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Sophie Labelle
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The first openly French-Canadian author to be banned in Texas. 🏳️‍⚧️ Patreon : www.patreon.com/assignedmale Tipjar : www.ko-fi.com/sophielabelle
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 6h
He used it back in March to talk about immigration. He knows what it means.
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 6h
What is "plenary authority" and why is it a big deal that Miller said that Trump has it over the national guard?
4 frame comic where Miller slowly blinks. Text reads. A few hours ago, speaking on cnn about Trump's plan to send the national guard into us cities, Miller said : under title 10 of the us code, the president has plenary authority, has... He then fully stopped talking and just blinked at the camera, as if he realized that he said the quiet part out loud. "Plenary authority" means "complete power over a particular area with no limitayions". It is equivalent to ruling by decree, which us how Mussolini, Stalin or Hitler governed. Having "plenary authority" over the military would mean that Trump can just use the national guard as he pleases, no matter what the courts say. It's a power grab.
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 2d
"What is fascism?"
Throughout history, each iteration of fascism came with its own particularities. Political theorist R. Griffin posits that the one thing they have in common is palingenetic ultranationalism. (Picture : Mussolini giving a speech) Palingenetic ("born again in ancient greek) ultranationalism is a far right narrative that frames the nation as decadent, as having lost its way, as being betrayed by dark elites. To save it, it needs to be destroyed, then reborn. (Picture: Trump giving a speech in front of a MAGA flag) with that goal in mind, an authoritarian power with divisive rhetoric channelsbthe population's anger towards a scapegoat demonized outgroup: migrants, religion, sexual and gender minorities... (picture : three masked ICE agents are handling someone.) Fascism is like a chameleon : it constantly adapts to eras and cultures. It is vital to learn to identify it and call it out. (Picture: a chameleon)
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 1d
😂 thank you
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 1d
Ways to resist fascism
Ways to resist fascism. Drawing of a megaphone : once you have properly identified fascist rhetoric, don’t let it go unchallenged. Speak up when you witness attempts to normalize it. Picture of a book titled "resist". Knowledge is power. Learn, read, discuss about fascism and the ways fascist discourses can permeate culture and find its way in everuday conversations. Picture of someone doing a roman salute. Many hands are pointing at him. Laugh at fascists and their ideas. Take every opportunity to subject them to ridicule. The power people give them largely stems from sentimentaalinen of fear and inevitability, but they are all incompetent, insecure cowards. Picture of a button press. Most importantly, get involved in your community. Find roles for yourself and others. You might not topple a fascist government today, but you can find purpose and strength to live to fight another day.
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 2d
The Montreal subway runs on tires, it is super smooth and almost silent. It was the only subway I ever experienced until i went to New York, at 17, and I remember being so scared and confused, I only took it twice lol.
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 2d
"What is fascism?"
Throughout history, each iteration of fascism came with its own particularities. Political theorist R. Griffin posits that the one thing they have in common is palingenetic ultranationalism. (Picture : Mussolini giving a speech) Palingenetic ("born again in ancient greek) ultranationalism is a far right narrative that frames the nation as decadent, as having lost its way, as being betrayed by dark elites. To save it, it needs to be destroyed, then reborn. (Picture: Trump giving a speech in front of a MAGA flag) with that goal in mind, an authoritarian power with divisive rhetoric channelsbthe population's anger towards a scapegoat demonized outgroup: migrants, religion, sexual and gender minorities... (picture : three masked ICE agents are handling someone.) Fascism is like a chameleon : it constantly adapts to eras and cultures. It is vital to learn to identify it and call it out. (Picture: a chameleon)
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 4d
It's literally the same people
2 frame comic. first we see a guy with a thin mustache. 2015 : you're just a feminazi if you think women deserve equal rights. second frame, it's the same guy, with a fuller mustache like a certain dictator. 2025 : oh, of course, everybody you disagree with is a nazi, huh?
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 5d
Finding a great European alternative has been on my mind! I should get on with it.
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 5d
In solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla.
4 frame comic. 1st frame : boats with different country flags, including palestine. text reads : a few weeks ago, 42 ships transporting people from 44 different countries joined together to form the global sumud flotilla, aiming to break the israeli maritime blockade of the gaza strip and provide humanitarian aid. 2nd frame, a lonely boat at large. text reads : after several drone attacks, most ships were intercepted by israel. this morning, october 3rd, the marinette, the last ship from the g.S.F., was seized 42 nautical miles away from the coast of gaza. 3rd frame, we see a soldier pointing a gun at a ship crew wearing lifevests. text reads : 461 crew members, including parliamentarians, lawyers, activists, and artists, have now been abducted by israeli forces. they are being illegally detained, as they were removed from international waters and taken to israel, where they had no plan of going. 4th frame, someone is weaving a palestinian flag at departing boats. text reads : will our governments hold israel accountable? using western weapons and money, 10% of gaza's population has now been killed or injured, according to israel's own ex-minister of defense. and bringing it up is a hate crime.
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 6d
🤩🤩🤩 💻⌨️🖱
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 6d
After 3 weeks of marathon, one thing is clear : I need a new drawing setup. x_x my old laptop keeps crashing, the keyboard is fried and the power cord needs to be connected at all times.
So I will be promoting my merch store a bit more so I can afford a new machine.
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 6d
Similarities
4 frame comic. someone off-frame with a mic is interviewing passersby. they ask a man in a suit and sunglasses : sir! do you think the left's strategy to call everyone they disagree with "nazis" is helpful in any way? well I don't think american conservatism or trumpism are the same as nazism. they have similarities, but I think maga has fresh horrors in store that we can't yet comprehend. it's not nazism, but it's their own brand of never- seen-before, polyester- clad, ai-generated slop fascism. I think the most similar thing between "maga" and "nazi" is that there will come a day when they will evoke an equal sentiment of disgust in society.
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 7d
This shutdown happened by design.
title : This government shutdown didn't happen by accident. it happened by design. 4 frame comic. we see Russell Vought, Curtis Yarvin, Russell Vought again, and the White House. Text reads : russell vought is the director of the u.s. office of management and budget and the key architect of project 2025. the nyt called him "the man behind trump's push for an all-powerful presidency." project 2025 includes a roadmap to achieve curtis yarvin's butter- fly revolution, in which the neo-reactionary leader advocates for replacing non-partisan gov't employees with loyalists, seizing control of public assets and centralizing power in a small group of elites. what vought aimed to do was create the conditions in which he could strip bare what he calls the "unelected fourth branch of government". back in february, he instructed agencies to prepare for mass layoffs on sept. 30th. this shutdown will give Trump the power to bypass Congressional oversight: Trump can just declare which areas are considered essential services, and ignore the 1974 law that prevents presidents from withholding federal dollars. this shutdown was the goal all along.
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 8d
Olive branch
4 frame comics. Emma Watson is giving an olive branch to JK Rowling. she says : Joanne, here's an olive branch. even though our views differ, it doesn't mean that I don't cherish and treasure my personal experience with you. Rowling then breaks the branch, eats it, and burps loudly.
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 9d
Charlie who
4 frame comic. in the first frame, erika kirk is standing in front of rows of tshirts. she says : welp, he's been dead for 12 hours now. it's time to sell some merch. 2nd frame, she's at Kirk's funerals. there are pyrotechnics around her. she says : I miss him so much. I want to cry, but I'll wait until no one sees me. also, I guess I'm the de facto ceo of one of the most powerful conservative organizations in the world. please donate and register. 3rd frame, she's recording a podcast with some guy, who says : you're so strong, erika! but we'd understand if you needed some space to grieve. she replies : Oh right. I'll cry once we're done recording. alone. hahaha. in the 4th frame, a woman on the street stops her and says : I'm sure Charlie watches you from above. Erika asks : charlie who?
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 10d
How Fascism Works!
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 10d
A useful glossary for 2025.
4 frame comics. in the first frame theres a MAGA hat. text reads : fascism is a "cult of the leader who promises national resto- ration in the face of humiliation brought on by supposed commu- nists, Marxists and minorities and immigrants who are supposedly posing a threat to the character and the history of a nation." (j. stanley, 2018) 2nd frame we see Trump's silhouette. text reads : authoritarianism is a political system that revolves around a central figure, a party or the military. it rejects political pluralism and the rule of law. in 3rd frame we see the Texas proposed congressional districts. text reads : An illiberal democracy is a governing system that "hides its nondemocratic practices behind formally democratic institutions and procedures" (bonet & zamorano, 2021) while suppressing opposing views. 4th frame we see Curtis Yarvin. text reads : the neo-reactionary movement, or dark enlightenment, is an anti-egalitarian ideology advoca- ting for a return to monarchy and a dismantlement of the state. yarvin, its founder, is backed by peter thiel and an influential friend of jd vance, as well as the thinker behind elon musk's d.o.g.e..
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 10d
Oh hey hi!
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 11d
Visit... War-Ravaged Portland
a fake touristic poster of Portland that says "visit... war-ravaged Portland"
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 13d
Btw 👀 bsky.app/profile/assi...
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 14d
An even more hostile place
four frame comic. first frame is a picture of Nooran. text reads : This morning, while the country grieves the senseless death of Nooran Rezay, a 15 year old child who was shot dead sunday by a police officer, the Quebec government decided there were more pressing matters : saving the french language from the claws of evil feminists and trans people. 2nd frame, we see Roberge, minister of the french language. text reads : Following the recommandations of a committee made ony of cis people, they have decided to go full Trump and forbid the use of non-traditional pronouns, trans-related vocabulary and certain ways to make french less male-centred. 3rd frame, we see a hospital. text reads: The ban will be imposed on every provincial institution, including schools, hospitals, municipalities, etc, making the world an even more hostile place for trans people. 4th frame, we see premier Legault making a face like he doesn't care. text reads : With a election looming next year and the even more transphobic party PQ poised to win, we can see our premier prefers to resort to transphobia and misogyny rather than discuss police violence.
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 13d
I can't wait until they're completely wiped out at the next election.
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 13d
I mean we're still easily in the top 3 in Canada in terms of trans rights. 😅 this is a setback because the government won't be using neopronouns anymore, but I'd still take Quebec over Ontario, the Maritimes or the Prairies in a heartbeat.
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 13d
That's not gonna happen, progressive parties are usually anticolonialist lol
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 13d
Oh I was actually suggesting the opposite – the PQ being even more transphobic, the government is trying to pull the rug from under their feet.
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