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Jen Sorensen
@jensorensen@mastodon.social

Cartoonist for Daily Kos, The Nation, In These Times and elsewhere, formerly seen on The Nib. Herblock Prize, Pulitzer finalist, RFK journalism award, 2023 Berryman Award from the National Press Foundation. She/her

I mostly post #cartoons and #comics


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Jen Sorensen
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Latest comic on the convenience of making less ethical choices

#comic #cartoon #journalism #academia #ethics #socialmedia

In America we make it EASY TO DO THE WRONG THING, HARD TO DO THE RIGHT THING EASY TO ORDER ONLINE FROM AN OLIGARCH-OWNED, MONOPOLISTIC, UNION-BUSTING CORPORATION CLICK! DING! HARDER TO SHOP LOCALLY AND SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNITY Ye Olde Independent Shoppe EASY FOR COLLEGES TO CAVE TO DEMANDS OF DICTATORS PLEASE TAKE OUR MONEY AND BASIC VALUES! HARDER FOR SCHOOLS TO STAND UP FOR ACADEMIC FREEDOM WHAT'S THE POINT OF BEING A UNIVERSITY IF WE AREN'T FREE TO FOLLOW KNOWLEDGE AND EVIDENCE WHERE THEY LEAD? EASY FOR MEDIA OUTLETS TO PROFIT OFF CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND INFLAMMATORY FALSE NARRATIVES UP NEXT: IS YOUR NEIGHBOR A DEMOCRAT TERRORIST TRYING TO KILL YOU? HARDER TO SUSTAIN SERIOUS JOURNALISM THAT SHEDS LIGHT ON DIFFICULT TRUTHS AND NOW A SPECIAL REPORT ON CORRUPTION. SORRY, WE'RE REPLACING YOU WITH AI. EASY TO STAY ON SOCIAL NETWORKS RUN Π’Y ANTIDEMOCRATIC ACTIVISTS SO MANY PEOPLE ARE ON HERE, IT MUST BE OKAY! HARDER TO SWITCH TO AN INDEPENDENT ALTERNATIVE* HMM... A SMALLER AUDIENCE, BUT LESS DISINFO AND NOT AS HITLERY! *BUT NOT ACTUALLY THAT HARD!
Jen Sorensen
@jensorensen@mastodon.social

Latest comic on destruction of the public good

#comic #cartoon #pbs #cpb #media #government #radio

Jen Sorensen
@jensorensen@mastodon.social

Recent comic: Cutting out the Middleman

I suspect that some readers might interpret this cartoon as a call for Luddism, but mostly it's a reflection of thoughts I've been having lately about out-of-control data harvesting and a growing surveillance state.

#tech #technology #privacy #data #comic #cartoon #surveillance #consumers #corporations

Jen Sorensen
@jensorensen@mastodon.social

Recent comic: It's time to update the old binaries.

#cartoon #comic #uspol #science #humanrights

Jen Sorensen
@jensorensen@mastodon.social

A recent comic on the US giving international tourists the Big Brother treatment

#comic #cartoon #uspol #travel #firstamendment #privacy

Jen Sorensen
@jensorensen@mastodon.social

The term β€œDEI” is being used as a cover to tear apart much of the federal government. It’s not that this language didn’t exist before, but it’s being weaponized now. Suddenly the cold, impersonal-sounding acronym DEI has replaced β€œdiversity initiatives,” β€œcivil rights,” β€œequal rights,” β€œfairness,” and β€œanti-discrimination” in everyday conversation. I would suggest that one small thing we can do is return to using those actual words. This week's comic:
#cartoon #uspol