We don’t know about you, but we’re diving headfirst into a nostalgia trip through the 20s and 30s: the Chrysler Building with its dazzling art deco style, Lucky Luciano and the wise guys running the city, and Harold Ross, who founded The New Yorker magazine in 1925 and gave us literary icons like Dorothy Parker and James Thurber. Fast-forward to today, and we caught up with Liana Finck, a contemporary cartoonist for The New Yorker and a feminist trailblazer. We believe her work will stand the test of time. We asked her:

So, you picked a baby over a cat—are you not a cat person??

Ha!! I’ve actually been thinking a lot about how there seems to be no conflict between being a miserable dog person and a mom. When I was pregnant, my hormones made me extra dog-oriented. While I gave birth, I was literally calling for my dog, Penny.

What’s the most memorable piece of unsolicited parenting advice you’ve received?

For me, it was all about products. It’s hard to really make fun of all the product recommendations you get when you’re about to have a baby because it is a medically tenuous time and you really do need a lot of products. But no two people use the same list of 100 products, and if you ask five people you end up amassing 500 products, none of which will be the products you actually use. There is so much weird stuff out there: an inner tube to float your baby in in the bath, light-up nail clippers with sound effects.

What are three things you're grateful for right now?

I’m grateful that my son is healthy and happy, and so far much less weird than either his dad or me.

I’m grateful that after years we finally found a dog walker willing to take our nervous, bitey dog on a walk every day. It’s allowed me to stop working from home, which is a bigger deal than I can say.

I’m grateful for my career, which I️ have to remind myself is at the root of my terror that I’ll lose my career.

If you could be best friends with any character from an animated show, who would it be?

Totoro. I️ want to BE Ponyo.

Which Guinness World Record would you love to break?

Pogo sticking, like everyone else I know. When I️ was seven. SO glad I️ never tried.

What's the worst fashion trend you still follow?

I’m a self-employed Brooklyn mom. I️ live in a single black compression stocking, jogging clothes, and fanny pack. I️ cut my own hair. I’m not sure if I️ wash my face with soap.

What’s something wild you’d do if there were no consequences?

Never attend another zoom call. CANCEL on people. Work weekends.

Who's your favorite: Kris, Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, Kendall, or Kylie?

Kris, then Kim. But I prefer Kafka.

If the president called you in the middle of the night and offered to babysit, would you accept?

Only if it’s for an adult stepchild, or a cat.