Political Cartoon Commentary

This cartoon is by Liza Donnelly, it portrays a scene where a group of male is having a meeting and talks about “feminist opinion”. A man, who is called Harold is standing in front with feminine clothing and being asked to give feminist opinions. This cartoon uses irony to compare between male and female power, thus raising awareness on feminism. techniques such as text in the cartoon and minimalism can be used to convey messages.  Since the cartoon did not put lots of effort on drawing the characters, the only character with detailed outfit stands out — Harold. All the other people are looking at him, which also gathers the audiences’ attention onto him. In my opinion, the artist used irony to satirise how the males are trying to get the feminist point of view from only a man who is dressing up like a women. The dress, heels and earring Harold is wearing shows feminine. Donnelly used this irony to hint that the “feminist opinion” were not even given by females. In this cartoon, males are pretending and speculating how women are like without asking women’s opinions, suggesting that the society is still male dominated and lacking of women rights.

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