A woman's place.....

[applegrove]

Link to tweet

[oberliner]

1. This is by a male cartoonist

Incidentally, can you name any prominent female political cartoonists?

[applegrove]

2. Nope. But I can only name one cartoonist and he is a Canadian.

[FSogol]

3. Jen Sorensen and Ann Telnaes. n/t

[FSogol]

4. WTF? What difference does it make if the cartoonist is male or female?

All your questioning doesn't diminish the message.

[oberliner]

5. It's a male dominated field

That also is overdue for a similar reckoning.

[FSogol]

6. So why does that diminish the cartoon proclaiming a women's place is in the House of Rep

Representatives?

[oberliner]

7. It doesn't

The cartoon just got me thinking about how, like Congress, the political cartoonist field seems to have been dominated by men for a long time - I couldn't even think of any prominent female political cartoonists (I appreciate you naming the two that you mentioned).

[applegrove]

8. I wasn't sure. But assumed you just meant it was long past due that

political cartoonists be female too. I could think of a few regular cartoonists who are female but not political ones.

[oberliner]

9. That was what I meant

When you look at this Wikipedia list, it is pretty stark:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_editorial_cartoonists#United_States

[applegrove]

10. Wow. If I could draw I would have given it a try. I actually did try a few sketches.

But my drawing is awful. Never showed them to anyone.

[FSogol]

11. If you look at cartoonists, their early work is really sloppy and it gets tighter and more

concise as time goes by. Draw every day and your cartooning skills will improve quickly.

[applegrove]

12. Oh they are beyond improvement.