Emma (4) (1981–)

Weird, but very interesting. It's a blog (or essays) in comic form; like Hyperbole and a Half, though less funny and more...political? It's largely, though not entirely, about women's rights, and unfortunately that's political these days. The title piece is about the invisible part of household (or workplace) chores, the planning and remembering and managing part - which is still largely the woman's task at home. There's also several about maternity leave and managing with a new child - about workplace expectations and men's behavior and doctors' and nurses' behavior during and after the birth. A couple about police violence, and about how violence of all sorts is reported (in France, where she's based) - riots are reported but not the causes, attacks by protestors are in focus and protestors dealing with the aftermath of violence directed against them isn't... There are several about how, in different ways and different fields, our expectations affect our behavior - from women suppressing their reactions, to people working "bulls**t jobs" that do nothing but enrich the already rich (but that's the way things are and always were and will be...isn't it?). It's interesting angles on a lot of things, with the simple, blocky images conveying as much as the words. Interesting, worth reading, worth spreading the word about.… (mer)