Bad Art for a Cause

[teaberryblue]

So, basically, the situation in Jena, Louisiana is getting pitiful coverage around here which is not to say that it's getting no coverage so much as it's getting a mix of no coverage and coverage that is woefully short on details.

This means that I explained it about five times to five different people, in detail, over the course of the past two days.

And pretty much everyone has the same reaction, which is "WTF WHAT DECADE IS THIS?"

Anyway, I decided that I could do my part to help tell people what is going on.


Read my Jena, Louisiana Primer


This is just the first chapter. Yes, it is highly snarky. Yes, it is badly drawn. But I think it gets across my general feelings about the situation.

Comments

[liret.livejournal.com]

Ice Cream> Hate crime. True fact.

The most surreal part of this story is how clueless the Jena officials are, still.

[lextaci.livejournal.com]

Wow. I know I'm on the other side of the world, but I still can't believe I hadn't even heard about this. Tree-posterous indeed!

[bunnymcfoo.livejournal.com]

you are fucking made of awesome, just so you know.

[rainy-day.livejournal.com]

Wow, I didn't know anything about this.... Thank you for posting this!! Clearly I need to be more in touch with the stateside news.

[selfunderstared.livejournal.com]

This is a great idea; it's complete Whathafucksville that this is getting so little coverage in the traditional media.

[much-reality.livejournal.com]

I can't work out whether it's getting a ton of coverage over here is a tragic or a fantastic thing. Or both.

[shakinros.livejournal.com]

Newsweek did a great lengthy article on this several weeks ago, followed by updates the last couple weeks. You're right that it hasn't gotten even coverage, but between NPR and Newsweek, I've been pretty well deluged in information about it. It's odd to me that there are major news outlets NOT covering it.

[kellygrape.livejournal.com]

Thank you for this.

You rule.

[amaskforophelia.livejournal.com]

My school is having a fit over all of this, but kind of in the spirit of the school, they're just protesting a lot and letting what happened go to google and heresay. ^^; Which has worked to some extent, but not the extent that it should.

[blueboats.livejournal.com]

the whole thing is just ridiculous. i can't even believe this is happening. it sounds like it should be in my US History textbook, not in two thousand fucking seven. jeez.

the comic is great, btw.