This started as a Twitter thread a while back. It’s worth another look in its illustrated form.
Words by Erynn Brook | Illustrations by Emily Flake| Longreads | June 2018
Erynn Brook is a feminist and freelance writer who studies media, people, communication and culture.
Emily Flake is an illustrator for The New Yorker, The Nib, MAD Magazine, and New Statesman, among other places.
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Editor: Michelle Legro
Art director: Katie Kosma
Support for this work was provided by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project.
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Wow. That’s really powerful. Thanks for sharing it.
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