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Foolish Child #6: State of Emergency

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Sep 28, 2016
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Foolish Child is a biweekly web comic series by Dickens! 


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I am a queer coparenting mama to Dickens Jr. Doodler by day, 911 dispatcher by night. All my favorite shows look better on Tumblr. I am two years and 450K words deep into constructing a fanfic called Ages and I’m never giving up on it. Bering & Wells.

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  • Diane N
    September 28, 2016 at 5:39 am

    I’ve sung that song too. Amazing we need to but very effective.

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  • Blanche
    September 28, 2016 at 6:50 am

    Hmm, I think I know this song…

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  • PBandHoney
    September 28, 2016 at 9:23 am

    I’m gonna need an audio file of that song. I could really use it as my alarm tone.

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  • John E
    September 28, 2016 at 10:11 am

    Could the image of all the people with headsets and “OPINIONS” become an AS shirt? Because that is basically the Internet.

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  • Darcy
    September 28, 2016 at 10:18 am

    I love this series so much

    And UGH

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  • Jo
    September 28, 2016 at 4:23 pm

    You’re perfect, Dickens. :D

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  • Chandra
    September 28, 2016 at 8:05 pm

    Wow. I already deeply respect people who can deal with disturbing emergency situations day in and day out, and this just adds a whole other level to it. Thank you for the work that you do.

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  • Aerica
    September 29, 2016 at 4:36 pm

    Love it. Work in 911 too and hate feeling like I live in 2 very different worlds. Keep up the good fight — we need you in government.

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  • marebear
    September 29, 2016 at 6:40 pm

    This is fantastic. Also “all my favorite shows look better on Tumblr” reached me in a deep way

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  • QFinnBruja
    September 30, 2016 at 2:33 am

    This made me so happy to see a Queer, POC, 911 dispatcher like myself on AS. Yay!!I love your comics. I also sing a version of I need my job anytime a caller ask to speak to a white person because, ” I sound too Mexican or because they are angry that my people are taking over their country.”or anytime my coworkers start with their homophobia then look at me and say, ” not you though just the others.” To bad i like to eat….I need my job.

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