On the Mary Jane Watson-Parker statue "kerfuffle"…
By and large, I don't care. I'm shocked to see so many people reacting to the comiquette, but I shouldn't be, I guess. I'm sure there's a lot of sexist pigs out there supporting it. I'm sure there's a lot of women offended.

I was a long-time reader of Spider-Man and specifically sought out some older ones. While the Marvel comic always hewed to the Comics Code, the best description I would give of Mary Jane throughout their history was worldly and experienced. She was always a sexual character. She was always the good-lookin' sexy girl that Peter would never be good enough for.

And she had troubles. It was implied that there may have even been sexual abuse. I think she ran away from home for a while. In the 70s, she was certainly sexually active with the various boyfriends she had over the years. And she always dressed as provocatively as possible given the Comics Code.

This comiquette isn't the movie Mary Jane Watson, who whispers "go get'em, Tiger"; this comiquette is the brash, bold, and sexy Mary Jane Watson-Parker who flirts with everyone and dresses how she wants.

Should Marvel maybe have done a slightly different pose (knees bent; I don't know anyone that bends that way to look in a laundry basket) with the same whimsy? I don't disagree with that sentiment, but the wide reaction—to which I have just added—is odd. But this matches the Mary Jane that I grew up with, in spirit at least.