TN Legislature Hootenanny

So between passing bills designed to circumvent anti-discrimination ordinances, reminding women that the law has more authority over their bodies than they do, introducing the "sky daddy theory" into science classes, and teaching young students that the best way to deal with people that are different is to pretend that they don't exist, it's easy to wonder if there's moonshine circulating about Tennessee's legislative body.

"Bad" Word

I made this as a design for a poster show organized by Memphis Loves Gays. It's in response to the news about Senate Bill 49, or the "Don't Say Gay" bill. If passed, it would prohibit teachers in the state of TN from discussing any other sexual orientation other than heterosexuality to elementary and middle school students. Besides being an obvious attack on the LGBT community, it's yet another attempt by political conservatives in TN to keep the public school curriculum unbalanced in their favor.

Right of Center, Pt.3

I meant to get this one out last night. It was a little unnerving- I was finishing this when I read this article regarding the public workers' protest in Wisconsin.

Right of Center

These are from a series of drawings that I'm currently working on. They're informed by editorial articles released by a number of news publications (their online counterparts) and submitted reader comments. The stories relate to U.S. politics and current affairs such as the recession, union rights, big government vs. state's rights, and other topics. One thing that I found interesting was the rhetoric among the political right. There are a number of sentiments that are recurrent, verbiage that seems to come out as naturally as exhaled hot air, both by conservative politicians and their constituents. I'll be posting more soon.