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FREE ART FOR A FREE PALESTINE

A bundle of digital & printable files in support of a Free Palestine. 

This bundle is free/donate what you want. Donations are not expected, but if you choose to, I will be directing these funds to individuals and groups organizing solidarity actions, legal funds, and on the ground mutual aid for Palestinians. 

Please share widely with your comrades & loved ones. 💚❤️🖤

For any questions about how to print these files, feel free to drop me a line at jrzuck3rberg@gmail.com! 

Commissions from this week!

still taking these, go here for details:

That little dancer at Anthrocon :)

Commissions!!

Hi friends, I had some expensive stuff come up lately (my kid needed glasses, my car broke down) so I’m opening up for commissions. $100 for a single character, full body, no nsfw (boobs okay), OR $50 for a head/shoulders in the same style. Examples attached. Three slots of each kind, will update if/when all slots are taken. Email rigsbywi@gmail.com with deets. Thanks!!!

Lost DS9 season 8 episode plot : Quark becomes a rainbow capitalist

And we wouldn’t wan’t to disrespect tradition, would we ?

Xydexx the Colorful Unicorn

So I was thinking of a conversation I had a few days ago, about when I first joined Furry fandom.

It was—by total coincidence, I'm sure—around the same time the fandom was going through its "there's too many gays in the fandom" phase, and how the fact that I had an INFLATABLE UNICORN (😱😱😱) as a fursona resulted in a lot of undeserved flak from folks who apparently thought I was singlehandedly responsible for destroying the fandom or something.

From their reaction, you'd think I was parading around the hotel lobby decked out in bondage gear, a pup mask, and a power drill strapped to my crotch or something. Which is funny because anyone who's actually seen me at cons knows how boring and average I look.

And goodness knows I wasted a lot of my virtual breath trying to reason with the more conservative elements of the fandom back in the day. It was a valiant attempt, at least.

I stopped trying to reason with them eventually. As a friend rightfully pointed out at the time: "We don't try to reason with hate groups because reasonable people don't join hate groups."

The point is it would never matter how boring and average I was at conventions. I'm gay, and they'd arbitrarily decided there were "too many" of me. When someone's goal is to eradicate anything that's not the norm, it's not a question of if they come for you, but when. There is no level or boring or average that will appease them. They just want to make the world as grey and miserable as they are.

And, y'know, fuck that.

I didn't survive the fucking Reagan years to let some ignorant dipshit try to force me back into the closet.

Furry fandom is an amazingly creative space where you can play with and explore any identity you can imagine. It's my absolute favorite thing about Furry. I love my colorful, whimsical, and yeah, VERY GAY inflatable unicorn fursona. I've had him for ~30 years at this point.

I love that we all create our own individual and unique characters. Often, as a reflection of ourselves. Which makes sense when you think about it. As JuliusGoat says, "Every human being is a unique and irreplaceable work of art carrying intrinsic and unsurpassable worth."

Anyway, I guess my point is don't waste your time trying to appease folks who want to stomp out all the colorful and different things that make the fandom---and the world---a weird and wonderful place.

Be good, stay safe, have fun.

THIS

An illustration I did for the cover of Rigsby WI chapter 4...it looks cool but I'm just not sure it works. I'll probably end up using it if I don't have time to come up with anything else.

Can't wait to see the next chapter!

so me and iamjoemeyer went to Bookcon in Manhattan today and both got to cross this off our bucket lists.

awwww remember when @iamjoemeyer and i were the first people in line to meet the grumpy cat like 100 years ago? that baby was so tiny and had a security detail bigger than most celebrities ive met lmao

Not only do I remember this day FONDLY, but I also drew a comic about it! Thank you @buffaluff for hanging out with me that day! I never thought in a million years that we'd be the first ones there!

Anybody who draws comics should be a multimillionaire at the bare minimum

badweird feelings

not to be a communist on main but these are literally the modes of alienation under capitalism that marx described

PLEASE be a communist on my posts its literally capitalism thats making me feel this way

I reblogged this last month, tagged it, and said “might as well see if it works.” I used this video as a reference to find all the forms that i needed (which is A LOT, especially if you’re a dependent) and sent them through the mail, not really allowing myself to hope.

dude.

$2,714 of medical debt from my top surgery - gone. im shaking this was such a weight on me for 2 years and it fucking worked. what the fuck.

So it looks like I missed out on the latest Take Back Our Fandom nonsense on Twitter, which thankfully choked on its own vomit and deleted itself before even getting off the ground.

There's nothing I can really say about it that I haven't already said before, and will probably say again, because the dipshits who come up with this stuff keep repeating the same mistakes and hoping for different results.

It is, however, worth noting that these groups are not motivated by a desire to improve Furry fandom, no matter how benevolently they try to phrase it.

The easiest way to tell is that they frame Furry fandom as the problem. That is something that attracts anti-furries---and worse---by design, and, let's be clear here, they 100% DO NOT have Furry fandom's best interests in mind.

(I realize most folks probably get this, it's just something to keep in mind the next embarrassing attempt shows up a few weeks/months/whatever from now.)

What abusers believe.

If you’ve ever had to deal with an abusive person in your life - like an abusive parent or partner - you’ve probably wondered what made them treat you that way. If you understand why abuse is happening, the thinking goes, you might be able to figure out how to make it stop. 

So why do abusers do what they do? Do they have anger issues? Drinking problems? Past trauma? Personality disorders? Do they just need to get in touch with their feelings and learn how to communicate better?

Nope. 

Abusive behaviours come from abusive beliefs. Abusers - whether consciously or unconsciously - hold specific beliefs about relationships that drive their behaviour and allow them to justify the horrible things they do. Even if your abuser has never put their beliefs into words, you’ll probably recognize a lot of these abusive beliefs:

Abusers and victims alike often buy into the narrative that abuse is rooted in anger issues - after all, abusers are frequently angry, and anger is an issue that can be treated. But this narrative just isn’t true. Abusers aren’t abusive because they are angry. Abusers are angry because they are abusive. 

A non-abusive partner is not someone who has learned how to control their rage whenever you spend time with your friends or get home 15 minutes late from work. A non-abusive partner just doesn’t feel any rage in those situations. An abuser’s rage is firmly rooted in their beliefs about relationships - they feel entitled to a relationship that meets their impossible expectations, and when they inevitably don’t get it, they bubble over with fury. Whether they know it or not, they have firmly entrenched beliefs about how relationships should be, and those beliefs are at the heart of their abuse. 

Can abusers stop believing these things? Maybe. If they can acknowledge that they have these beliefs, accept that these beliefs are dangerous and unreasonable and let go of these beliefs, maybe it’s possible for them to no longer be abusive in the future. Maybe. But it’s not your job to hang around and find out. If you’re in an abusive relationship of any kind, you deserve better. There are many people in this world who don’t hold abusive views of relationships, and you deserve to find happiness with them. 

strong contender for pic of all time

Friendly gator folk! 🐊