Found this while hunting through my download folder on my phone. Back when she was brand new. 💙 Despite all the BS that surrounded her situation, I am still so proud of her and the team of us that brought her to life. She was the first concrete affirmation that the dream was possible. Thats all I see when I look at her. Not the other stuff. 💙😘

Watching grown men in the comic book industry being systematically converted to extreme white supremacist idealogy via YouTube and then personally being harassed by those same men has been one of the single most surreal situations of my life. I saw it happen in real time. They're told they're being victimized by people like me and slowly but surely, like a frog in ever hotter water, they're so far down the rabbit hole they can't come back. They truly believe a random stranger making comics is responsible for some invisible crime against them.

I know how many of you are afraid tonight. The news is terrifying. Maskless idiots are everywhere. Everything seems to be going wrong. I get it.

However, I promise you, its still ok to hope. In our darkest hour it is the most rebellious thing you can do.

Hope floats, friends. The enemy comes for your spirit first. Your heart. The core of you. They shred your insides because that makes you easier to dominate. They want you docile. They want fear to choke out your voice.

Dance instead.

Turn on the music. Get on your feet. Right now.

DANCE.

Re: The Game Grumps situation, and online personalities in general: These people are not your friends. You don't know them. Do not put your faith in anyone you haven't gotten to know in your own real life, ok? I don't care who it is. Even me. Get in the habit of vetting EVERYONE. Also! If you are an underage fan of ANY online personality, consult with a trusted adult in your life about any and all private messages these people might send to you. If an adult is messaging you inappropriately, it is NOT ok. You are not the one lone magical MATURE child.

I don't hate superheroes.

I just love them so deeply that watching them so often used/abused for capitalist agendas, instead of utilized as symbols of heroism/hope for the current generation...

breaks my heart to the point where I can barely look at them anymore. And therefore when one of the movies hits upon one of those hopeful themes, it strikes right to the heart of me. It gets me in this vulnerable spot where kid Me still lives. The kid who looked up to Green Arrow for saving her life & wanted to marry Wolverine for protecting kids.

Just saw both docs who went over the pathology report. All good news. They were explaining things I'd already googled. Lol I've officially been approved for ovarian suppression, GI/derm docs, bone scan, & another echo. Main doc said no radiation but consult radiation doc anyway. Both docs were very happy with the results, and especially with my choice to have the double mastectomy. They said had I not made that choice the cancer would have come back again and again, according to what they saw in the pathology report. I KNEW IT.

Here is Ethan Van Sciver and some of his Comicsgate friends discussing my having cancer being an act of God I deserve. Art Thibert is here too laughing away. THIS is Comicsgate. EVS can lie & put a happy face on his hate movement all he wants but this is who they are. Their only goal from day one has been to harm people. No matter how they try to spin it to recruit new folks, THIS is who they are. Today they shared a photo of me on a livestream while discussing me. They've done it a million times before. The goal is to target. Be aware.

I was just informed on the way to chemo that insurance switched me to a group plan without telling me and they can no longer provide me with cancer treatments. I've been on the phone all morning trying to untangle this. Looks like no matter what my treatments are on pause. ONE chemo treatment out of pocket is $10,000. I'm supposed to have treatments and multiple surgeries for a year plus.

I'm fucked.

Holding onto your convictions in the face of a world that opposes them is something I really wish they gave kids classes on because it's not fair. It's a soul crushing battle. I'm asked on the regular if I can advise folks on how to do it.

I dont have an answer. I've spent my whole life fighting this one particular battle. I'm still doing it. Even now. I always will. And chances are I'll always win. But winning that battle, at least as far as I've found, means I'm on my own.

How do I advise people that alone is better?

Chris just got back from another late night trip to the grocery store.

Ready for story time? 😂

Luke Cage looking dude was rockin out to Smooth Criminal in the toiletries aisle. Chris walked by and the guy pointed to him on "hit by".

Chris: As Chris is telling me this I notice he's in his rainbow flag DnD shirt. Bookmark that fact.

It was a chill night. Chris and this dude kept shopping after a high five etc. My husband, realizing we need veggies went to snag some from produce.

Time for a thread, kids:

There are people who work in comics who agree with Comicsgate trolls. They agree with the racism. The transphobia. The homophobia. The vile bigotry that's being pumped out on YouTube. That's why they don't fight it. There are others who can't risk their jobs. They work for companies where if they take a hard line with virtually anything, they chance not having any more work. There are still others who take risks behind closed doors to right wrongs. They do what they can.