I’m a big advocate for showing up.  A few months ago, I was invited to live tweet draw a conference in Iceland called WE2015. Not only was going to Iceland absolutely amazing, but the conference was terrific as well. I wrote about it here in these pages, and The New Yorker also did a story about my drawings. The keynote speaker was Geena Davis, actor and feminist activist.  I was aware of her work as an actress and of the research institute that she founded a number of years ago, the Geena Davis Institute on Gender In Media. Her keynote was fascinating–all about the numbers and stats of women working in Hollywood–and she was funny. I loved it. Geena and I happened to meet as the conference was wrapping up, and when she found out what I did for a living, we really hit it off.  Geena Davis loves to laugh and knows the importance of humor in not only getting people’s attention, but in bringing about change.

Geena and I and her CEO of the GDIGM, Madeline Di Nonno had many conversations over the phone about using my cartoons to help with their efforts to redress the balance of women in Hollywood.  I donated some of my feminist cartoons for their use, and now its happening. GDGMI uses my cartoons every week on social media and the website to promote the cause. I am thrilled.

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Here are some of the cartoons she has run already.