2009-09-04
Original: 2009-09-04 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (header banner): MYTH
An older woman sits beside a younger woman on a bed, holding her hand reassuringly.
Older woman: "And once a month, you have a beautiful reminder that it is we women who are priveleged to be the givers of life."
Panel 2 (header banner): REALITY
The younger woman hunches over, face contorted in pain, clutching her abdomen.
Woman: "Aah! F--k you, uterus! F--k you!"
Votey:
(header banner): SUBSEQUENT REALITY
The same woman looks queasy and distressed.
Voice (from offpanel speech bubble): "You're pregnant!"
Woman: "F--k you, uterus!"
An older woman sits beside a younger woman on a bed, holding her hand reassuringly.
Older woman: "And once a month, you have a beautiful reminder that it is we women who are priveleged to be the givers of life."
Panel 2 (header banner): REALITY
The younger woman hunches over, face contorted in pain, clutching her abdomen.
Woman: "Aah! F--k you, uterus! F--k you!"
Votey:
(header banner): SUBSEQUENT REALITY
The same woman looks queasy and distressed.
Voice (from offpanel speech bubble): "You're pregnant!"
Woman: "F--k you, uterus!"
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic contrasting myth and reality. Panel 1, labeled MYTH: an older woman sits on a bed beside a younger woman, tenderly holding her hand, and says, "And once a month, you have a beautiful reminder that it is we women who are priveleged to be the givers of life." Panel 2, labeled REALITY: against a bright yellow background the younger woman is hunched over in pain, clutching her side, shouting, "Aah! F--k you, uterus! F--k you!" The joke is the gap between the sentimental framing of menstruation and the actual cramping misery. Votey (aftercomic), labeled SUBSEQUENT REALITY: the same woman looks ill while an offpanel voice announces, "You're pregnant!" and she responds with the same line, "F--k you, uterus!" -- the punchline being that pregnancy earns the uterus the same curse.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.