"Writers create so much value in the entertainment industry, it is criminal what a small percentage of the profits they get."
Jen Sorensen is an American cartoonist and illustrator who creates a weekly comic strip that often focuses on current events from a liberal perspective. Her work has appeared on the websites Daily Kos, Splinter, The Nib, Politico, AlterNet, and Truthout; and has appeared in Ms. Magazine, The Progressive, and The Nation. It also appears in over 20 alternative newsweeklies throughout America. In 201
"I know there have been some encouraging signs. I think people have come a long way even since I started cartooning-I mean, gay marriage wasnt legal when I started. I think our collective vocabulary for social justice issues has improved over time. So on a cultural level, weve made some progress. That keeps me going. Ive had people tell me that Ive radicalized their teenage daughters. But a lot of what Im doing shouldnt even be considered radical."
"Trump (and Bannon and other right-wing authoritarian leaders around the world) is often referred to as a "populist" because he displays faux concern for the working class and a resentment of science and education, but his policies are in fact grotesquely elitist. If by "populist" we mean whipping up resentment against immigrants and people of color, then we should say that. Otherwise, "populism" is just a lazy euphemism for racism."
"Im also tired of being called a "radical," a word that even many otherwise-astute progressives apply to themselves. Since when is it radical to not want mercury in my tuna salad? Or to have an aversion to killing tens of thousands of innocent civilians unnecessarily? Im the normal person here. The people running the country are the off-the-meter nutballs."
"Its appalling how the puritanically correct in this country fixate on homosexuality to the exclusion of grave moral issues like the suffering of innocents in Iraq."
"one of my biggest pet peeves is the term "political correctness," a destructive, right-wing phrase that is parroted even by many socially-conscious types. It is a label loaded with bias, frequently applied with a broad brush to anything progressives stand for. In reality, right-wingers are masters of "political correctness": ridiculous euphemisms and denunciations of anyone who does not parrot their insane ideas. I find this political correctness, with its insistence on blind patriotism, to be far more pernicious."
"Anyone who thinks theres no difference between Democrats and Republicans is a dingdong, Lots of people generalize that theyre the same because they both pander to corporate interests. Its true: we live in a plutocracy condoned by a totally ignorant public...Im not saying Democrats are perfect, but I think there are a lot of good, well-meaning people trapped in the system"