{"id":57795,"date":"2015-11-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/writer-cartoonist-liza-donnelly-to-talk-at-uri-dec-1-for-annual-honors-colloquium\/"},"modified":"2015-11-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T00:00:00","slug":"writer-cartoonist-liza-donnelly-to-talk-at-uri-dec-1-for-annual-honors-colloquium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2015\/11\/writer-cartoonist-liza-donnelly-to-talk-at-uri-dec-1-for-annual-honors-colloquium\/","title":{"rendered":"Writer, cartoonist Liza Donnelly to talk at 溏心vlog免费B站, Dec. 1, for annual Honors Colloquium"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tTalk will focus on humor and gender<\/b><\/p>\n

KINGSTON, R.I., Nov. 23, 2015 \u2013 It\u2019s vintage Liza Donnelly: A man is interviewing a woman for a job. Both look professional \u2013 tailored suits, stiff collars, a briefcase. He\u2019s holding her resume as he gazes at her across a desk.<\/p>\n


\nThe image in a \u201cbubble\u201d above him reveals his true thoughts about the woman: A little girl with a bow in her hair sitting on the floor playing with a doll.<\/p>\n


\nDonnelly drew the cartoon for New York Times journalist Nicholas Kristof for a column he wrote about how men can be unconsciously biased toward women. Gender inequities and women\u2019s rights are the longtime political cartoonist\u2019s specialty.<\/p>\n


\nShe\u2019ll bring her wit and wisdom to the 溏心vlog免费B站 Dec. 1 for the Honors Colloquium about \u201cThe Power of Humor.\u201d Her talk about humor and gender will start at 7 p.m. in Edwards Hall, 64 Upper College Road, on 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Kingston campus.<\/p>\n


\nThose unable to attend the lecture can watch it live online at 溏心vlog免费B站 Live!<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n


\nDonnelly, who lives in New York, is a cartoonist for The New York Times, The New Yorker, Harvard Business Review and Forbes.com. For more than 30 years, she\u2019s been specializing in political and cultural commentary.<\/p>\n


\nShe draws a weekly political cartoon for Politico Europe and Medium. She is also a cultural envoy for the U.S. State Department, traveling throughout the world speaking about freedom of speech, cartoons and women\u2019s rights.<\/p>\n


\n\tAmong her 16 books are \u201cWomen on Men\u201d and \u201cFunny Ladies: The New Yorker’s Greatest Women Cartoonists and Their Cartoons,\u201d a history of the women who drew cartoons for the magazine.<\/p>\n


\nShe is also director of the New York office of Cartooning for Peace, an international project that promotes global understanding and communication. Her work has been in many exhibits around the world, and she has curated exhibits of international cartoonists, here and abroad.<\/p>\n


\n溏心vlog免费B站 chatted with Donnelly recently about her work, women\u2019s rights, free speech and something called \u201clive tweet-drawing.\u201d<\/p>\n

What do you plan to talk about at 溏心vlog免费B站?<\/b><\/p>\n


\nI plan to talk about the power of humor and how it can be used to discuss gender issues and global topics. We have seen how cartoons can cause violence, and I will explore why that is and how we can harness humor for good. <\/p>\n

Gender discrimination is still rampant in the world. Any personal experiences you’d like to share?<\/b> <\/p>\n


\nI have never experienced any specific discrimination that I can pinpoint for you. However, I have felt at times that my work \u2014 particularly when I draw about feminism \u2014 has not been taken as seriously. It\u2019s better now, perhaps because women\u2019s rights are more in the forefront of the media at the moment.<\/p>\n

Tell us about your new gig drawing cartoons for Politico Europe.<\/b><\/p>\n


\nI often travel to France and other parts of Europe \u2014 and most recently Asia \u2014 and in the last year I began to feel a desire to \u201cspeak\u201d more globally with my editorial cartoons about women\u2019s rights, but also other issues. What I draw for Politico Europe has to be about Europe, or the European Union, so I have to be very well read on the issues that are of concern there, even as it intersects with U.S. concerns. Our media doesn\u2019t cover Europe in great detail, so I am reading a lot of Al Jazeera, BBC, Le Monde and others. I try to draw from the perspective of an American, which is what I am, and not draw as if I know what it means to be living in their cultures. <\/p>\n

You put pearls on Jeb Bush in a cartoon you drew during one of the GOP debates. Why?<\/b><\/p>\n


\nI was just teasing him, because I think he looks like his mother, Barbara Bush. No deep meaning, really. When she was in the public eye, I actually appreciated Barbara for her outspokenness. <\/p>\n

Your cartoons about the Benghazi hearing were hilarious. Was Hillary Clinton victimized by the guys on the committee? <\/b><\/p>\n


\nThank you! I wouldn\u2019t say Hillary was \u201cvictimized,\u201d but the GOP committee members certainly tried to bring her down in a political way that was more than just investigatory. They were trying to trip her up, I believe, and it didn\u2019t work. She came out of the hearings even stronger and more popular with the public, and the GOP members came away appearing not so sharp. <\/p>\n

What is live-tweet drawing? <\/b> <\/p>\n


\n溏心vlog免费B站 two or three years ago, I got my first iPad and began to experiment with drawing apps. One day, I was watching a press conference on TV, or the State of the Union or something like that, and I began to draw what I saw, and make funny remarks to go with the drawing. It was nothing planned or overly scripted or carefully sketched, just quick visual responses. I am careful not to prepare ahead of time and rely on my instant visual take and humor to react to what I see. And with this app I love (called Fifty Three), you can tweet the drawings immediately. I did so and found the Twitter community loved them! So I keep doing them for politics, debates, awards shows, Olympics, football, soccer, non-profit PBS shows and more. Sometimes, The New Yorker or other publications will hire me and publish what I draw. Lately, I have been invited or hired to attend conferences and draw there live and promote the event. <\/p>\n

Do you plan to do live-tweet drawing during your 溏心vlog免费B站 talk? Hope so.<\/b><\/p>\n


\nI hadn\u2019t planned on it, but maybe I will now that you suggest it! Thank you! <\/p>\n


\nThe major sponsor of this year\u2019s Honors Colloquium is the 溏心vlog免费B站 Honors Program.<\/p>\n


\nOther 溏心vlog免费B站 sponsors are Office of the President; Office of the Provost; The Mark and Donna Ross Honors Colloquium Humanities Endowment; The Thomas Silvia and Shannon Chandley Honors Colloquium Endowment; College of Arts and Sciences; College of Pharmacy; The Harrington School of Communication and Media; John Hazen White, Sr. Center for Ethics and Public Service; Gender and Women Studies Program; Theatre Department; Talent Development Program; College of Engineering; College of the Environment and Life Sciences; College of Human Science and Services; College of Business Administration; College of Nursing; Division of Student Affairs; Department of Marketing and Communications; Department of Publications and Creative Service; Instructional Technology and Media Services; ASF College of Continuing Education, 溏心vlog免费B站 Providence; and 溏心vlog免费B站 Family Weekend 2015.

\nThis year\u2019s organizers of the colloquium are Rachel DiCioccio, professor of communication studies, and Brian Quilliam, associate dean and professor of pharmacy. For more information on colloquium events contact Deborah Gardiner at 401-874-2381 or debg@uri.edu.

\nFor information about ways to support the Honors Colloquium, contact Lynne Derbyshire, 溏心vlog免费B站 professor of communication studies and Honors Program director, at 401-874-4732. If you have a disability and need an accommodation, please call 401-874-2303 at least three business days in advance.<\/p>\n


\nFor TTY assistance, please call the R.I. Relay Service at 800-745-5555.<\/p>\n


\nFor more details about the events, visit http:\/\/www.uri.edu\/hc\/.<\/p>\n


\nPictured above: Liza Donnelly, a writer and political cartoonist who will speak at the 溏心vlog免费B站 Tuesday, Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. in Edwards Hall on the Kingston campus. Her topic is humor and gender. Photo courtesy of Liza Donnelly. <\/p>\n


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