Liana Finck, Cartoonist/Philosopher/Genius

HOW TO BABY, Liana Finck's hilarious, no-advice book, provides a profound message about the ravages of parental inequality.

Portrait of Liana Finck ©Annette Hornischer; illustration ©Liana Finck

I had already been a years-long fan of New Yorker cartoonist Liana Finck’s brilliant work and one of her ardent 581,000 followers on Instagram by the time The Atlantic, unbeknownst to me, assigned her to illustrate one of my essays. I screamed when I saw it: “Oh my god!” I said out lo…