friendly reminder that it is possible to recognise that the way in which barbara gordon was paralysed in the killing joke was misogynistic and gross while also recognising how awesome it was for barbara to become oracle
barbara being permanently crippled and sexually abused as a plot device in order to torment her dad and batman was alan moore’s move
barbara making a comeback as a badass disabled heroine was kim yale and john ostrander’s move because they recognised how distastefully moore and treated her
I’m kinda conflicted on whether or not it was misogyny, tbh. I mean, is it really so hard to imagine that someone as terrible as the Joker would have done this regardless of Barbara being female? Just saying, as he doesn’t seem to care who he hurts.
I think you’re misunderstanding what OP is saying. Joker isn’t the one being misogynistic here. Joker isn’t a real person. The misogyny lies in the writers who make Joker do the things he does. (Aka Alan Moore).