Carmen Nielson
@carmen-nielson.bsky.social
Historian of Canada, gender, politics, graphic satire. Writing (apparently interminably) about Grip magazine.
I hope someone sees the connection between this and my last post. We need to talk a lot more about our obsession with political father figures.
April 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I hope someone sees the connection between this and my last post. We need to talk a lot more about our obsession with political father figures.
If anyone else is interested in where this idea comes from, I wrote about it here: doi.org/10.1111/1468...
Erotic Attachment, Identity Formation and the Body Politic: The Woman‐as‐nation in Canadian Graphic Satire, 1867–1914
Using depictions of ‘Miss Canada’ in editorial cartoons and political campaign posters published in English Canada between 1867 and 1914 as a case study, this article argues that the repetitive deplo...
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March 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
If anyone else is interested in where this idea comes from, I wrote about it here: doi.org/10.1111/1468...
I hadn’t seen an American example of the romance allegory!
March 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I hadn’t seen an American example of the romance allegory!
This sucks. I hope you’ll be able to find a work around
March 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
This sucks. I hope you’ll be able to find a work around
Yes! Which is why I’ve been working on a book about these for over a decade 😜
March 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Yes! Which is why I’ve been working on a book about these for over a decade 😜
Unfortunately there are much creepier ones
March 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Unfortunately there are much creepier ones
I know this sort of thing is a joke but you can imagine how deeply hurtful it is for Albertans
March 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I know this sort of thing is a joke but you can imagine how deeply hurtful it is for Albertans
Yup I hear you. If it’s staring down the barrel of a gun, we’re all effed. But I really don’t think Albertans are about to capitulate in advance.
March 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Yup I hear you. If it’s staring down the barrel of a gun, we’re all effed. But I really don’t think Albertans are about to capitulate in advance.
I really don’t think that would work. Are there nutjobs and do they belong to the UCP? Yes. The rest of the province seems pretty united against Trump. Even the red necks are patriots. And DS’s power is precarious rn. I know it’s easy to dunk on AB but pls don’t paint us all with one brush. 🙏
March 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I really don’t think that would work. Are there nutjobs and do they belong to the UCP? Yes. The rest of the province seems pretty united against Trump. Even the red necks are patriots. And DS’s power is precarious rn. I know it’s easy to dunk on AB but pls don’t paint us all with one brush. 🙏
Yup I think it’s gonna feel like we’ve been clobbered
March 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Yup I think it’s gonna feel like we’ve been clobbered
I think it might be because it’s so difficult to do. A literal description of a political cartoon is virtually meaningless (and possibly really misleading) without the visual context. I’m planning to post some and I don’t quite know how to do it. Advice?
March 4, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I think it might be because it’s so difficult to do. A literal description of a political cartoon is virtually meaningless (and possibly really misleading) without the visual context. I’m planning to post some and I don’t quite know how to do it. Advice?