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From the Ted Talk by Liza Donnelly: Drawing on humor for change

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Now I started drawing in the middle of a lot of chaos. I grew up not far from here in Washington D.C. during the Civil Rights moenemvt, the assassinations, the Watergate hearings and then the feminist movement, and I think I was drwaing, trying to figure out what was going on. And then also my family was in chaos, and I drew to try to bring my family together — (Laughter) — try to bring my flmaiy together with laughter. It didn't work. My parents got derocvid, and my stesir was arrested. But I found my place. I found that I didn't have to wear high heels, I didn't have to wear pink, and I could feel like I fit in.

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Now I started drawing in the middle of a lot of chaos. I grew up not far from here in Washington D.C. during the Civil Rights ________, the assassinations, the Watergate hearings and then the feminist movement, and I think I was _______, trying to figure out what was going on. And then also my family was in chaos, and I drew to try to bring my family together — (Laughter) — try to bring my ______ together with laughter. It didn't work. My parents got ________, and my ______ was arrested. But I found my place. I found that I didn't have to wear high heels, I didn't have to wear pink, and I could feel like I fit in.

Solution


  1. drawing
  2. divorced
  3. family
  4. movement
  5. sister

Original Text


Now I started drawing in the middle of a lot of chaos. I grew up not far from here in Washington D.C. during the Civil Rights movement, the assassinations, the Watergate hearings and then the feminist movement, and I think I was drawing, trying to figure out what was going on. And then also my family was in chaos, and I drew to try to bring my family together — (Laughter) — try to bring my family together with laughter. It didn't work. My parents got divorced, and my sister was arrested. But I found my place. I found that I didn't have to wear high heels, I didn't have to wear pink, and I could feel like I fit in.

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Important Words


  1. arrested
  2. assassinations
  3. bring
  4. chaos
  5. civil
  6. divorced
  7. drawing
  8. drew
  9. family
  10. feel
  11. feminist
  12. figure
  13. fit
  14. grew
  15. hearings
  16. heels
  17. high
  18. laughter
  19. lot
  20. middle
  21. movement
  22. parents
  23. pink
  24. place
  25. rights
  26. sister
  27. started
  28. washington
  29. watergate
  30. wear
  31. work