Barbie Fights for Human Rights with an AX

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Soooo tired of the binary landscape we live in. Granted, Barbie's not dealing with it in the best way, but her way sure feels good, doesn't it?

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Barbie and Baxter know what all women know...

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I mean, I assume this is how women feel. I mean, they MUST have noticed...

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Hipster Cat Problems, this week on #BallpointAdventures.

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Who is more who is more annoying? Baxter or Barbie?

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Barbie is so HAPPY about #WonderWoman!

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Barbie always wants to be hopeful, even when her cat knows she shouldn't be.

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Barbie gets sick of all these men telling her what to do with her body!

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Getting back to the more violent roots of Ballpoint Adventures with this one!  Why?  Because the shoe fits! Go after the rights of ALL WOMEN when pretty much anyone can buy a gun and kill someone suggests that you believe there is something inherently violent about a woman.  Statistically, it's much safer to assume that about us men.  I mean, how many wars have been fought by women?  Pretty sure it's none.

Weird how men are the ones trying to limit women's right to "kill" but think war is just fine and dandy.

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Billy is down about the world but knows where to find HOPE!

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From 2006: Billy proves something really depressing about the world.

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I don't care how nice you are or how many times you've held the door for a lady or the truth is, we are still a very...

Many Americans share Billy's sentiment about women, sadly...

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Yeah, it's a sad fact that far too many men in America today still think of women in this way. Trump has...

Billy commits the Cardinal #Sin against #Feminism and pays for it!

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I've been experiencing this joke slowly over decades. There was a time when it was OK to say stuff like this...

From 1/1/6: Billy and Barbie return after a year+ off and are happy to see you!

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Yep, some things never change.  Billy and Barbie do speak from their own ids when they feel like it, good or...

Billy and Barbie celebrate Labor Day in a way only they can.

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So, the question is, is Barbie pissed because Labor Day isn't about pregnancy or because she thinks it is? The answer may surprise you...

This week's #BallpointAdventures is all about #HillaryClinton

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Billy & Barbie Ballpoint lament the loss of the @NightlyShow.

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Now, it's not like canceling The Nightly Show was like canceling any other underperforming (ratings-wise) comedy show. You're taking away a good chunk of underrepresented voices from the American media landscape.  This is a serious tragedy that I don't think anyone fully grasps.  The Nightly Show was providing the service of, not only, reporting on race and gender issues in a funny way, but also in helping teach white viewers that People of Color and women could be smart, funny and have something important to say.

The idea that Comedy Central had expectations of audience size less than 2 years into The Nightly Show's run seems pretty absurd to me.  I mean, how many shows helmed by black hosts are there? Isn't it zero now?  How do you measure the success of a show run largely by PoC?  You can't compare it to other shows because there are no other shows like TNS.

It's like putting a can of Coke in front of a caveman and getting angry at the Coca-Cola Company because the caveman doesn't chug the whole can immediately.  It took a couple decades and a really cheap price to cement Coca-Cola as America's Sugar Water of Choice.  You can't expect modern America to gloop down a healthy drink made by people with faces that, frankly, scare an all too sizable portion of them.

Speaking of which, White America is still learning.  We've come along way, but a lot of us are still dragging their heels.  The media is where adults get their education (another fact, I don't think most people grasp) and taking a metaphorical megaphone away from even a few People of Color, even by canceling just one show, holds America back as a people.

Like Barbie said above--shutting down one show run by so many People of Color is removing a disturbingly large number of People of Color from the American media landscape.  Do I need to hang a lampshade on this and suggest that it smacks of systemic racism?  I'm not saying that someone at Comedy Central was like "Aw, that's a black show!  Screw those guys! #CANCELED!"

I'm saying that because CC seemed to only consider ratings when determining whether TNS should stay on the air, they're falling into the same racist trap the rest of our culture has fallen into decades.  Howard Zinn once said "You can't be neutral on a moving train."  Well, CC can't just say "Sorry, you're ratings just weren't good enough." and then replace TNS with another white-helmed show and not be labeled racist.  Though, maybe I'm the only one with a labeling gun.  Well, fine:



I suppose they're probably sexist, too, since there were a ton of talented women on that show, also.  Maybe CC thinks they'll all get hired over at Full Frontal?

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From 2003: #BillyBallpoint proves how horrible #men can be!

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Of course, all men don't treat women like this. I suspect most men do have an instinct to be like Billy but they

From 2003: Gentlemen and #BillyBallpoint prefer #Blondes. Sorry, #BarbieBallpoint!

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It seems like sex and sexism are all around us and I always enjoy deconstructing this sort of common but not

From 2003: #BillyBallpoint Meets the New Girl and She's WAY hotter than #Barbie!

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Remembering my earlier strips playing around with sexuality and nudity, I decided to have a go at beauty. As is

BALLPOINT ADVENTURES CLASSIC from 3/1/99: Billy Impresses Barbie with his TIME MACHINE!

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Women always have their priorities...

BALLPOINT ADVENTURES for 6/8/15: The Truth About the Republicans Running for President in 2016!

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I hope Hillary exploits this to the Nth degree.

BALLPOINT ADVENTURES CLASSIC from 2/1/99: Barbie Gives Billy a Good Excuse

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Guys, let this be a lesson to you.  Never let your lady own an ax.  Or, you know, actually call her afterwards.

BALLPOINT ADVENTURES CLASSIC from 1/4/98: Barbie Should be Careful What She Wishes for!

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Sexism! Alive and well in the modern world (even in the Western World!).  I think my original point, back in 1999, was: "Haha, stupid woman didn't choose her words well!" but now, 17 years later in 2015, I look a bit deeper and see this as a rough metaphor for what happens when women speak up for themselves.  Be ready for the consequences of speaking up.  I'm not trying to discourage women at all.  I'm just saying that your freedom of speech can often cost you--so get help--financial, emotional, spiritual, whatever kind you think you'll need when the ridiculously patriarchal society we live in goes for revenge.  And it WILL go for revenge--even unconsciously.