“I’ll let you in on a little secret that will relieve some of the pressure: You aren’t the chosen one. None of us is the chosen one. We’re the ones who make choices, and that’s the stuff we’re made up of.”
Read More Tanisha Washington: Nazi Hunter (Episode One)Her joke writing is so next level, she makes me want to rethink some of my material. She has this killer closing joke where she goes, “Wabbadu du Flarg?” and it crushes every single time.
Read More My Sim is a More Successful Comic Than MeOakland was created on the backs of the disenfranchised – the black, the Latinx, the queer, the different – who took that feeling of marginalization and did the imaginable: they created beautiful things.
Read More Oakland is for the Artists.And it sounds silly that scholars today celebrate and revere these “thinkers” – but back then, there weren’t a lot of people doing much big thinking. “The world might be round,” said the thinker. “No, shut up, screw you,” said everyone else. “Okay, my bad,” said the thinker.
Read More The Comic and The EngineerThat’s the beautiful part about being a child. Adults are always about talking and arguing and getting their points across. Kids learn that everything has something to say – even flowers – if we all just shut up and listen.
Read More The Flower That Loved MeI know what you’re thinking: “Alex, nobody can see me. I can be myself if nobody’s around!” Well, you’re wrong. You’re wrong about a lot of things, actually. It’s one of the many reasons why nobody likes you.
Read More 10 Times You Shouldn’t “Just Be Yourself!” featuring illustrations by Jeremy TalamantesThey made you hate yourself, and anyone who looked like you. They made you try to forget how beautiful and brave you are, but they are failing and that is why they are scared of you.
Read More Dear Black ManAfter every year of my life, I evaluate who I am as a person. I ask, “What do I want to change about myself?” even though the obvious answer is “Literally Everything”.
Read More 21 Things I Can’t Do After I Turn 24“I was called a ‘pathetic cunt’ by one user, and while he’s not incorrect, it’s still rude. I am a pathetic cunt, but that’s my personal pet name for myself.”
Read More That Time I Got Cyber Bullied (kinda)The last thing I want to say to all of my social justice warriors and feminazis and feminists and meninists and women and men in general is that if you’re a feminist who hates men, you’re doing it wrong. You’re not a feminist, you’re a misandrist, and an idiot, and, like I said before, you should read more.
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