Dear Marvel,
I am thoroughly annoyed with Marvel’s lack of response.
I know that when I write “wow, you screwed up” letters to large corporations, that, at best, I’m going to get a brush-off answer. In early January, I wrote to both Crayola and Marvel, to let them know how incredibly disappointed I was that they’re producing superhero color-wonder books, marketed to preschoolers, where woman make up 1/20 characters—it’s absurd and it’s sexist.
I got a response back from Crayola, fairly quickly—it essentially blamed Marvel. Marvel took the email address I had provided to them in order to write and started sending it marketing (apparently your marketing department is on the ball) and sent no response to either my email or my letter.
That’s not OK. Ignoring complaint letters is incredibly awful customer service. Obvious sexism and gender disparity deserve more than a brush-off, but I didn’t even get a brush-off—my letter went into the void.
I know that employees have better things to do. I know that Marvel isn't the gatekeeper for gender equality and that Marvel starting to make coloring pages for Superhero Squad [a cartoon my daughter loves--and I'd love to encourage, but the issues with their portrayal of portray women rankles me greatly--and I can't get her a Scarlett Witch or Ms. Marvel coloring page, because you don't make them] and Avengers isn't going to create miracles. But I'd really like to see this acknowledged as a problem--because it is. When 50% of the population makes up 0-5% of the portrayals, it's a problem.
Please consider fixing this. I KNOW marvel is capable of:
1-better customer service (I'm sure it's an oversight, but ignoring someone who actually takes the time to pen a relatively thoughtful pen-and-paper [er, computer plus printer plus stamp plus hike out through the snow in the midst of the polar vortex to get to the dang mailbox] letter should get a response)
2-portraying something awesome—with a nod toward diversity- within the pages of the comics and in the items they are marketing to my daughter and her peers.
And some response to indicate that someone actually read this would be nice.
Thanks
-D
#DearMarvel, #StanLee, #Marvel
I am thoroughly annoyed with Marvel’s lack of response.
I know that when I write “wow, you screwed up” letters to large corporations, that, at best, I’m going to get a brush-off answer. In early January, I wrote to both Crayola and Marvel, to let them know how incredibly disappointed I was that they’re producing superhero color-wonder books, marketed to preschoolers, where woman make up 1/20 characters—it’s absurd and it’s sexist.
I got a response back from Crayola, fairly quickly—it essentially blamed Marvel. Marvel took the email address I had provided to them in order to write and started sending it marketing (apparently your marketing department is on the ball) and sent no response to either my email or my letter.
That’s not OK. Ignoring complaint letters is incredibly awful customer service. Obvious sexism and gender disparity deserve more than a brush-off, but I didn’t even get a brush-off—my letter went into the void.
I know that employees have better things to do. I know that Marvel isn't the gatekeeper for gender equality and that Marvel starting to make coloring pages for Superhero Squad [a cartoon my daughter loves--and I'd love to encourage, but the issues with their portrayal of portray women rankles me greatly--and I can't get her a Scarlett Witch or Ms. Marvel coloring page, because you don't make them] and Avengers isn't going to create miracles. But I'd really like to see this acknowledged as a problem--because it is. When 50% of the population makes up 0-5% of the portrayals, it's a problem.
Please consider fixing this. I KNOW marvel is capable of:
1-better customer service (I'm sure it's an oversight, but ignoring someone who actually takes the time to pen a relatively thoughtful pen-and-paper [er, computer plus printer plus stamp plus hike out through the snow in the midst of the polar vortex to get to the dang mailbox] letter should get a response)
2-portraying something awesome—with a nod toward diversity- within the pages of the comics and in the items they are marketing to my daughter and her peers.
And some response to indicate that someone actually read this would be nice.
Thanks
-D
#DearMarvel, #StanLee, #Marvel