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Tomorrow, April 1st 2025, we have a massively important State Supreme Court election here in the state of Wisconsin. It will decide the balance of the state supreme court, and it's vitally important that we get Susan Crawford elected. Elon Musk has literally poured millions of dollars into Brad Schimel's campaign, and we are fighting for our lives here. I've already voted, and if you haven't yet and you live here... make sure you do.
But no matter what happens tomorrow, no matter what the result is, the fight is far from over. ICE agents are grabbing people off the streets, our public institutions are being systematically destroyed, and our international and diplomatic relations with historically close allies are just, honestly, fucked right now. Today is Trans Day of Visibility, and trans and queer rights have been under steady attack by the right. As a nonbinary person and member of the trans community, I'm genuinely scared for a lot of my friends right now.
But we fight. We stand up. We survive.
If we accept defeat, we are handing victory to those who want us dead. By living and fighting, we carry on to the next day and then the day after that. I know I posted it right after the election last November, but there's a pretty famous Joe Hill quote everyone should keep in mind: "Don't waste any time mourning. Organize!"
Go out, hug your friends. Build a local community if you can, and get involved in your local politics. Make sure you call your Reps and Senators every day if you can, and for pete's sake fucking vote.
We can make it as long as we don't stop fighting.
Remember that on April 5th at 11AM Eastern/10AM Central you can join me for the Critical Thinking Witches' Collective's April Brew virtual event! Attendance is free, and you can register here!
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Seems like you have an extra “D” after “Sarah” in Ruth’s third bubble in the middle panel. Sounds like it should be “Sarah gets lonely” instead of “Sarah’d gets lonely?”
Might have combined two similar thoughts? I do this all time lol! Although much of the time it’s when I’m speaking out loud…
Never noticed before but is every set of glasses worn in this series unique either by shape or color?
It’s not necessarily all that unique for everyone, but I’m consistent with characters. Ruth’s purple glasses have always been a part of her design, so they’re consistently the same color and shape?
Well, it IS rather weird by heteronormative standards.
But by those same standards everyone involved is pretty weird too, so it’s no surprise the relationship is weird…
So long as everyone involved is giving willing informed consent and are happy with it, I see no problem.
I’m sure there will be problems, every relationship has problems, but fewer problems than if they weren’t maintaining informed consent.
Si. You pretty much have your choice between, “This feels kinda weird but at least we’re on the same page.” and “Since we never interact, you are now demonized and are the cause of all the problems in my relationship, now DIE.”