Unschooling Future

Happy New Year, whatever that means in the grand scheme of things! I think it means doing something meaningful with my time, so that maybe it can help me feel that time doesn’t really exist. The drawings in the Chauvet Cave were discovered 30 years ago, in December 1994. An artist (or artists) made them some 37 to 33 thousand years ago. I feel this funny connection to that artist. The whole of known and unknown human history lies between us, but what does it matter?

Inspiring meetup last night at Boston City Hall with and launching the new Mass Book Award for Graphic Novel/ Memoir by Joel Christian Gill has sent me down the rabbit hole reading up on narrative transportation theory as an effective rhetorical strategy - that’s why the conservatives are banning books! We have great power at our (Apple) pencil tips ✏️

We are the showing off Visual Storytelling and Comic Art program! Come see what all the fuss is about!

My letter to Senator Elizabeth Warren because, to quote danah boyd, "I’m flabbergasted by how many Democrats shrug their shoulders and say that it’s still worth it to align with hateful politicians because it’ll help more kids. The thing is: it won’t." PLEASE REJECT

Cambridge’s favorite comic book store Million Year Picnic near Harvard Square celebrated its 50th anniversary this weekend with a very special treat: a Robot Dreams screening with .varon, the author of the original Robot Dreams graphic novel that the new animated feature is based on. If you have been brushing this movie away as too childish (what’s wrong with you?) or too niche (again, what’s wrong with you?), let go of those assumptions and go see it. It’s profound stuff and might be exactly what you need in these crucible times. It deals with loss, in a next level delicate and humorous way, and alternative paths that present themselves when every bit of hope seems gone. And it’s a masterful homage to New York City.

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FREE TO BROWSE is a comics journalism project in progress about coming of age online. It delves into the stories of vulnerable teens, including my transgender son, for whom the internet has served as a crucial lifeline.

On LINE WEBTOON soon!