[crass-and-crusty]

Hi, so I just found out my dad is looking into joining the Proud Boys and I am feeling VERY unsafe.

I made a poster on this time last year saying my parents were debating kicking me out because I was trans. I'm 18 now, and I ended up staying, because my mom turned over a new leaf. I thought my dad had as well, but he was just playing it safe for a while so I wouldn't leave.

He openly agrees with crabwood ideology, and denies their relationship to neo-fascism and white supremacy. He is still incredibly transphobic and ableist, and I am at a complete loss. No members of my family stand up for me, including my mom, and it's getting unbearable to live with him. My therapist is growing increasingly concerned for my well-being, and so am I. I don't think I'll be in physical danger, but this is definitely an unsafe situation for other reasons.

I am registered with my state's I/DD services, but my caseworker is absolutely useless and hasn't been able to give me any concrete information on financial aid or housing assistance in over a year. I am autistic and physically disabled due to an undiagnosed muscular or connective tissue disorder. I have an appointment with a rheumatologist tomorrow.

I have a job, but I'm only able to work enough to make around $400 a month. Combined with gas, and food, that isn't enough to live on. I also have access to a car, which will soon be transferred to my name. With financial assistance, though, I may not be able to keep it, so I can't guarantee I'll have it in a few months.

If you are in the Oregon area, preferably near Salem or Portland, and have any ideas on how to help me I'd be grateful.

EDIT: My appointment is Friday the 16th of July. I forgot it was Wednesday lol.

[synqra]

Heritance Kandalama, Sri Lanka

[whitepeopletwitter]

[falsedetective]

[resumespeak]

How to put “wrote fan-fiction” on your résumé:

Leveraged an inventory of established fictional character and setting elements to generate a disruptive custom-curated narrative entertainment asset.

[xeno-lalia]

I worked in HR, handling applications and interviews, and if someone turned in that string of techno babble nonsense, I would have rejected them out of hand.

A resume doesn’t need to sound fancy or overly technical, it needs to tell us why we should hire you.

“Independent novelist/writer” is more than sufficient here. If you want to express the skills that fan fiction taught you, something like, “creative writing, editing, and publication,” will get you a lot further than… Whatever that just was.

A resume should be tailored to the position, if you can afford the time and energy for that. But if not, then just think about what writing got fandom taught you. How to respond to criticism, how to present a professional pubic face, how to correct punished mistakes, creative thinking, project planning, persuasion via emotional leverage, html formatting, office suite fluency.

There are a lot of actual, marketable skills that go into fan fiction.

[fivewrites]

How to put “I was in a zine” on your resume

Writer:

Published short fiction stories for anthology collection

Able to write short fiction within a designated word count for layout purposes (900-1500 words, 1500-2000, 3000-5000)

Wrote short articles for independent publication

Assisted with editing short stories for publication

Able to reduce or expand written content based on layout needs

Able to check for basic spelling, grammar and syntax

Familiar with Microsoft Office and Google docs

Artist:

Produced full-colour digital illustration for independent magazine

Able to produce digital illustrations optimized for both online and print display

Produced full-colour 2-page spread for art anthology

Published 4-page short comic in anthology collection for charity

Able to transfer traditional art to digital illustration

Illustrated the cover (always brag if you’re on the cover) of an independent art publication

Familiar with professional illustration tools such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Clip Studio Paint and stylus tablet

Merch artist / graphic designer:

Designed 2″ clear decorative double-sided keychain charm as bonus sale item

Designed 5″ x 6″ sheet of graphic stickers included in art anthology

Able to design bold graphics that are measured for laser cutting production

Designed layouts for 65-page art and writing magazine, focusing on (art placement, text layout, etc)

Able to keep layout design simple and in accordance with the project director’s chosen theme

Created promotional art, icons and banners tailored for social media sites like Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, etc

Familiar with professional layout and design software such as Adobe Illustrator and InDesign

Running a zine

Produced an independent art and writing collection for sale / for charity

Managed (10, 20, 30) independent artists and writers out of over 500 applicants to create a short-run independent magazine

Worked in online sales and social media promotion selling an independent comics anthology

If it’s really spectacular you can brag about specific numbers

Our book raised over $4,000 for charity in under six months of production

We sold over 750 copies in two weeks of online sales

Produced a digital PDF and printed version of anthology, mailing to recipients all over the world

Communicated with printers and manufacturers of plastic accessories and paper goods, assembling professional packages of our merchandise for mailing.

Built a custom digital storefront and navigated professional market and payment systems including Paypal and Tictail / Bigcartel / Wix etc

Created promotional events to boost sales, including raffles and giveaways over social media

Organized participants through mass emails and use of social media posts on tumblr and twitter

Familiar with organizational software such as Microsoft Excel, Google spreadsheets and Trello

[fivewrites]

Added some more

[darkspellmaster]

Something for those in need of resume help.

[bumbleshark]

new challenge! fix rob liefeld’s art, BUT keep the style consistent! 

[rightysleeperagent]

Fuck it ima say it.

Rob Liefield’s style isn’t even that bad, it was fresh and original at the time (and imo still is), as he was mostly self taught and has been blackballed and shit on by the comic book industry and community.

[why-i-love-comics]

he…. he drew house style…. in what world is that fresh or original? he was just a cheaper Todd McFarlane which was the style everyone wanted to emulate at the time, I don’t care if he was self taught because he shouldn’t have been, I can serve you a plate of rocks and dirt and be like “oh sorry I’m a self taught chef” and that doesn’t change anything

and he absolutely has not been “blackballed” in 2010 he did Prelude to Deadpool corps and was a regular on the DeadpoollCorps series in 2011 HE cancelled a project with Robert Kirkman bc they didn’t like his friends art who was going to take over for him, also in 2011 he did Hawk and Dove, Grifter, Deathstroke, Savage Hawkman, and Deathstroke before HE quit DC in 2012 be he hated Brian Smith bc he would constantly want rewrites on Liefelds shit writing and went back to Image and did a ton of original comics and he had a cameo in the Deadpool movie

I see this comments every once a while and I have to imagine it’s a completely contrarian need that fuels them, Rob Liefeld is an arrogant millionaire with no respect for fellow artist or writers, he’s the luckiest man in comic book history and it’s insane that he’s not humble, he absolutely lucked into his biggest creation, Deadpool, who was a bland mercenary who was almost unrecognizable when first created compared to his current version but this is how Liefled explained it in 2016 in the New York Times (incredibly nice of them to interview such a blackballed person, I wonder if they had to sneak him in the back) 

“If a janitor scripted New Mutants 98, he’d be the co-creator — that’s how it works, buddy. Deadpool does not exist in any way, shape or form without me. I wrote the stories. Like Jim Lee and others, I worked with a scripter who helped facilitate. I chose Fabian, and he got the benefit of the Rob Liefeld lottery ticket. Those are good coattails to ride.”

if anything he’s blackballed himself by taking swings at almost everyone, one of him more infamous tweets was  “Testament to Deadpool’s appeal and durability is that he thrives regardless of being regulated to D-list talent. Marvel A-list never touches” which when met with huge backlash by people like Rick Remender & Axel Alonso he said "Truth hurts. Did I miss the Brubaker Deadpool arc? The Millar Deadpool arc? The Loeb Deadpool arc. Get over yourself. The flip of my statement is that Marvel doesn’t feature their prize talent on Dpool and the character does well-Mostly newbies, hence D-list”.

there’s just like so much he’s done to get into from stealing artwork from other artists (not just copying which he’s also accused of but literally not returning original pencils and ink work of other artist) or, bizarrely, openly bashing other artist he was actively teamed with (like Scott Clark) and honestly just look up why he was originally kicked out of Image (a company he helped found)

he’s not a nice person, he’s not a talented person, and he’s an incredibly successful person, he doesn’t need you out here looking like a fool for him

fuck it I said it

[sjdsjkdlskdas-deactivated202012]

i never listened to one direction but i always found it funny that they had a member named harry AND another member named larry. just rhyming bros

[sjdsjkdlskdas-deactivated202012]

oh okay

[tonysopranobignaturals-deactiva]

Incredible a lot of people’s response to billion-dollar corporations using child slave labor is “remember to shop ethically” and not “corporations should not be doing this in the first place and need to be stopped”.

And the fact that basic human decency is the ethical option, not the norm...the bar for capitalism is literally underground.

[tonysopranobignaturals-deactiva]

Nestle read this

[why-i-love-comics]

Why are there no new comics today?

so obviously there’s a lot going on in the world right now, and the comic industry is not immune to that, because of the virus Diamond (the company that handles pretty much all distribution of comics to local comic shops) has stopped their distribution for the foreseeable future, obviously this isn’t forever but there’s no timeline given as far as I could find. Marvel and DC are also delaying their digital released this Wednesday (I’ve seen people say they’re delaying weeks past this but I could only find statements about the 4/1/2020, if someone has sources about later weeks please let me know)

I know times are tight for a lot of people out there but this is going to hit local comic shops very hard, especially if Marvel or DC do decide to go ahead with digital distribution in the future, LCS have always been pretty fragile and not huge money makes even when times are good, if you want to support your LCS now is a great time, many are closed but I know quite a few opening back up for curb-side service, if there’s a back issue or trade you’ve been holding off on now would be a great time to pick it up (especially now that you don’t have the excuse of not having the free time to read it haha) I’m sure it would really help them out

I’m going to put Diamond’s statement under the cut because it is rather long but it has some good information to anyone interested in the situation, also I know the timing is a little unfortunate but please know none of this is an april fools joke

Keep reading

[why-i-love-comics]

update for 4-8-2020: another week and no new comics, I’ve seen tentative scheduling for comics on the 15th but I have no idea if that will actually happen, I’ve also seen talk about beginning distribution again in May but honestly I don’t think anyone has any definite plans right now

[eliotbaum]

listened to the magnus archives, ended up loving horrible lonely man 

[diaryofadaringwitch]

For Your Consideration

Emo: The world is broken, and I'm sad because there's nothing I can do to fix it.

Goth: The world is broken, but there's an odd beauty in the dark parts.

Punk: The world is broken, and I am angry, and I am going to fight to fix it.

[patrickdiomedes]

Ska: Maybe the world is broken, but I've got a fucking trumpet.

[streetlifemanifesto]

Doot doot motherfucker

[boneandpapyrus]

Frescoes at Sigiriya, Sri Lanka, 1966 or earlier (Wim Swaan/The Getty: one, two).

[nerdgaysad]

“Can you make the air colder?”

my friend Iggy to our teacher (via nerdgaysad)

[hi-area-deactivated20190719]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎂🎉 #DonaldDuck #DonaldDuckDay

[ankle-beez]

Sorry if I sound super fucking insensitive but did Nickelodeon really wait until an acceptable enough time has passed since Stephen Hillenburg’s death to green light Spongebob spinoffs

[ankle-beez]

The only reason we didn’t have any spongebob spinoffs was because Stephen Hillenburg was super fucking against the idea of it. I mean, this is Nickelodeon and they try to suck every fucking penny out of their most popular properties (Loud House is getting a spin-off). Pretty weird that there’s no spongebob spinoffs right?

It’s been half a year since Stephen died. And Nickelodeon does this.

They really did wait until the man fucking died to do this.

[ankle-beez]

WOOP

[yourfaveisdivorced]

JOHN EGBERT from HOMESTUCK is divorced!

[elioli-art]

Will resume with original art shortly, but 12th anniversary of MTR happened recently so here’s a super quick doodle of it okay bye

[mothman-noises]

Me, five minutes into any conversation: