Words by Erynn Brook | Illustrations by Emily Flake| Longreads | June 2018

Erynn Brook is a feminist and freelance writer who studies media, people, communication and culture.

Emily Flake is an illustrator for The New Yorker, The Nib, MAD Magazine, and New Statesman, among other places.

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Editor: Michelle Legro

Art director: Katie Kosma

Support for this work was provided by the Economic Hardship Reporting Project.