In Solidarity With Iranian Women

Feminists of all nationalities and genders need to stick together

There have been many powerful cartoons drawn in recent weeks about the situation in Iran. Wonderful symbolism of women taking control of their own bodies, their hair, their freedom. What I am thinking of lately is that women in the US — actually Americans of all genders — need to show support and solidarity with the resistance in Iran. So I drew this simple image below. I worry about having flags in the drawing, because this is not about nationality, but about freedom of human beings. But flags are symbols that make an idea more easily understood, so I added them.

On second thought, I created one without flags, which I may like better.

Feminists must stick together, and this is a moment in time when we need to show support. Here is one I drew a few years ago about how the suppression of women is global and insidious. And advances for so many are slow and incrimental, it’s frustrating. For us in the US, it is not as acute as for others in other countries.