Liv Strömquist, born 1978 in Lund, Sweden, is one of the most influential feminist comic artists. The studied political scientist regularly draws for various Swedish magazines and newspapers. Her work deals with social issues with a range of references from pop culture to the Bible. Her best-known publication, the comic “The Origin of the World”, deals with the social tabooing of menstruation and the vulva and is part of a patriarchal critical series of publications.