A review by erine
The Mental Load: A Feminist Comic by Emma

4.0

A series of comic essays that pokes at preconceived notions. Although the book focuses on gender issues, there are also some good swings taken at racism and power struggles generally. There's so many opportunities for the reader to say, "yes, but what about... [insert exception or minor quibble here]?" But she's pretty good at heading those off: her comics don't represent a universal experience, but instead try to tie together a lot of common threads into a coherent narrative. And despite the subtitle, this is more of a "Broad Equality Comic" that addresses a variety of awkward inequities. I found it particularly interesting to read this French perspective about problems that also haunt us here in the United States.