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Tagged: everything is awful

In the first panel, in shades of grey with accents of purple, the artist, a young woman with short hair wearing a purple t-shirt, looks down and gestures to no one in particular. On the wall behind her is a white poster with a picture of the artist in an Uncle Sam-type hat giving the thumbs up to the camera with an awkward smile. The word 'Vote' is above the picture, and the word 'M.C.' is below it. The artist is saying, "Sometimes I think, if I really want to do some good in this world, I should run for local office. I'm smart, I'm eloquent, I'd never have to worry about a sex scandal..."

October 16, 2024

A Political Indictment

Every election season I think about running for local office to make a difference, and every time I remember I would absolutely suck at it.

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.