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Child asks Dickens "Is my Dad cheating on you?" And Dickens responds, "Ew. No is that a joke?"

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Foolish Child #99a: Where Is My Dad?

“Mama, where is my Dad?”

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Jun 30, 2021

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Dickens holds up a Pride Lego set triumphantly, even though they were just badmouthing corporate pride. Their friend is unimpressed.

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Foolish Child #98: Corporate Pride

It’s amazing how the very second that corporations found value in queerness, they finally invested but in the safest way they possibly could: Rainbows.

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Jun 16, 2021

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Two friends talk against a rainbow background: “Kink has always been a part of Pride, Penny! If you can’t hang, don’t go.” / “Oh, so we just don’t change ever because that’s how it’s always been?”

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Foolish Child #97: Kink at Pride

“Pride in June in central California means it’s guaranteed to be 105+ degrees Fahrenheit. I, too, would show my bare ass if I felt like being outside in that kind…

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Jun 2, 2021

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Saturday Morning Cartoons

Dickens faces "the camera" in this one panel comic. They are in a green shirt, against an orange and grey background, creating the colors of the Palestinian flag. They say to the camera: "A power imbalance between two entities, that leaves one of those entities perpetually fighting for their rights and their lives, is not a ‘complicated matter’ that requires a graduate degree to push back against."

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Foolish Child #96: It’s Not Complicated

It’s Genocide. Even when it’s enacted and funded by the United States of America.

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May 19, 2021

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Saturday Morning Cartoons

Dickens is in a green shirt against a purple background, they are pondering directly to the camera: "Some months I want to draw everything, and my confidence in my ability to draw it is through the roof. The pencil goes exactly where I want it to go. And other months…"

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Foolish Child #95: Muscle Memory Lapse

My PTSD brain has been evicting memories left and right, I just never thought that would include my muscle memory.

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May 5, 2021

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Saturday Morning Cartoons

Dickens discusses with their child the upcoming verdict in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin, asking if their teacher has discussed with them Tamir Rice or Trayvon Martin or Adam Toledo or George Floyd. The two characters are against a purple background.

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Foolish Child #94: The Verdict

“Junior, you’ve learned more about social justice in the first nine years of your life than —”

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Apr 21, 2021

asexuality

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Dickens is in a one panel comic with a blue and orange background, they are talking to their friend. The friend makes a joke about sex. Dickens nervous laughs over hard on purpose, "in the key of ace"

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Foolish Child #93: Asexuality

Awkward laughter in the key of “Ace.”

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Apr 7, 2021

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Saturday Morning Cartoons

A drawing of Dickens in a green polo shirt against a pink background. Dickens is explaining to their friend, "I figured since my treadmill we be delivered soon, I might as well start learning some smoothie recipes to get my energy up"

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Foolish Child #92: Blender

I heard buzzing. Are you two swapping “personal massage” war stories again?

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Mar 24, 2021

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Saturday Morning Cartoons

In a two panel comic with a pink background, Dickens is working at a computer. Their friend comes up to them and says "Do you know your child is evil?" Dickens feigns surprise.

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Foolish Child #91: Your Child IS Evil

“He pretended he didn’t know that you were gay — for laughs!”

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Feb 25, 2021

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Foolish Child #90: It’s Black History Month, I’m on Break

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Foolish Child #90: It’s Black History Month, I’m on Break

Are you asking me if I want to work more than just my regular work days? In Black History Month!?!

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Feb 10, 2021

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Saturday Morning Cartoons

A small brown child sits on the couch with their aunt. The child is in a turquoise shirt and the aunt is in a green hoodie with a ponytail. She asks the child, "What do kids DO these days?"

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Foolish Child #89: Child’s Play

“What is Gay/Straight Alliance?”

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Jan 28, 2021

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Dickens stares directly at the reader and asks, "Remember when I said "Happy New Year"? Scratch ALL That."

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Foolish Child #88: Insurrection

“Are you watching white supremacists storm the capitol while eating a bowl of popcorn??”

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Jan 13, 2021