comics, essays, and more from an anxious, androgynous, aromantic, atheist asexual with adhd

Tagged: lgbtqia

In the first panel, the artist - a young woman with short hair wearing a purple shirt - faces away from the reader towards a rainbow flag. The caption reads, "As an asexual person, I don't know if I have the right to celebrate Pride month."

June 28, 2021

Ace, Be Not Proud?

It took me awhile to put my complicated feelings about Pride Month into a comic.

The first panel shows a rack of assorted clothing. They've been colored with the shades of various pride flags. The caption says, "For me, labels are like clothing."

October 20, 2020

Outfit Yourself

This is essentially a long way of saying I think labels are best if you choose them yourself.

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.