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Damian: Grayson, why does Pennyworth leave food on the counter every night?

Dick, on his phone, not even paying attention: Oh, that's for Jason.

Damian: For 'Jason'?

Dick: Yeah. Sometimes he sneaks into the kitchen at night, so Alfred started leaving food out for him.

Damian, confused: I've never seen anyone here.

Dick: Well he doesn't always come. And last time, Bruce caught him crawling through the window and scared him away so, who knows when he'll show up again.

Damian, definitely thinking of a raccoon: So then Pennyworth is feeding a random stray that crawled out of God knows where?

Dick, annoyed: He's not a 'random stray', Damian, he's family, and he has been living in this house for way longer than you have.

Damian, trying to remember how long do raccoons live for:

Damian: I hope he doesn't die soon.

Dick: ????!!

*Later that night in the Bat-cave*

Tim, typing away in the computer:

Damian: Drake. Have you ever met Jason?

Tim: Uh. Stupid, annoying and looks like a skunk? Yes, why?

Damian, picturing a mix between a racoon and a skunk:

Damian: Is he friendly?

Tim: Well, the first time I met him, he attacked me, so...

Damian: Hmm... What did you do to provoke him?

Tim: What did I do to– Bitch–

Tim: Nothing! He just didn't like me taking 'what was his', or something.

Damian, nodding: You invaded his territory.

*The next day*

Damian: Father, when do you think Jason will visit again? I want to meet him.

Bruce: Um. I don't know, Damian. He doesn't come here often.

Damian: Why?

Bruce: Because he lives somewhere else.

Damian: Why doesn't he just live here with us instead? He would be safer.

Bruce, wincing: I don't think he would like that, Damian. He's not confortable here.

Damian: But, maybe if I befriend him I could convince him to stay.

Bruce, sighing: I don't think so, Damian. You have to respect his space.

Damian: Oh...

Damian: I hope he doesn't get rabies

Hail Mary, who made up for Eve taking the Forbidden Fruit and bringing into the world Original Sin.

Hail Mary, who saved mankind. (Mankind would not be here at all if it weren't for Eve.)

Hail Mary, who brought forth humanity's salvation!

(Eve got us kicked out of the Garden of Eden. It is Eve's fault that the earth turns against us as we till the fields. It is Eve's fault that we must kill the precious animals in order to keep ourselves warm.)

(Nobody forced Adam to take the fruit that Eve offered him. Nobody forced him to accept the Fruit of The Knowledge of Good & Evil.)

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... I'm not sure I've ever been so happy to see

OTHAR TRYGGVASSEN!

Gentleman adventurer

Not only will you get to see the hilarious names of these works but usually a short story and a detailed look at his work progress!

Our Lady, Mother of Ferguson and All Those Killed by Gun Violence

Our Lady, Mother of Ferguson and All Those Killed by Gun Violence, often shortened to 'Our Lady of Ferguson', was created in 2015 by Black iconographer Mark Doox, after being commissioned by Rev. Dr. Mark Francisco Bozzuti-Jones for the Trinity Church in New York City. The icon was made to honor Michael Brown, a Black teen murdered at the hands of Darren Wilson, a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer, in 2014. While Black Lives Matter and similar groups had already established their presence in the United States following the murder of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown's brutal murder brought all eyes across the United States onto the movement and forced the reality of police brutality onto the TV screens and twitter feeds of white usamericans who refused to acknowledge that reality.

Rev. Bozzuti-Jones, a Jamaican priest at Trinity Church, an Episcopal church in Manhattan, commissioned the icon to honor Michael Brown and all other African Americans taken by police violence. Rev. Bozzuti-Jones, who is known for his racial activism and writings in the Episcopal church, chose Mark Doox for his bold, unflinching combination of Blackness and religion. Influenced by Byzantine iconography and Dadaism, Doox describes his art as such:

Blending narrative elements, historical references, and spiritual iconography in his Byz Dada style, Mark aims to create works that challenge viewers to confront sometimes uncomfortable truths about race, Identity, and power in American history. His commitment to addressing these existential themes head-on aims to explore deep cultural and historical issues while inviting reflection, conversation, and healing.

Doox continues to create icons for the Episcopal and African-Orthodox churches, and recently published "The N–Word of God", a graphic novel and art book. You can purchase it here

Because there are people out there who think that you absolutely cannot get pregnant if you use a contraceptive.

Friends, Tumblerinas, Countryfolk...the only 100% foolproof way to not get pregnant or get someone pregnant is to NOT HAVE SEX. All contraceptives have a chance of failure. This is actually one of the reasons the term oops baby exists. Because people thought they were protected, but weren't. Whether it was a hole in the condom, condom broke, oral birth control wasn't effective for one reason or another (maybe the person taking the oral birth control had been on antibiotics or another med that makes it ineffective), or it just plain old didn't work. Shit happens. Don't go around thinking you're invincible because you're on birth control or you always make someone wear a condom. You can still get pregnant or get stds, contraceptives and protection methods lessen the risk by a whole lot, but are not perfect.

There's a reason my lgbt+ alliance group in undergrad called our sex education week "Safer Sex Week" and not "Safe Sex Week."

The only way to be guaranteed no chance of getting pregnant is to have a total hysterectomy and oopherectomy. Uterine ablation, tubal ligation - both have had pregnancies happen after them.

Human 1: (points at animal) What’s that?

Human 2: Cow.

Human 1: (points at bug) What’s that?

Human 2: … little cow.

Human 1: But it’s so much smaller. Who would have use for such a small cow?

At any point this world might decide that they should be murdered for the audacity to be alive and Black; I want them to cheer and clap and dance and sing and blast music as LOUD as they can because they are here too and they have every right to be! Take YOUR miserable ass on somewhere instead, and consider why happy Black children bother you so much. Maybe consider that YOU might be the threat! You want to fight somebody, pick on somebody your own size!"