Category Archives: Feminism, sexism, etc

Cartoon: If A Fetus Could Talk

Posted on March 31, 2019 by Ampersand

Help me make more cartoons by supporting my Patreon! Okay, this one is probably in bad taste. But every friend I showed this to while I was working on it laughed. The “fetus” in this strip – who is, like … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: A Woman In The Primary

Posted on February 10, 2019 by Ampersand

Help me make more cartoons by supporting my Patreon! A $1 pledge means a lot. While I was working on this strip, my friend Rachel suggested I read the blogger Echidne’s post “The Hillarization of Female Politicians,” and I can … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: Forced Kidney Donation

Posted on January 9, 2019 by Ampersand

If you enjoy these cartoons, help me make more by supporting my Patreon! A $1 pledge really helps. In 1971, the philosopher Judith Jarvis Thomson wrote “A Defense of Abortion,” in which she used the example of a person waking … Continue reading →

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Fosta-Sesta and The Art Of Not Listening

Posted on January 8, 2019 by Ampersand

If you like these cartoons, please help me make more by supporting my Patreon! A $1 pledge really matters. This is sort of a “guilty obligation” comic.  :-p By which I mean, it makes me furious that our pundit class … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: Why Didn’t She?

Posted on September 25, 2018 by Ampersand

I couldn’t make these cartoons without people supporting my Patreon! A $1 pledge really matters. Another cartoon inspired by the current, infuriating moment. Hundreds of hundreds of conservatives (mostly, but not entirely, white men) have been asking this question. Including … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: HE would never do that!

Posted on September 21, 2018 by Ampersand

If you enjoy these cartoons, please help me make more by supporting my Patreon. A $1 pledge really matters! TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has four panels, plus an additional tiny “kicker” panel below the bottom of the cartoon. PANEL … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: Incels

Posted on September 7, 2018 by Ampersand

If you enjoy these cartoons, and can spare it, why not support them on Patreon? A $1 pledge really matters. Have you noticed that the more misogynistic someone is, the more likely he is to use “females” in sentences where … Continue reading →

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In Which I Have More To Say About The Politics Of Being A Man Who Has Survived Sexual Violence (and also about Junot Díaz)

Posted on July 31, 2018 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

In my previous post about Junot Díaz, I alluded to an essay I was in the middle of trying to write when I read the Boston Globe article in which he categorically denied the accusations of misogyny and sexual misconduct … Continue reading →

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Claiming the Feminist Politics of My Survival

Posted on May 13, 2018 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

Author’s Note: In March of this year, I was invited to give a talk about being a male survivor of sexual violence during my campus’ Sexual Harassment/Assault Awareness Week. Uncharacteristically for my campus, where panel presentations on topics like this … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: Radfem Clubhouse

Posted on February 19, 2018 by Ampersand

If you enjoy these cartoons, please help there be more by supporting my Patreon. A $1 pledge really matters. You can read lots more cartoons, for free, here. Or click here to see a bunch of lgbt themed cartoons. (I … Continue reading →

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