AUTOBIO: With a Blog
Added 2021-07-29 23:03:29 +0000 UTC
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I just repeat information that actual doctors and educators have already said, but I put it next to cute drawings and throw in some dad jokes. I share my personal opinions on sex toys, not thinking my word is law on the effectiveness of the latest vibrating doodad because everybody's body is so different. Just because something feels good to me, doesn't mean it'll feel good to you. I've had people tell me they buy toys based off my negative reviews because they know they like the kind of stimulation that I do not. My word isn't law. My knowledge comes straight from the FAQs of Planned Parenthood and the articles on Scarleteen and Wikipedia. I've got no qualifications, I've got no certificates authorizing me to teach these subjects. I'm just a random-ass person with a blog on the internet!
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For a week, I was doing a little self-portrait project-thing. I'd set up my camera and then let it take a burst of photos while I did my normal thing in my normal space. When I saw this series of images, I knew I wanted to overlay them on top of each other to make a kind of frozen animation walking across my kitchen but I didn't know what text to put with it. The narration was the very last thing to enter this comic and I'm still not sure it's the right fit (such a somber tone!) but it is a refrain I repeat to myself pretty regularly.
"I'm just an asshole with a blog. Just an asshole with a blog."
Comments
As others have alluded to here, your talent is using your art to expose this vital information to an audience that would otherwise never see it. Being able to contextualize statistics or history through the use of visual metaphors, diagrams, and narratives is a very valuable and needed skill. You are an expert communicator.
Derek Houck
2021-07-30 16:18:12 +0000 UTCMost science communicators are bad at it -- dull, sloppy with the facts, and focused on arbitrary corners of the subject. You are good at it! Engaging, precise, and broad!
Grant Gould
2021-07-30 14:08:04 +0000 UTC
