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Thursday, January 21, 2010

Cartoon for Women's eNews: Relief for Haitian Women

Haiti already had the highest maternal, infant and under-five mortality in the Western Hemisphere and the earthquake (and the collapse of hospitals, including an obstetrics hospital) certainly hasn't helped. In addition to more broad-based relief groups, please also consider giving to women's relief groups such as Madre that are dealing with women and girls' unique needs in the aftermath.

Here's the cartoon at Women's eNews, and below is a permalink (the eNews link expires in a week or so):

Cartoon by Mikhaela Reid Relief for Haitian Women
(click here to view)
Mikhaela Reid
Metro Times (Detroit)
Jan 21, 2010
EditorialCartoonists.com

I will add that I received a really disturbing bit of pro-rape (seriously!?) email from a Mr. John Napolitano in response to this cartoon this morning. An excerpt (warning--this is really horrible, so please don't read if it will upset you... it certainly upset me):

But do you understand that the rapist could be another (male) earthquake victim. pushed over the edge from being denied the aid they need?

But most women's advocacy is full of this sort of narrow short sightedness, which does nothing but make another part of the people feel less than equal. I sometimes wonder if this isn't the real aim.

The end result is the furthering of the "Women's Agenda at the expense of Humanity.....

No comment. That really soured my morning.

Labels: cwa, feminism, haiti, rape, toons, women

posted by Mikhaela Reid at 8:17 AM

2 Comments:

Anonymous salmon4039 said...

Thank you for publishing my previous comment. It shows me that you are a reasonable person who welcomes contrary opinions.

While I do not advocate "rape", I fail to understand the reasoning behind this cartoon. The first character is confused on why specific support (females in Haiti) should outweigh general support (females and males in Haiti). Does one special group's needs outweigh the others? Is a little Haitian girl's needs more important than a little Haitian boy's needs?

Can you be a bit more specific in your reasoning? Thank you.

2:18 PM  
Blogger Mikhaela Reid said...

Please see my following post for more detailed info and reasoning on this: http://www.mikhaela.net/2010/01/cartoon-more-on-women-in-haiti.html

6:24 PM  

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