List of the most popular hashtags for theme #BEMOREKIND

Edit: THE GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Friends, I MADE STICKERS. I promise I'll make them available in the shop in a couple of weeks. But at the moment, the only way to get your hands on them is by entering my International Women's Day giveaway. You have until midnight GMT to enter by donating any amount to your local rape crisis (or my local one, @survivorsnetwork ) and sending me your donations receipt with identifying information redacted. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ So many of you have entered and overall so much money has been donated. I love love love the community that follows my drawings. You are all incredible. I promise to reply to everyone tomorrow morning. I'm on a train right now. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #bemorekind #empathy #feministmemes #wholesomememes #internationalwomensday #womensmarch #feminism #cartoonist #tnycartoons #incolourfulcompany

Who would buy a children’s book about empathy and empathy's kryptonite? Tag an empath. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I write about empathy a lot. I was actually lucky enough to have an op-ed about empathy published in the @nytimes - this piece is a sort of sequel to that. I’m going to keep talking about empathy because it’s really important to me. BUT, there’s room for misinterpretation when I talk about empathy, and I want to clear it up if I can. When one talks about empathy, it can sound a bit “both-sidesy” and lots of people lean into this in their writing. By “both-sidesy” I mean the view that “both sides” need to have more empathy for one another, the view that “both sides” are just as bad as one another. THAT IS NOT AT ALL WHAT I BELIEVE. I’ve also seen the word “empathy” weaponised against members of oppressed groups in exactly this way, i.e. a white person telling a black person, “You need to have more empathy with my position.” and things like that. I am not writing for those people. To make it very clear, I do not believe that the oppressed need to empathise more with their oppressors. I believe that the oppressors, people with privilege, need to empathise more with those they oppress. Sure, it can be incredibly beautiful, and powerful, when someone from an oppressed group empathises with someone from a privileged group. But that already happens enough. And it is never the duty of the oppressed to empathise with their oppressor, and that can only achieve so much. There’s enough empathy for rich, able-bodied, cis, straight, white men; only people with privilege get to tell their own stories, we hear a lot of those stories, and we all empathise with them sufficiently. It is people, like me, with a lot of privilege who need to expand their circles of empathic concern by listening, and believing. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #feminist #feministmemes #lgbtqia #lgbtmemes #tnycartoons #cartoonist #bemorekind #lovetrumpshate #loveislove #socialjustice #tnycartoons #incolourfulcompany #intersectionalfeminism #gender #bekind #kindnessquotes #politicalmemes

Tag someone who might need this wholesome kitten in their Sunday. (Also this one, and 31 other drawings are available as prints in my shop. And soon, I will add 4 new ones). ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I talk a lot about empathy, the ability to feel what someone else is feeling. But if you want to empathise with people who have very different experiences to you, experiences that you might be shielded from experiencing by your privilege, you have to listen to them. To put yourself in someone else’s shoes you have to be willing to listen when they tell you what their shoes feel like. (Just so it’s clear, “listening” as I use it here, is not something that only people who are able to hear can do. To listen to someone does not have to be auditory. People who are deaf, or hearing impaired, can be good listeners.) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ [Image description: A pen and ink drawing that has been digitally coloured. A tiny little, pink-nosed kitten sticks its head out of a mustard-yellow, Converse high-top style, shoe. It’s got the cutest little, fluffy face. Someone “off-camera” says to the kitten, “What are you doing in there?” And the kitten replies, “They say the only way to become kinder is to put yourself in someone else’s shoes.” (On this drawing, I've sneakily put the drawingsofdogs watermark on the sole of the shoe. And the slogan "Be more kind" replaces the logo.] ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #wholesomememes #wholesome #memes #awww #cutekittens #bekind #resist #lovetrumpshate #empathy #kindnessquotes #bemorekind #kindness #feminism #womensmarch #politicalmemes #gurlstalk #r29regram #r29 #bustle #incolourfulcompany #tnycartoons #cartoonist #illustratorsoninstagram

I'm trying to be a bit experimental. I don't want to get too stuck in my ways. I want a way to present simple aphoristic statements that compliments my broader aesthetic. So, I'm experimenting with these abstract shapes. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I thought I'd try to use it as an opportunity to state the @drawingsofdogs mission as succinctly as possible for all you new folks who've found me recently. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Got so pumped yesterday when I heard @rachel.cargle on the Ctrl Alt Delete Podcast from @emmagannonuk describing her equation for allyship as Knowledge + Empathy + Action. What a beautiful way to put it. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ [Image description: handwritten grey text appears against a background of abstract pastel colours. It reads, "Privilege is empathy's kryptonite. Listening and believing is the antidote."] ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #empathy #kindnessquotes #quotestoliveby #bemorekind #bekind #socialjustice

When I drew this I didn't know that he took these arbitrary lines so seriously that he'd be willing to torture children to "protect" them. . #abolishice #refugees #immigrants #migration #dreamers #undocumedia #gurlstalk #tnycartoons #lovetrumpshate #notmypresident #resist #bemorekind #empathy #feminist #intersectionalfeminism #blm #stoptrump #womensmarch

TREAT PEOPLE WITH KINDNESS! #bemorekind . T-shirt from @sheinofficial

Tag someone who recognises the political power of living softly and showing emotional vulnerability (and who likes avocado toast). ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I did another drawing for @comics (the @buzzfeed comics platform). I'm super excited for more people to find my work through them. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Also, I'm a softy and I'm trying to be proud of that. Also check out @lora__mathis and their discussion of radical softness as a weapon. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ [Image description: a cute anthropomorphised avocado half stands on stick figure legs against a pastel pink backdrop. It says, "Never be ashamed to be soft. No one wants hard avocado toast."] ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #feminist #gurlstalk #feminism #feministmemes #politicalmemes #softness #radicalsoftness #intersectionalfeminism #socialjustice #gender #queer #lgbtq #wholesomememes #purememes #tnycartoons #incolourfulcompany #illustratorsoninstagram #empathy #bekind #bemorekind #avocadotoast #cutememes #aww

If you frequently find yourself “playing” devil’s advocate for Islamophobic, misogynistic, racist, homophobic, transphobic, classist, or ableist positions, consider the possibility that you are just an Islamophobe, a misogynist, a racist, a homophobe, a transphobe, classist, or ableist. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ It is not universally wrong to play devil’s advocate. There are certain instances in which adopting a position for the sake of an argument can be fun, or perhaps, if the opposite position rarely get an airing, it might help to clarify the strengths of the position that you actually do hold. But there are enough people who are sincerely Islamophobes, misogynists, racists, homophobes, transphobes, classist, and ableist. These views already get too much of an airing, and their proponents don’t need your for-the-sake-of-argument assistance. It’s also unlikely to be fun for the person whose safety is on the line in said argument. If you have a lot of privilege and you enjoy playing devil’s advocate, consider the possibility that these arguments are fun for you - and not for your opponent - because it is never your safety that is on the line. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ My partner, Kitty, works to support survivors of sexual violence. When men learn this, many of them feel the need to “play devil’s advocate”. Their reasons for doing so are lost on me. Do they really think that Kitty will benefit from hearing the strengths of the argument on the other side? Do they really think that Kitty will enjoy the pretend argument after having spent the day with women who have been on the receiving end of men’s violence? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ [Image description: a hand-drawn, anthropomorphised, wooden judge’s gavel stands on stick-figure legs against a pastel blue backdrop. The gavel has a deadpan expression and says, “The devil already has enough advocates.”] ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #feminist #intersectionalfeminism #gender #queer #resist #lovetrumpshate #transisbeautiful #blm #socialjustice #tnycartoons #incolourfulcompany #indierollercoaster #illustratorsoninstagram #cartoonist #cartoon #feministmemes #politicalmemes #loveislove #womensmarch #timesup #bemorekind #bekind #empathy #gurlstalk

Tag a vegan. . When I drew it lots of people were angry about the Yulin dog festival, but lots of those same people eat chickens. I'm not saying I wouldn't personally rather eat a chicken than a dog (I would). But my response to that inconsistency is to eat neither. Go vegan. . I've redrawn this @drawingsofdogs classic to make it available in my online shop for you. It's there, along with 12 others as a signed giclée print. . #govegan #veganfortheanimals #veganfortheplanet #veganuary #meatlessmonday #incolourfulcompany #indierollercoaster #indiebusiness #illustratorsoninstagram #artistsoninstagram #tnycartoons #cartoonist #wokememes #drawingsofdogs @msevylynch #bemorekind #bekinder #empathy #kindness #kindnessquotes #lovetrumpshate