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ALT I put another payment on my nearly maxed-out credit card.
ALT False money, false hope.
ALT I know we cannot crowdfund our way out of a genocide. There is no amount of money that I can give which will stop the bombs.
ALT But what else can I do when people are dying?
ALT Text reads: I’ve been waiting for a guide to come and take me by the hand. A blue hand holds out a can of paint.
ALT Text reads: Could these sensations make me feel the pleasures if a normal man? Illustration of a painting propped up on a stand which shows two transmasc people in binders embracing whilst smiling.
ALT Text reads: lose sensation. Art of the same two transmasc people holding eachother on the floor surrounded by paintings.
ALT Text reads: spare the insults. Art of the two people kissing while a TV plays Tucker Carlson.
ALT Text reads: Leave them for another day. Art shows one of the transmasc people pouring paint over the TV.
ALT Text reads: I’ve got the spirit. Art shows a hand reaching into a can of paint.
ALT Text reads: lose the feeling. The two transmasc people smear paint over their top surgery scars.
ALT Text reads: Take the shock away. The two people lean against a painting of the trans flag. One has their head on the others lap and both are topless showing their scars.
ALT Text reads: Today I had a hemiplegic migraine for the first time in 6 years. Illustration of hands holding a cube of bismuth.
ALT Text reads: It’d been so long that I thought maybe I’d grown out of them. Illustration shows the cube of bismuth fly from the boy’s hands and head for the ceiling.
ALT Text reads While I haven’t missed the pain, or auras or loss of motor control. Illustration of the cube of bismuth dropping back down to the floor and crushing the boy.
ALT Illustration of the boy’s hand reaching for a plain cube. When he touches the cube, it transforms into colored bismuth.
ALT text reads: It’s comforting knowing. Illustration of a very simple cube of bismuth.
ALT Text reads: that even parts of me which I thought were gone forever. Illustration of a more crunchy cube of bismuth.
ALT Text reads: can still come back. Illustration shows the bismuth cube now expanding out of control.
ALT text reads: and that I don’t have to live in a linear way. Illustration of a spine with bismuth growing in between the spinal disks. In the second panel the spine has reverted to normal and the bismuth has disappeared.
ALT text reads: After all, if the migraines can come back…what other pains and joys can I rediscover? Illustration of the boy sitting in a chair, looking at a small cube of bismuth which he is holding. In panel 2, he holds the cube up to his eye and is able to see through it even with some visual distortion.
ALT An illustration of Professor Layton and Luke from the professor Layton video game series. They are standing in a cobblestone street looking up at a bridge above. Other people are walking around and are colored in muted red tones. There is steam floating across the street and metal riveted pipes visible.
ALT An illustration of Link from Zelda Tears of the Kingdom. Bright green light is being emitted from his zonai arm.
ALT Full color illustration of Link from Tears of the Kingdom. He is standing on some rubble holding a paraglided and a spear. In the background there are clouds and part of a floating fortress that has crumbled. The sky is a brilliant blue.
ALT Comic page featuring Geordi and Data from Star Trek TNG. Data is lying on the floor surrounded by stars, he is reassuring Geordi that he is still loved by his friends even if he hasn’t spoken to them for a while. Geordi is crying but happy.
ALT Illustration of a black AFAB person with short hair dyed pink. They are in a spacesuit and exploring an abandoned city. They are reaching out into the ruins of a broken building to interact with the glowing ghost of a cat. The illustration has a purple and pink color scheme.
ALT A comic page from a brightly colored children’s comic. Two children, one boy one girl, are playing in a backyard with a strange gold device. One of the children accidentally activates the device and fire shoots out of it with a loud noise. The children are both surprised.
ALT Greyscale adult comic spread. Two women, one SEA, one white, are cuddling in an empty swimming pool. On the left hand page, the women talk about life and how thing might’ve been different if they had both been better communicators. On the right hand page they are exploring parts of an abandoned city. One of the women encourages the other to climb up on an old school bus roof.
ALT A brightly coloured illustration of a piece of birthday cake. The text reads: it’s my birthday today!
ALT Brightly coloured illustration of a hand holding out a slice of birthday cake on a spatula. Text reads: and this year.
ALT Brightly colored illustration of a cake. Each slice has one of the Chinese zodiac animals on it. A slice with the rabbit is being taken out of the cake. Text reads: It happens to fall on the lunar new year.
ALT Brightly colored illustration of a person baking and holding a cookbook that says “365 new recipes” on the cover. Text reads: it seems fitting for a year in which I plan to try and achieve a bunch of new things.
ALT Illustration of a glass jar full of sweets. Text reads: it’s been 24 years since I was born.
ALT Illustration of two glass jars. One is small and half full, the other is huge and overstuffed. The smaller one has a label that says 1999. The larger one has a label that says 1947. Text reads: but nearly 80 years since the new year fell on my birthday.
ALT Illustration of a piece of birthday cake that is sagging under the weight of a large number of candles. Text reads: I’m not sure I’ll get to see it happen again during my lifetime, which is a shame…
ALT Illustration of a young man covered in confetti and holding a piece of birthday cake on a fork. The rest of the cake is visible on a plate in the foreground. Text reads: but I’m learning to savour each year’s unique flavour.