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Girl in the Attic is a small comic by Hyein Lee, who, in her own words, is an “engineer turned illustrator”. It’s a quick read, only 6 pages long, yet it’s a really powerful story. “The Girl in the Attic is a very powerful comic. Could you talk about the process of writing and creating [...]

” As a society, we encourage girls and women to be emotionally accessible, and in touch with their feelings; we say that it’s an innately feminine trait. We say it, that is, until they have feelings that make us uncomfortable, at which point we recast them as melodramatic harpies, shrieking banshees, and basket cases. ” [...]

By Sarah Mercer.

Tony Porter: A call to men | Video on TED.com.