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Clare Briggs
Clare Briggs is a famous cartoonist who lived from 1875 to 1930. Poems by Wilbur Nesbitt.
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on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25You know how, periodically, there's a situation in California that results in house insurance compan…
on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25I've seen Zegler's red carpet interview and it's more cringy-woke and dissing-the-original than is n…
on Weekend Plans Post: Pantherine VandalsI get to thinking "I need to get a cat" (because I am Exceptionally Alone and some evenings, the Hor…on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25I did not know there was a beef with Gadot. Where did it come from? I have seen people being passive…
on Open Mic for the week of 3/24/25Right? Racistly? (Though I'm not quite sure what racism has directly to do with a country actively w…
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March 28, 2025
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They’re Acting Queer in Cleveland
March 27, 2025
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A Loaf of Bread, a Container of Milk, and a Stick of Butter
March 26, 2025
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Bowling — Balling Up the Score
March 25, 2025
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Very obviously relatively recent immigrants and clearly having a good chuckle- I like the dynamic.Report
Another example of a person in a humble calling, proud of his work, who seems to live at a decent level of material comfort. Was it really like that then?Report
Obviously not. This cartoon is a Gone With The Wind-esque whitewashing of the past that was an obvious attempt to make the ruling White classes feel better about their oppression of POCs.Report
I know Italians were never considered REALLY white in those days, but they were never regarded as people of color.Report
Well, in this one specifically all it’s showing is they have a (maybe?) stay at home wife, a jacket, a chair and an apartment or home. For a city dweller that isn’t unreasonable. I agree that some of the previous portrayals seemed to show people like milk men appearing in pretty toff settings.Report
Working title: “Jar-Jar Binks At Home”.Report
I’m with CJ, I believe the artist is portraying a recent Italian immigrant speaking their recently learned English. Of course in reality when he came home he’d simply speak Italian with his wife.Report