Why comics creators must fight the proposed censorship of H.R. 7661
06.03.2026 16:31
π 262
π 185
π¬ 2
π 9
Why comics creators must fight the proposed censorship of H.R. 7661
Script if you need it:
Iβm calling to tell Representative ____ to oppose H.R. 7661. This bill would pressure schools to remove titles that discuss lived experiences that some politicians find controversial. I donβt think trans people are controversial. (contin)
β real living person is not a narrative device β¦ When so many people watch a dramatization that uses a real name, real-life consequences follow. In the weeks since the series aired, I have received many hostile and even threatening messages from viewers who seem to believe the portrayal is factualβ
people be like "humans are so resilient" we will survive
NO WE ARE NOT... no we wont
two weeks into the pandemic i saw a white child lick a stair rail...
full out
whole mouth
lick that rail...
that's when i knew... "many will die"
#BrainrotPropaganda: You take the patriotic imagery of the past and strip it of all content. There's no narrative left, no promise of meaning, only vibes. The total destruction of meaning is the content, no matter if it's AI generated or manually stitched together from YouTube clips
#MemeFascism
If anyone is up for boosting, Bandcamp is holding a fundraiser for the Trans Continental Pipeline to help trans people escape from Kansas!
If you're doomscrolling, guess what? So far there are 51 kΔkΔpΕ chicks hatched and thriving this season, the same number of birds as we had in TOTAL in the 90s! Only one chick has died and there are still fertile eggs waiting to hatch!
Picture of a panel in a conference center. There is a dias with a black curtain at the front, and a gray podium. Behind the dias sits Carmen Maria Machado, a fair-skinned femme wearing glasses with dark hair, Umair Kazi, a brown masc with dark hair, Alex Hanna, a brown butch trans woman with short brown hair, and Vauhini Vara, a brown woman with long black hair wearing a red blouse.
There were 250 people in the audience, at the biggest available room for our #awp26 panel, Resisting AI in Writing and Teaching.
It was invigorating; hearing about how writing instructors are pushing back against their institutions was inspiring. Thanks to my co-panelists Carmen and Umair.
The shape of Iran with the words NO WAR WITH IRAN over it
The attacks on Iran, including one which killed dozens at a school for girls, are beyond horrific. End the US/Israel war machine now!
You only have a short time to comment. They are trying to destroy our forests to enrich a few logging company executives and the politicians theyβve paid off.
Leave your comment here:
eplanning.blm.gov/Participate-...
morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/blm-announ...
β¬οΈ π magnolia
Every month the United States provides even more reason to boycott its products and companies β the strikes on Iran being just the latest.
In light of that, itβs a great time to ditch the products and services of US tech companies. I made a comprehensive guide to help you.
This was my response when my agents asked if I wanted to pitch on this reboot back in November. I really hope more creatives do the same so that the likes of Max Landis are all they can hire. I may not make an honest buck but Iβm a hundred per cent American and I donβt work for no two-bit Nazi.
There's an emergency "Stop the War in Iran" protest kicking off in NYC at 2 pm at Times Square. www.answercoalition.org/iran/ - I'm going to head out. I've also included the list of other protests across the country.
David Lynch saying βOne day, the sadness will end. But I donβt think todayβs the day.β
The real story is that foreign govts try to "interfere" all the time. In 2020 and 2024 we had mechanisms to catch them, call them out, & mitigate damage. Now, those mechanims are gone & the Trump admin would prefer to exploit "foreign interference" to justify a federal take-over of elections.
hey loves. we're short on rent this month and we still have bills to pay! i have work coming in, but it's not here yet and after our vet bills this month we're so behind.
we could use some help!
venmo magdalene-visaggio
thank you π
The talk to your friends app and the witness the horrors app being the same app is not great for the mental health is it
Eva Woods is a tireless community leader in Los Angeles who has, for years, spearheaded care for our neighbors in MacArthur Park. She was recently assaulted and needs help to pay for extensive medical bills. If you can support, friends have organized a GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/support-a-...
omg
"the highest glyphosate usage rate was Nueces County, TX, which voted overwhelmingly for Trump. The 2nd-, 3rd-, and 4th-most glyphosate-drenched countiesβSan Patricio County and Lynn County in TX, and Mississippi County in Arkansasβalso vote solidly Republican"
newrepublic.com/article/2071...
The service is another escalation in the age of online dating, women attempting to protect each other from other men in the dating pool, and instances of men fighting against those efforts.
Today marks 14 years since 17-year-old, unarmed Trayvon Martin was shot and killed while walking home.
14 years later, weβre still demanding a country where our children can walk home in peace β without being treated like a threat.
I think about this piece a lotβ my contribution to Bridget Quinnβs βShe Risesβ (Chronicle Books).
The Epstein files document what many women researchers have long experienced but rarely seen laid bare so starkly: exclusion operating behind closed doors, shaping who gets funded, invited, mentored, and taken seriously. How many of these networks, norms, and gatekeepers remain in place?
Our food systems are absurdly fragile and fundamental to the entire economy - yet astonishingly, climate risk assessments don't take into account their collapse.
The FCC just opened public comments on SpaceX's plan to launch a million satellites to do AI compute in space. Under the current proposal, an environmental review won't be required. Please consider submitting a public comment to oppose this damaging plan.
darksky.org/news/two-sat...
As an architect, this is so fucking bleak. Someone in my profession is taking a hefty design fee to draw these plans.
This is a modern day concentration camp and the design professionals involved should be named and shamed.
"We propose to return the governance of the Great Salt Lake to the Native nations who managed the Great Basinβs waters for generations before settlers arrived in the 1840s. The idea is to create a Great Salt Lake Inter-Tribal Coalition." π£οΈπ£οΈπ£οΈπ£οΈπ£οΈ
I find it interesting that people are less honest with their friends than they are with people they despise. To me, your duty is first to be honest with your friends because you want to see them succeed.