VINEYWORLD!

A while ago Shannon O’Leary had a book idea she ran by me, an anthology about cartoonists’ take on feminism. I thought it was a good idea, because I believe that women are equal to men, but had no thoughts about how to make a comic that didn’t feel like a college essay. Frankly, I always felt pretty equal as a woman, especially as a white educated middle class woman. That was, until I had a kid. Then suddenly all my dreams of artistic freedom were, uh, revised. It’s the only time in my life where I felt like the difference of the sexes was laid bare. I really struggled with this piece… here’s the first page, and the rest is up at Bitch.com. They put this comic up to promote the kickstarter for The Big Feminist But (Shannon and Joan’s anthology includes great stuff from Vanessa Davis, Gabrielle Bell and Jeffrey Brown among others). If you feel compelled to donate, that would be awesome. I’d love to hear your stories as well if you are a parent and an artist struggling to do both.