2010-08-07
Original: 2010-08-07 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Header (red banner): PROBLEM: THERE ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY FEW WOMEN IN MATHEMATICS
The comic is split into two side-by-side panels, each with its own labeled banner.
Left panel (yellow banner): SENSIBLE SOLUTION
A woman (speaking, with a man beside her): "Can we try to remove the stigma of math as unfeminine?"
Right panel (blue banner): COMMON IDEA
A woman with red hair and glasses (speaking, with a man beside her): "Can we make math PINK?"
Votey:
Handwritten text in a sketched box: e^(iπ) = FLOWERS!
The comic is split into two side-by-side panels, each with its own labeled banner.
Left panel (yellow banner): SENSIBLE SOLUTION
A woman (speaking, with a man beside her): "Can we try to remove the stigma of math as unfeminine?"
Right panel (blue banner): COMMON IDEA
A woman with red hair and glasses (speaking, with a man beside her): "Can we make math PINK?"
Votey:
Handwritten text in a sketched box: e^(iπ) = FLOWERS!
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic under a red banner reading "PROBLEM: THERE ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY FEW WOMEN IN MATHEMATICS." The left panel, labeled "SENSIBLE SOLUTION" in yellow, shows a woman seated beside a man saying, "Can we try to remove the stigma of math as unfeminine?" The right panel, labeled "COMMON IDEA" in blue, shows a red-haired woman with glasses seated beside a man saying, "Can we make math PINK?" The joke contrasts a thoughtful approach with a shallow, stereotype-driven one. Votey: a handwritten note in a sketched box reads "e^(iπ) = FLOWERS!", parodying Euler's identity by swapping its real result for a girly cliche.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.