Freshly cataloged -- Living Doll Disaster: Comix by Jennifer Whiteford
I love this short, full size minicomic with comics about:
* sexism against women musicians
"When my ex-roommate went to try out electric [guitar]s she had a hard time getting noticed . . .
"After she tried a few and decided that they were crappy, the salesguy actually said, 'There now. Did you get that out of your system?'"
"After she tried a few and decided that they were crappy, the salesguy actually said, 'There now. Did you get that out of your system?'"
*Fleetwood Mac
* Jane Bond
. . .She's a librarian
. . .She's a superspy
. . .She's a female action hero!
. . .She's a superspy
. . .She's a female action hero!
* job hunting
"Hi! I was wondering if you'd like to pay me minimum wage and exploit both my neediness and my irrational fear of authority."
Picture of pirate ship captioned "Then, just as I was beginning to think that piracy was the only option" and pirate shouting "Give me all your vegetables!"
* assumptions about heteronormativity and more sexism
* things I don't ever want to hear again, including gems like
Well, I'm no feminist but . . .
A women-only space? Isn't that just reverse discrimination?
You're a vegan? What do you eat?
A women-only space? Isn't that just reverse discrimination?
You're a vegan? What do you eat?
* lots of things she's thankful for
Photo of the author wearing an awesomely awesome shirt: 
And I just requested that we order her book, Grrrl.
Thanks, Andrea Grimes and the San Francisco Public Library for donating this zine.
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