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takkyb1

learning some human stuffs

rylandsgrace

Crowley according to Muriel

sasharjones

Here are a few of my dragon paintings from over the years!

And if you liked that I did that, you're in luck-- I'm running my big annual art sale on my store right now!

If you're on my patreon at the Steller's Jay tier or higher, then you also get to stack your usual discount on top of the listed sale prices.

I'm missing some of my usual income sources this year (dealing with a new chronic ailment & missing at least one major convention), so any support will sure help me along!

where-our-stories-start

birdsandshauna

yes i cried

areallycreativeusername

transmechanicus

Cutting edge SWAT team effortlessly torn to pieces by my nonbinary catboy girlfriend

affricative--collective

-nonbinary

-catboy

- girlfriend

jame7t

what’s not clicking

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whoops, i forgot to finish my post, let me try again

-nonbinary

-catboy

-girlfriend

-tears to pieces SWAT team

truly the person of all time

richard-lengthenhancer

Maybe we all need a nonbinary catboy girlfriend.

affricative--collective

especially one who can destroy SWAT teams effortlessly

thecollectibles

Art by Camille Andre

filmnoirsbian

Reagan-era "stranger danger" panic has done so much harm to americans' sense of community. It cemented the idea that only the nuclear family could be trusted with the care of the child, deterred people from cooperative living with an extended community, and continues to place abuse victims in danger by perpetuating the misconception that most child abuse is done by strangers rather than someone they know. It is in our best interest to become more interdependent than we were raised to be.

theboombutton

The widespread nature of child sexual abuse came to society's notice during this era. The Satanic Panic and the hyping of Stranger Danger served different purposes for different groups:

It let people who didn't want to believe that parents and other trusted adults could be predators frame the threat as external; and

It gave actual abusers a way to direct attention away from themselves, and further isolate the children they abused.

It gave people who were uncomfortable with/didn't want women working outside the home something to point at. It's no coincidence that abuse allegations during this time period focused on daycare providers. That's what you get for leaving your child with a stranger.

queeranarchism

It also gave people a way to justify their continued seclusion in all-white hetero-normative suburbs. The unspoken subtext was that the ‘stranger’ was queer and/or black and the victims were white women and children. Through stranger danger, white suburbians could claim that they were resisting housing desegregation and the spread of public transport not out of racism but because it would bring strangers to their neighbourhood. And didn’t we all know strangers are dangerous?