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Foolish Child #4: The Straight Parents’ Guide To Explaining Gay Things To Children

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Aug 31, 2016
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Foolish Child is a biweekly web comic series by Dickens! 


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I am a queer coparenting mama to Dickens Jr. Doodler by day, 911 dispatcher by night. All my favorite shows look better on Tumblr. I am two years and 450K words deep into constructing a fanfic called Ages and I’m never giving up on it. Bering & Wells.

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  • Jo
    August 31, 2016 at 8:37 am

    Ah, Dickens. Thanks for the smile. :)

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    • Jo
      August 31, 2016 at 8:38 am

      Also, when my wife gets home, I’m stuffing a cat in her arms and holding our other one against it and saying, “I am pleased”.

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      • Darcy
        August 31, 2016 at 11:22 am

        If that’s lesbian sex,

        a) it all makes sense now!

        and

        b) I’ve been doing it wrong

        ;-)

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      • Jo
        August 31, 2016 at 2:50 pm

        I do have two cats if you’re looking for someone to explain it all. ;)

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      • Chloe
        September 1, 2016 at 4:25 am

        if that isn’t the queerest come-on i’ve ever read.

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      • amidola
        September 1, 2016 at 7:47 am

        I’m allergic to cats!
        So, if that’s Lesbian sex, I’ll have to take lots of medication that will first make me very excited and then very sleepy.

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  • Megan
    August 31, 2016 at 8:44 am

    Yes! Beautiful.

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  • Blanche
    August 31, 2016 at 8:50 am

    This was great!

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  • Marianne
    August 31, 2016 at 8:59 am

    Most excellent.

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  • Lisa
    August 31, 2016 at 9:34 am

    Love this!!

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  • Erica
    August 31, 2016 at 9:46 am

    Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaasssssssss

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  • hihello
    August 31, 2016 at 10:24 am

    Amen. (Seriously people, not that hard.)

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  • jane
    August 31, 2016 at 10:58 am

    *heart eyes emoji*

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  • Heather Hogan
    August 31, 2016 at 11:32 am

    “I am pleased.”

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  • Sarah
    August 31, 2016 at 11:58 am

    Yay! The “I am pleased” caption is priceless. Thanks for adding that gem to the world!

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  • Carmen SanDiego
    August 31, 2016 at 12:17 pm

    Brilliant!

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  • Casey
    August 31, 2016 at 12:33 pm

    “I am pleased” haha

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  • readymade
    August 31, 2016 at 9:13 pm

    Lovely!

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  • Darcy
    August 31, 2016 at 9:46 pm

    Love it!!!

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  • jet
    August 31, 2016 at 10:42 pm

    Ahh I love this so much :) All your cartoons are the cutest (and very educational!)

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  • Snaelle
    September 1, 2016 at 9:26 am

    I have no worthy words ~ this is so whimsically wise and wondrous!<3<3<3

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