I found a copy of "101 Funny Things About Global Warming" by Sidney Harris & Colleagues at a Free Little Library. The collection of editorial cartoons is not especially funny, but I did appreciate the caricatures of politicians and public figures alongside their egregious quotations. (eg. Rush Limbaugh saying "despite the hysterics of a few pseudo-scientists, there is no reason to believe in global warming").

I was not expecting casual racism against Inuit. I went and made my own marginalia before I release this book at a Free Little Library somewhere.
#Bookstodon #EditorialCartoon #comics #racism #Inuit #marginalia #GlobalWarming #ClimateCatastrophe #RacistTropes #tropes

#What’s the Correct Color of Bees? In Austria, It’s a Toxic Topic.
In the Austrian state of Carinthia, where the law favors light-colored local bees, those honey producers judged “too dark” risk eradication."
"Carinthia’s law has supporters among the state’s apiarists.... The neighboring state of Styria has a similar law.
But the law’s opponents see the echo of the area’s Nazi past & cite Nazi history to further their point."

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/04/world/europe/austria-bees-carinthia-carniolan.html?searchResultPosition=2
#racisttropes #bees #Austria #beekeeping

#WritingTip
#SensitivityTip

Here's a detailed and insightful video explainer on how to avoid #RacistTropes in fantasy writing, in particular #antisemitism. Halloween themed but relevant all year round! (And you know there's some very well-known examples of authors who have failed at this.)

From #SensitivityReader Emeric Davis on TikTok.

https://www.tiktok.com/@emericdavis/video/7160666390276361514

here's Davis's website: https://www.emericdavis.com/ and ni is a terrific follow on the 'Tok.

#WritingCommunity #AmWriting