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Foolish Child #5: Labels

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Sep 14, 2016
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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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  • S Casey
    September 14, 2016 at 10:07 am

    Oh, that’s lovely, especially the last panel. <3

    Personally, I just like going by whatever feels most appropriate at the given moment.

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  • Rookbrains
    September 14, 2016 at 10:43 am

    This. Thank you for this <3

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  • Hannah
    September 14, 2016 at 10:47 am

    I love this! Thanks for making and sharing this <3

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  • Jo
    September 14, 2016 at 1:14 pm

    This was lovely. Thanks Dickens. :)

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  • devon
    September 14, 2016 at 1:22 pm

    This is so lovely <3 <3

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  • Erica Stratton
    September 14, 2016 at 4:52 pm

    I wish this was a poster

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  • Sarah
    September 14, 2016 at 4:53 pm

    perhaps you also don’t define yourself at all but allow for possibilities. no words ;)

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    • Dickens
      September 14, 2016 at 8:15 pm

      For sure! “You define you” doesn’t just mean that you label yourself. It means that YOU are the definition of yourself.

      It was my hope that either meaning would become more apparent for whichever descriptor best fit the reader.

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      • Bronzey
        September 15, 2016 at 6:11 am

        This is exactly how I interpreted it. I’ve gotten through a lot of years of life without defining myself very specifically because it’s not very important to me, and I like to embrace that I’m an ever-changing animals who can’t always be defined.

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  • Sage
    September 14, 2016 at 6:06 pm

    Awe, that’s so cute!! Thanks for sharing! =D

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  • Chandra
    September 14, 2016 at 8:12 pm

    Perfect.

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  • Madeleine
    September 17, 2016 at 3:05 am

    This was exactly what I needed to see today, thank you <3

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  • Emily
    October 26, 2016 at 6:21 pm

    I want that last panel as postcards or something, it’s so great!

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