed to give her the kind of star billing it has bestowed on the men of the original Avengers.Īnd her fate in Endgame feels like the biggest waste yet. Yet Marvel has consistently wasted Black Widow.
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For years, she was the only woman superhero in the Avengers franchise, full stop, until Gamora finally made her appearance in 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy - and Black Widow doesn’t even have superpowers. Black Widow.īlack Widow was the second Avenger to be introduced onscreen when she made her debut in 2010’s Iron Man 2, and the only woman in the Avengers’ original lineup.
Not feminist in any way that might be annoying or challenging or alienating to its audience, but in a fun, empowering way.Īt one point, all the super ladies take a moment to team up and fight together! Captain Marvel’s out there being more powerful than anyone else on the squad! Valkyrie gets textual acknowledgment as the most competent person in Asgard! Girl power!īut there’s one big problem that keeps Endgame’s user-friendly version of feminism from landing, and that’s what happens to Natasha Romanoff, a.k.a. Avengers: Endgame would like you to think of it as a woke movie.
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