Cheryl Lynn isn't quite sure who she is, but she's pretty sure of what she wants to be. A warrior woman. A bad-ass mamajama. Perhaps an earth goddess extraordinaire. She spends her days abusing keyboards and screaming at computer screens while she waits for her cult following to finally show up.

She changes her mind more often than extras in rap videos change thongs.

Remember: save to your own server, sweets!

Reading SELF Magazine.

Writing To-Do lists.

Hearing Thunder.

Watching General Hospital.

Building Nothing.

Eating Vitamins.

Drinking Iced Tea.

Buying Comic books.

Thinking "It is HOT!"

Playing Episodes from Liberty City.

Adoring Cold water.

Saying Very little.

Abhorring Bigotry.

Feeling Calm.

Hoping To get in gear.

Power up.

Empowered #4 Back Cover


Empowered #5 Front Cover

See a difference in Sistah Spooky? I do. Believe me, I adore this series and I came up with all sorts of reasons for the difference. It's because she is being highlighted by Emp's power signature. It's a printing error. She's not that much lighter. I hate the character anyway. It's a bad scan. Her change in looks is due to an alien-spawned body image conspiracy. I grasped at any possibility to keep me from dropping this series. Because I don't want to drop this series. I love this series. I supported this series. Hard.

But each time I ventured over to Amazon to order the latest volume, I'd look at that cover and feel a mild queasiness in the pit of my stomach. And it's the same feeling I got back when I was buying Immortal Iron Fist. It’s the feeling that I'm paying to be disrespected. That I'm handing my money over to someone who thinks that my skin color is a problem to be quietly eliminated from the canvas or screen. It's the feeling that I'm selling myself short.

And I've got to go with that feeling.

It's not about calling for a boycott. I wish Warren and Dark Horse nothing but success. It's about me not wanting to buy something that makes me feel bad. I can feel bad for free.

I know D is a fan of Warren's and a fan of Empowered, so I'll probably use him as a scout to see if one of the possible explanations I told myself when I was contemplating buying this volume of the series is the actual truth. In fact, I'm crossing my fingers hard and desperately hoping for this to be the case. But until then?

I just can't.

Cheryl Lynn @ 02:14 PM EST Link