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All images by Rebecca Cohen, used with permission.

Here’s a thought.

This article originally appeared on October 19, 2016


Self proclaimed feminist killjoy Rebecca Cohen is a cartoonist based in Berkeley, California.

Here’s what she has to say about her role as an artist taken from her Patreon page.

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If you think racism in America is dead, or perhaps not as prevalent as some people claim, you may want to rethink that stance.

A new study from Rutgers University has found that black teenagers in the United States experience racial discrimination more than five times a day on average. Five times. Every day.

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There's this idea that transgender students pose a danger to other students in restrooms.

It comes up a lota lotin politics. Supposedly, bathroom laws and debates and conversations are happening in the name of privacy and student safety.

Yet the outcomes often don't feel very safe for trans people like me.

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Independence Day is an important day in the United States.

In 1776, the Continental Congress declared the 13 American colonies were no longer a part of the British Empire and would be recognized as a new nation — thus asserting independence from British rule. This action led to the creation of the U.S. Constitution over a decade later.

But for years, the rights our independent nation promised only applied to certain people.

Black Americans, women, immigrants, people with disabilities, and many other communities didn't get to experience the same freedoms. Instead, to varying degrees, they experienced persecution.

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