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Genuinely, one of the measures that's stopped book banning the most when districts implement it, is having the would-be banners fill out a form that demonstrates if they've read the book or not. Like where they have the summarize the plot and characters and do a mini book report and give a review. It stops them in their tracks. This is why in my high school, every time someone wanted to ban a book it ended up going nowhere. There was one where a conservative student wanted to ban the manga "Legal Drug" for having a marijuana leaf on the cover, then got the form that required them to actually read and either balked, or read it and realized it was not pro-drug at all. (The other one that reduces book bans even further is "requiring the would-be banner to be affiliated with this actual school in some way, either by being a student, faculty/staff or a parent of a child at the school" because the vast majority of bans are "activists" with no affiliation with the school who just travel around trying to do this in districts all over the U.S. IIRC a few years ago someone crunched the numbers and just 51 parents were responsible for all the book bans that year nationally. 51! In a country with 50 states, with over 300 million people total!)

Laws like this indeed do a lot to stop fascist book censorship. They can also help legally protect librarians from getting fired or harassed for keeping books on the shelves! Some states like Rhode Island have already passed these laws. If you're in a blue state, look up whether you have laws like this on the books. MAYBE your state is trying to get one passed right now, like New York's Freedom to Read bill. call your state elected officials to voice support for it.

I know the "independent artist" scene has changed considerably with time and economic shifts and all that but it's really funny to me thinking about how someone can be like yeah my biggest creative inspiration is David Goddamn Lynch and then make something with writing on par with a cartoon for children and sell sweat shop plushies about it

so many people out there who will say they're "inspired" by something like David Lynch's ouevre or Revolutionary Girl Utena and not realize that they are aping the visuals without understanding that these works are most notable for the language they're constructing out of these visuals, which is all very purposeful, and not just someone going "I have to get weirder!" without depth of thought paid to the artistic decisions in question. you have yet to graduate beyond characters turning to the screen and verbally explaining the moral of the story and you are Starving for richer artistic meaning. try learning from the indirect message instead of what you're immediately presented. most of the time it isn't even that indirect tbh it just isn't accompanied by narration telling you what to feel and think so maybe get past that step first

Genuinely I love helping my friends so much. One of my buds called me and asked for a ride and was apologizing so profusely bc it was so last minute and they said they could pay me back and all that and I just got to be like "no worries I got u covered :D". Being able to just erase stress like that makes me the happiest person in the world

many people ask 'how do i know my art is good enough to start a comic'. this is a very common mistake. you do not make a comic to make good art you make comics because its fun and looked yummy

me when i improve the skill by (checks notes) not doing it so no one sees me doing it badly

I’m literally always saying this. U have to kill yourself to just look like some guy in a shirt

If you don’t let go of your prejudices and past grudges, your heart won’t blossom. 2013 is coming, let’s make a change. We only have one planet so let’s show each other some kindness.

commenting under art of a thin character "oh they look like they give the most dogshit hugs. like being embraced by a wet skeleton"

hey everyone this post was supposed to be about fatphobia. it's not about your underweight blorbos.

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