A piece I drew this summer for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund SDCC silent auction sponsored by Oni Press. Fight censorship, read comics! instagram / patreon / portfolio / etsy / my book / redbubble
Some jealous person decided to report @sowhatifiliveinkyushu for 'hate' (lol) and it was terminated without notification (for Tumblr is now run by bots and not real people). @staff
So, I've had enough of this modern day brown shirt virtue signalling nonsense, and now I'm going back to my first loves of youth: photography and writings.
just got out of a Florida LGBTQ activism meeting. an 81 year-old ex cop turned queer artist/poet shared his story, encouraging all of us to “please stay the course- do not compromise who you are like I spent way too much of my life doing. you. are. worth it. we are worth it.”
Freedom of Thought: The Case Against Banning Books
Banning books limits our intellectual freedom and stifles our growth as individuals. In this blog post, we explore the harmful effects of book banning, from the slippery slope of censorship to the impact on education and the creative freedom of authors an
Hello there, fellow book lovers! Today, I want to talk about a topic near and dear to our hearts: intellectual freedom. As readers, we know how powerful books can be in shaping our ideas and understanding of the world. They expose us to new perspectives, challenge our assumptions, and help us grow as individuals.
But what happens when some people decide that certain books are too dangerous or…
i’m really struggling to articulate this so bear with me, but why do YA writers write sex scenes hidden beneath a mountain of convoluted and confusing metaphors??? Like, if you feel the need to hide your sex scene from your demographic because it’s not appropriate for them, then you should not be writing for that demographic; or if you want to be writing sex scenes but have been told to censor it to protect your readers, then you are //still// writing for the wrong demographic
Defiance (in Memoriam Jina Mahsa Amini) ...
Remember:
“Censorship is the child of fear
the father of ignorance
and the last desperate weapon of tyrants.”
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