Chickadee
@vtchickadee
Poet and painter who loves nature, is fond of equality, and appreciates political satire. She/Her
…thinking of Easter Island, which was widely thought to have suffered from population decline due to destruction of natural resources, … Many researchers have since suggested that the slave trade and introduction of disease by Europeans were far more ruinous. —Jen Sorensen
While Trump seems to have the emotional control of an infant, and I get the impulse to infantilize aspiring dictators, what is happening to democracy in the US is so much bigger than one asinine individual. —Jen Sorensen
This comic was inspired by a ProPublica article entitled "Unfounded Health Concerns are Powering a Solar Backlash." —Jen Sorensen
Sometimes I feel like a lot of our political discourse is pointless because we don't even agree on the specific meaning of words themselves. The word "liberal," for example, contains multitudes. —Jen Sorensen
Roberts' logic is so twisted . . . The far right extremist bloc of judges has done away with the concept of discrimination except for when it is actually acknowledged -- which, according to them, victimizes those in power. It is a complete inversion of reality. —Jen Sorensen
Rather than having an economy that serves people, we are witnessing an out-of-control system that incentivizes getting humans out of the way. The system wants frictionless, AI-driven rivers of capital unimpeded by obstacles (such as life or laws or democracy). —Jen Sorensen
I feel like the eighth panel of this comic needs an asterisk with a footnote acknowledging the Democratic leadership's complicity/passivity regarding atrocities happening in the Middle East. —Jen Sorensen
This is not to make light of the situation in the Middle East, which is horrifying. But it's also possible to place the rhetoric coming out of the White House in the larger context of dumbasses and supervillains. Is this really what we want to be as a nation? —Jen Sorensen
While it may seem like this has nothing to do with headline news, these ideas are at the center of everything. Millions of people now trust the profit-driven braindroppings of random podcast bros more than the advice of medical professionals or decades of peer-reviewed research. —Jen Sorensen
The Defense Department spokesmodel announced: "The dumb, politically correct wars of the past were the opposite of what we're doing here. They had vague objectives with restrictive, minimalist rules of engagement. No more.” —Jen Sorensen
. . . it does seem likely that this White House will use this situation to declare some sort of emergency powers or crack down on dissent even further. If there's a terrorist attack on US soil, which they almost seem bent on provoking, heaven help us. —Jen Sorensen
The ultimate irony of this dysfunctional system is that eventually the “essential” workers disappear, leading the obliviously wealthy to lament that poor people are “lazy” and don’t want to work anymore. —Jen Sorensen
I want to note that the SAVE Act is an incredibly important issue that isn't being talked about nearly enough . . .The Brennan Center has been on the case, and you can learn more on their website. —Jen Sorensen
This comic is actually a reflection of my own wishes for the season: more than anything, I just want peace, an end to the constant chaos, and a return to basic norms of human decency. —Jen Sorensen
If the logic of unfettered capitalism is to maximize profits no matter what, and laws enacted in the public interest either no longer exist or are no longer enforced, then we quickly find ourselves in a state of anything-goes anarchy (or anarcho-capitalism . . .) —Jen Sorensen
This comic was inspired by a recent ProPublica analysis that found inspections of overseas food plants had dropped significantly under Trump despite unsanitary conditions found at several facilities. —Jen Sorensen
As I wrote when I drew this cartoon [in 2013], “No woman who has been as wrong about as many things as Larry Summers would ever be considered to lead the Fed." —Jen Sorensen
The mainstream media seems more alarmed about college student protesters or transgender kids than Earth becoming uninhabitable. —Jen Sorensen
. . . to end the government shutdown without any concessions from the GOP . . . Mushy, mealy-mouthed triangulation doesn't work! It looks weak and inauthentic, and inspires exactly no one to work for you, or trust you, or trust the party. —Jen Sorensen
It feels like the gap has widened significantly between these two planes of reality within the last week or so. —Jen Sorensen
I tried to strike a balance between portraying reality and amplifying the degrading message. Even with my understated illustration in the last panel, I feel a bit tawdry. —Jen Sorensen
What is disturbing to me is that the administration actually seems to think it has enough control of media that they can get away with a completely fabricated narrative -- i.e., a "War of the Worlds" scenario. —Jen Sorensen