From the Archive | Spotlight Comic: “Fashion Dos and Don’ts 2050: Climate Apocalypse Edition”

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This was originally published at The Rumpus on July 3, 2018.

“Fashion Dos and Don’ts 2050: Climate Apocalypse Edition” was inspired by my ever-increasing anxiety about climate change—how it’s making the world less inhabitable for humans, plants and animals, and how much worse it’s going to get in the future. And while I’m not sure how we’re going to reverse the environmental degradation it has caused, I do have some savvy tips for what to can wear when most of the world’s resources have been depleted.

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Natasha J.K. O’Neill is an illustrator and writer from Northern California, currently living in Los Angeles. She recently completed her doctorate in English at UC Santa Barbara with an emphasis in 20th century American literature. Her scholarly work explores the intersection of race and hunger in Depression-era texts. You can find her drawings on her Instagram, @natashao_draws. More from this author →