Jen Sorensen cartoon

[littlemissmartypants]

3. As a female...

The artist is most likely critically aware of the symbolism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jen_Sorensen

Jen Sorensen (born September 28, 1974, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is an American cartoonist and illustrator who creates a weekly comic strip that often focuses on current events from a liberal perspective. Her work has appeared on the websites Daily Kos, Splinter, The Nib, Politico, AlterNet, and Truthout; and has appeared in Ms. Magazine, The Progressive, and The Nation. It also appears in over 20 alternative newsweeklies throughout America.[1] In 2014 she became the first woman to win the Herblock Prize,[2] and in 2017 she was named a Pulitzer Finalist in Editorial Cartooning.[3]