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Daily Archive: October 2, 2024

The first panel, in shades of grey with purple accents, a caption at the top says, "The global pandemic really affirmed my realization that I don't need to look 'conventionally attractive' if I'm not trying to 'attract' anyone." Below that is a list of 'Helpful Steps to Not Giving a Damn' with tick marks next to the items 'self-isolation,' 'work-from-home,' and 'mask that covers my face on the rare occasions I go outside.' The image is that of the artist, a young woman with short hair wearing a purple t-shirt. She's showing off a cloth face mask designed to look like the asexual flag. In the bottom right corner, the caption continues, "This results in:"

October 2, 2024

Broken Magnet

As Covid surges and the mask ‘debate’ returns, I was reminded of this cartoon I first drew in 2020, newly stylized and still relevant.

See Something, Say Something, Do Something
A few years ago, when the world shut down and we all spent time getting more introspective than was strictly healthy, I started saving relatable anecdotes I found online to a Pinterest board. It wasn't long before I noticed the algorithm had picked up a theme. But surely, I argued to myself, it was just a coincidence that I found those tales of ADHD so relatable.
Would You, Could You, Eat a Dragon?
When food is the central love language that binds people together, what place is there for those of us who don’t want to be fed? If “eating is[…]the exclusive privilege of the living,” does that make me simply the walking dead? You can’t be a picky eater in the dungeon. Okay, but – hear me out – what if you are?
Matters of Representation (Because Representation Matters)
It's no small thing to see yourself positively reflected in something someone else has made. It's proof that you're not alone, that you're not broken, or wrong, or any of the other things we tell ourselves when we grow up and don't see a friendly face in society's mirror.