Reine #30: Conversation Hearts

A design of candy hearts that say "split rent with me" and "be my emergency contact" and "retirement polycule" And then there are two friends sorting out the hearts, and they say that romance is dead because no one can afford it in capitalism. One friend says they will be a bachelorette forever because of disability benefit restrictions.

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Ren Strapp

Ren Strapp is a comic artist, designer, and gender nonconforming lesbian werewolf. Her work is inspired by risograph printing and American traditional tattooing. She loves weight lifting and hiking. Support her work on Patreon.

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9 Comments

  1. “Can’t marry my partner because disability benefit restrictions” hits home lol. Because obviously if we were married, we would only eat as much as a person and a half, right? 🙄

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