Many thanks to Amanda Recupido who regularly attends our events for the book and writes on galleycat about the issues. see below.
I love The New Yorker, and love its history. It is an important part of my life and has given me the creative outlet for my work all these years. Since its founding in 1925, The New Yorker has always been receptive to women artists, as I said in my book on the history of the women cartoonists of the magazine (Funny Ladies: The New Yorker’s Greatest Women Cartoonists and their Cartoons). My interest is in women, and any cultural difficulties we encounter. I teach Women’s Studies at Vassar, and my interest is academic, really. Not that I don’t want to help somehow, I do. I think conversation is the way to help.