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  • Published: 14 April 2020
  • ISBN: 9781609809560
  • Imprint: Seven Stories Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 232
  • RRP: $39.99

The Emotional Load

And Other Invisible Stuff

  • Emma


After the success of The Mental Load, Emma continues in her new book to tangle with issues pertinent to women's experiences, from consent to the "power of love," from the care and attentiveness that women place on others' wellbeing and social cohesion, and how it constitutes another burden on women, to contraception, to the true nature of gallantry, from the culture of rape to diets, from safety in public spaces to retirement, along with social issues such as police violence, women's rights, and green capitalism. And, once more, she hits the mark.

The author of The Mental Load returns with more "visual essays which are transformative agents of change."

After the success of The Mental Load, Emma continues in her new book to tangle with issues pertinent to women's experiences, from consent to the "power of love," from the care and attentiveness that women place on others' wellbeing and social cohesion, and how it constitutes another burden on women, to contraception, to the true nature of gallantry, from the culture of rape to diets, from safety in public spaces to retirement, along with social issues such as police violence, women's rights, and green capitalism. And, once more, she hits the mark.

  • Published: 14 April 2020
  • ISBN: 9781609809560
  • Imprint: Seven Stories Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 232
  • RRP: $39.99

Praise for The Emotional Load

"With each pencil stroke, Emma cuts down patriarchy and peels away the polish of a society whose injustices she denounces." --Elle
"[Emma's drawings] show how comics can break down something that seems complicated with utmost clarity. ... Emma illustrates just how effective even the most basic comics can be at crystallizing social dynamics." --Hillary Chute, New York Times Book Review
"Emma's strong, smart, clear-eyed book gives us the language (and the urgent desire) to shout from the rooftops about the maddening, unacknowledged injustices women face every day. It validates all the thoughts I have about being a woman and didn't have words for." --Liana Finck, author of Passing for Human: A Graphic Memoir
"An eye-opening gem." --Brigid Schulte, author of the NYTimes bestseller Overwhelmed: How to Work, Love & Play When No One Has the Time, and director of The Better Life Lab at New America
"Her comics perfectly explain the mental load that women bear in the household."--Marie Claire