Scrap paper zine / sketchbook thing - flip-through video here !
Some colourful spreads from this sketchbook i finished a while ago !
it’s the way that I and probably every other woman could PHYSICALLY FEEL the uneasiness radiating off of Barbie when she and Ken first get to Venice Beach and everyone is staring and catcalling her
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dumpling child
A southern dumpling child
biscuit eater, tea sipper,
okra slicer, gravy dipper,
I fry my potatoes with onions
stew my greens with pork
And ride my lover high up
on the butterfat shine of her thighs
where her belly arches and sweetly tastes
of rock salt on watermelon
sunshine sharp teeth bite light
and lick slow like mama’s
favorite dumpling child
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So I was scrolling and saw this image in an article about the European heat wave,
And was like, uh, are you missing something there, buddy? Like all that red in northern Africa? Because that’s a lot of red.
And I was going to give them the benefit of doubt, since I don’t know much about the climate in Northern Africa, aside from Morroco and Egypt, which seem like really hot places, so you know, maybe it’s normal there?
But nope, that’s not the case:
Some selections from the article:
“The region has been experiencing some of the most intense heat waves in recent years, but in many cases they’ve been under-reported due to misconceptions about Africans’ ability to withstand them.
“Africa is seen as a sunny and hot continent,” said Amadou Thierno Gaye, a research scientist and professor at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, the capital of Senegal. “People think we are used to heat, but we are having high temperatures for a longer duration. Nobody is used to this.”
”The Sahel, for instance, has been heating at a faster pace than the global average despite being hot already. Burkina Faso and Mali, both in West Africa’s Sahel, are among countries that are set to become almost uninhabitable by 2080, if the world continues on its current trajectory, a UK university study found. Its people are especially vulnerable due to shrinking resources, such as water, and poor amenities, and a dearth of trees and parks means there are few options for places to cool off.“
Two pictures of the same event, 30 years apart.
DC Dyke March 1993 / NYC Dyke March 2023






























