This was excellent. You really made me think! I'm sorry to admit I often bristle reading about women coaching other women on the soft stuff of professional success. My first thought was to be mad that we're still focused on "fixing the women," rather than fixing the systemic bias that works against us from the moment we're born. And of course I thought about all my own career-related insecurities and vulnerabilities and why I'm not actively seeking coaching like you, LOL.
BUT: I ❤️ the juxtaposition of you tackling deep shit in a comics format. My friend who likes to wear sequins with ripped jeans calls this "working the dichotomy," and maybe that's the dirty little secret known by all lovers of graphic novels? What *seems* like just a bunch of drawings is actually a thoughtful, insightful, abstract, and deliberate arrow into the brain. Who needs the Paris Review when we've got your drawing links haikus : )
Edith, your newsletter is so good and you're so great at making work that is both funny/beautiful and thought-provoking! Also, I think the joke about the garbage was a winner.
This was excellent. You really made me think! I'm sorry to admit I often bristle reading about women coaching other women on the soft stuff of professional success. My first thought was to be mad that we're still focused on "fixing the women," rather than fixing the systemic bias that works against us from the moment we're born. And of course I thought about all my own career-related insecurities and vulnerabilities and why I'm not actively seeking coaching like you, LOL.
BUT: I ❤️ the juxtaposition of you tackling deep shit in a comics format. My friend who likes to wear sequins with ripped jeans calls this "working the dichotomy," and maybe that's the dirty little secret known by all lovers of graphic novels? What *seems* like just a bunch of drawings is actually a thoughtful, insightful, abstract, and deliberate arrow into the brain. Who needs the Paris Review when we've got your drawing links haikus : )
Edith, your newsletter is so good and you're so great at making work that is both funny/beautiful and thought-provoking! Also, I think the joke about the garbage was a winner.