If I had a nickel for every time someone totaled our car by running a red light… I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice!
(The Kia Rio’s airbags get a 10/10 rating from me, btw. I walked away from this with just abrasions, muscle strain, and bruises.)
![If someone you know and love donated to a politician that wanted to strip your rights away, would you feel safe around them? Would you feel like they respected you and your equal rights?
[highlighted]You can't be my friend and claim to care about me
when you're buying the fascist the boots they're using to step on my neck. That's not what friends do. [end highlight] See TRANS POLITICS 1: STOP TOLERATING TRANSPHOBIA for more.
And that's what we're discussing today, because we're talking about Harry Potter's creator, who ironically has become the she-who-must-not-be-named from the very books she wrote, and who directly uses the money and support she gets from Harry Potter to fund anti-trans hatred and legislation. Trans people have literally (actually literally) lost rights because of her! Keep reading.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hx7wnw7r7rr2l5uy3g365ubq/bafkreid7tuo4vndvxj4j5q7s44o2s2ypx5m46i45wi2e7zmjvharz3tl34)
![“Bongo” Ballpoint pen, pencil, watercolor, acrylic paint, and a little colored pencil.
Our man is in trouble this time, reader. Art supplies are scattered around a painting of an abstract cityscape. On the canvas we see a man in a telephone booth making a frantic call to his cat, Bongo. In the foreground, an answering machine is taking his voicemail, [Leave a message at the beep] --- “Bongo, Daddy got stuck in the painting. Go get help, Bongo.” Bongo stands at the base of the easel looking at the phone. Her tail in the air and ears perked up. Whether she’ll be able to help is open to interpretation.
Artist’s note: One of my favorites from the Spooky Pants book. I was playing around with the idea of a painting coming to life (like that guy in Ghostbusters 2) and kind of fumbled my way into this version. I really draw a lot of corded phones. I won’t stop.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hkxtqxfvk4xh2roqbkebmoiq/bafkreid675pobhckre5wbkxub5qfu3vaxbls7mpuhlcidhvbbrjw6iua2e)
