Kaye Rishad | Vox Our world has too much noise and too little context. Vox helps you understand what matters. 2020-10-22T13:54:32+00:00 https://www.vox.com/authors/kaye-rishad/rss https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/08/vox_logo_rss_light_mode.png?w=150&h=100&crop=1 Kaye Rishad <![CDATA[The 6 types of tidy people: A comic]]> https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/21427875/coronavirus-covid-19-home-cleaning 2020-10-22T09:54:32-04:00 2020-10-21T07:35:53-04:00

Part of The Home Issue of The Highlight, our home for ambitious stories that explain our world.

“The Tidiness Tyrant” wears a mask and face shield and rubber gloves while holding a bottle of disinfectant, saying “When’s the last time you washed your hands?”“Kondoed 6 Months Ago (Then Moved On to the Next Trend” has a dresser where most of the clothes are folded Marie Kondo style, though a few are not, and on top, there’s a face roller, crystal, and some self-help books.“The Don’t Disrupt My Pile Maker” shows a neatly organized closet surrounded by piles, including the book pile, the reject clothes pile, and the in-rotation clothes pile.“The Company’s Coming Cleaner” shows someone cleaning old pizza boxes and piles of clothes in a whirl-wind hurry, asking “How many minutes do we have?” before company arrives.“The Clutter Curator” sits on the floor amid clutter, insisting it’s “an aesthetic” and that “it’s not dirty, it’s a jungalow.”“Have You Seen the Floor?” has a hand sticking up from under a pile of things and the word bubble “help.”

Kaye Rishad is a black, queer, disabled artist living in Seattle with her service dog. Her satirical work covers social issues and daily life.

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