The image above is one I created as part of an illustration for Jezebel in February of 2016. It was for a post about the CDC’s guidelines for women to avoid alcohol unless they’re taking birth control.
It was a surprise and a thrill when, in January, I spotted a portion of my illustration on photos of signs at the Women’s March in Washington, DC. How cool! So I started searching around a bit more, to see if it was showing up anywhere else.
I’m curious and fascinated about how it was adopted by Poland’s cause. Perhaps people found it because it relies on simple, blunt imagery. I had drawn it rather quickly last year, and maybe it’s the relative simplicity that makes it more useful and adaptable than I’d ever imagined it would be. I know that Jezebel has an international audience, but I never thought an illustration I’d make would become a small piece of global feminist protest iconography.
