in addition to the fact that people just have different natural rhythms, a big reason why we can’t seem to go to bed as early as we “should” is that nighttime is, for many of us, our safest and most fulfilling time of day. we don’t have to work, we won’t be contacted by bosses or insurance companies or collection agencies or other suffocating life business… we’re likely only to be contacted by our friends, or by no one at all. night time is release; it’s ours. we can rest or recreate. we can do things we actually want to do. who would choose to cut that short?? just to usher in the next morning when our lives are not our own again? nighttime is precious and nothing could be more normal than the desire to embrace this
So, y’all remember that post that said animals in urban areas slowly became nocturnal to avoid encounters with humans? Apparently that includes humans.
Day 2: Zealous Zanus
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A character for a future comic I’m working on.. I’m gonna keep on keepin’ on until this month’s over!
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P.S. The overall design is from a close friend of mine @novah_evah give her a follow she’s got some fantastic artwork over there on that page of hers..
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Hello peeps.. I am very much alive and well but still busy at work.. I’m gonna try and see if I can make Sunday my schedule for comic making.. sorry for being so absent.. here’s some Invader Zim style for ya.. I’ve been watching the show a lot recently with my girlfriend and the art style got stuck on me.. I’ll be back soon, you tasty burritos!
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A male colleague was making fun of the #metoo movement a few days ago, and many more (I’m one of 5 women in a department of 200 men) joined in. So I raised my voice and said I was glad women were speaking up about sexual harassment and assault and that I hoped that everyone who perpetuated this toxic behavior got taken down.
“Yeah but it’s a trend now, lots of them are just saying it for their 15 minutes of fame.” He then continued to say that he didn’t know anyone who had been harassed or any man who had done it.
I asked him if he had a daughter. He did. I asked him how old she was. She was was 17. I told him I’d bet my rent money that his daughter had experienced sexual harassment.
“That’s impossible.”
“Did you ask her?”
“No.”
“Well then, do it.”
The next day, he came in the office with five bouquets of flowers for all the women in our department, including me. He publicly apologized for making fun of sexual harassment and for making our lives harder by doing so. He said that he simply hadn’t known how widespread it was. Apparently, his daughter deals with it very regularly. She hadn’t told him because of the way he spoke about assault cases that were on the news. She thought he’d think less of her if she’d mention it. It was her idea that he should make a public announcement. He said he felt like a bad father.
I said: “You were. Same goes for everyone who laughed with you. Be better, now you know better. And educate other men that still think the same way you did yesterday. And next time someone tells you about an experience they have, don’t automatically assume that because you haven’t seen it, it’s not true. That kind of willful ignorance is why we still deal with this shit.”
He also offered to pay my rent as that was part of the bet, but I told him I’d rather have him put effort in being a person his daughter and wife could be proud of.
In conversation the other day my mom stopped and asked my dad about what percentage of women he thought had experienced sexual harassment. He said about 20-30% maybe. My mom told him that both of us had been harassed multiple times at work (same goes for both of her sisters) and that she had actually been assaulted by a groper on a public bus. I have never seen anyone’s face go slack so quickly before as he realized that literally every woman in his family had experienced this. And while I’m glad he believed us and has changed his view on that subject I still can’t shake the frustration, the anger, that it required being sat down and spoonfed these incidents that we didn’t particularly wanted to relive. This is something that women have been saying for years, but men just never listen. Not even when they’re forced to sit in mandatory harassment in the workplace training seminars.
Messed with some dynamic poses and some color (if you consider grey a color) with this one.. I’ve been quite busy with finding a new job, peeps so please forgive me for my absence.. I’m gonna be working nonstop for the next month so bare with me please.. you guys are awesome and I love you all so much I wish I could kiss you.. ❤️❤️❤️
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I would like to remind everyone and Black Tumblr specifically. Netflix has a new anime called Cannon Buster’s created by a Black Man with a primarily Black Anime Characters. Netflix hasn’t promoted it but y'all it’s here
PLEASE CHECK OUT CANNON BUSTERS
idk how old this post is but the show officially came out on netflix today! it’s so good!!
