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'''Blondie''' is a long-running American comic strip. ==ME/CFS & SEID comic strip== ''Blondie'' published a cartoon strip in February 2016 that implied the disease was simply tiredness, referring to the new name proposed by the [[Institute of Medicine report]], [[Systemic Exertion Intolerance Disease]] (SEID).<ref>{{Cite news |url =http://blondie.com/comics/february-25-2016/ | title = February 25, 2016|work=Blondie | access-date = 2018-10-12|language=en-US}}</ref> [[File:Blondie February 25 2016.gif]] ==Complaints== A letter to the Washington Post complained "Iβm surprised that this uninformed and tasteless strip was published".<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/no-joke-for-chronic-fatigue-sufferers/2016/03/03/af1ea02a-e027-11e5-8c00-8aa03741dced_story.html | title = No joke for chronic fatigue sufferers | last = DesRoches | first = Greg | date = | website = Washington Post|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status= | access-date = 2018-10-12}}</ref> [[Lucinda Bateman]] of the The [[Bateman Horne Center]] wrote a letter of complaint, criticizing them for risking perpetuating a "gross misunderstanding of the severity of [[ME/CFS]]".<ref>{{Cite news |url =https://batemanhornecenter.org/cartoon-offers-education-opportunity/ | title = Cartoon Offers Education Opportunity - Bateman Horne Center | last = Bateman | first = Lucinda | date = 2016-03-14|work=Bateman Horne Center | access-date = 2018-10-12| archive-url = | archive-date = |url-status = | language=en-US}}</ref> ==Learn more== *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blondie_(comic_strip) Wikipedia - Blondie comic strip] ==See also== *[[ME and CFS in popular culture]] ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:ME and CFS in popular culture]]
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