Foolish Child #77: Black Lives Matter Isn’t a Trend

A cartoon of Dickens, the artist, arguing about Black Lives Matter with various white strangers who refuse to "get it." After getting very frustrated and demoralized, Dicken's friend suggests she needs a break from her phone and social media. Dickens jokes, "How am I supposed to work on my 500,00 word escapism queer lady-love fan fiction in-between doom scrolling?"

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Dickens

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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9 Comments

  1. Love it! And I need more info on that 500.000 word fanfic. I can use the escapism.

    (And saying more white people are killed by cops is such an insane argument. Like, do these people actually think that that’s a good thing? “Oh no, it’s not just you that’s being killed, we are too.”)

    • Just thinking about writing with pen and paper is making my knuckles hurt. šŸ˜¬šŸ˜‚

    • I started it out on my phone but not because of my age. Itā€™s because Iā€™ve raised two toddlers in the time itā€™s taken me to write the behemoth and itā€™s just more convenient. šŸ˜‚ I mostly use my laptop or iPad now.

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