Emm Roy
@emmnotemma.bsky.social
Illustrator & cartoonist. She/her
I believe that forgiveness is a gift, not an obligation, and I am incredibly grateful to all the people who gave me the grace I needed this year. May we all receive as much kindness and compassion as we need.
December 19, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I believe that forgiveness is a gift, not an obligation, and I am incredibly grateful to all the people who gave me the grace I needed this year. May we all receive as much kindness and compassion as we need.
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Every trans person--including every trans child--deserves the chance to be fully themselves. I'm so sick of seeing trans folks harmed repeatedly and unrelentingly, against all reason and scientific precedent. To my trans friends--I'm so sorry the world keeps trying to dim your light.
December 18, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Every trans person--including every trans child--deserves the chance to be fully themselves. I'm so sick of seeing trans folks harmed repeatedly and unrelentingly, against all reason and scientific precedent. To my trans friends--I'm so sorry the world keeps trying to dim your light.
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hey, I am not gonna doompost about it necessarily but, a glance around will tell you it's a hard & stressful time for artists, and especially so this year
consider dropping a kofi donation, or reposting a shop link, or even just, leave a comment so someone knows you like their work
it does matter
consider dropping a kofi donation, or reposting a shop link, or even just, leave a comment so someone knows you like their work
it does matter
December 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
hey, I am not gonna doompost about it necessarily but, a glance around will tell you it's a hard & stressful time for artists, and especially so this year
consider dropping a kofi donation, or reposting a shop link, or even just, leave a comment so someone knows you like their work
it does matter
consider dropping a kofi donation, or reposting a shop link, or even just, leave a comment so someone knows you like their work
it does matter
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As more and more creators are expected to be on camera to promote their comics, can we talk for a second about how this opens up female creators to intense harassment about their looks?
Not to mention a lot of "You only have a career in comics because you're good looking" comments?
Not to mention a lot of "You only have a career in comics because you're good looking" comments?
December 16, 2025 at 1:58 AM
As more and more creators are expected to be on camera to promote their comics, can we talk for a second about how this opens up female creators to intense harassment about their looks?
Not to mention a lot of "You only have a career in comics because you're good looking" comments?
Not to mention a lot of "You only have a career in comics because you're good looking" comments?
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An important addendum to "look for the helpers" is "and then join them."
December 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
An important addendum to "look for the helpers" is "and then join them."
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I wrote about the new Epstein pictures and the conspiracy of silence around him. Powerful men who say they didn’t know….they knew enough not to ask. www.ms.now/opinion/jeff...
Opinion | The real Jeffrey Epstein conspiracy is one of silence
Lyz Lenz: Newly released photos show how powerful people's silence enabled Epstein's horrors.
www.ms.now
December 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I wrote about the new Epstein pictures and the conspiracy of silence around him. Powerful men who say they didn’t know….they knew enough not to ask. www.ms.now/opinion/jeff...
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All I want for Christmas is a Benoit Blanc Muppets movie
December 14, 2025 at 12:10 AM
All I want for Christmas is a Benoit Blanc Muppets movie
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My position on taking action. And on the important space between everything and nothing.
December 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
My position on taking action. And on the important space between everything and nothing.
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snow day plein air
December 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
snow day plein air
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Also, congratulations everyone who made something this year. A comic, a song, a film, a novel, a painting, a poem, a short story, a sculpture, crochet, embroidery, whatever it is. In this era of slop and theft, if you *make* something you are a shining jewel and I am so grateful for you.
December 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Also, congratulations everyone who made something this year. A comic, a song, a film, a novel, a painting, a poem, a short story, a sculpture, crochet, embroidery, whatever it is. In this era of slop and theft, if you *make* something you are a shining jewel and I am so grateful for you.
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I had the good fortune of being in the room for this conversation between the brilliant Hanif Abdurraqib and my equally brilliant colleague Prof Matthew D. Morrison.
Could not recommend it more highly. Just a stunning conversation. Watch it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp7L...
Could not recommend it more highly. Just a stunning conversation. Watch it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp7L...
Hanif Abdurraqib at Stanford | On Art, Survival, and the Heart’s Work
YouTube video by Stanford Arts
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I had the good fortune of being in the room for this conversation between the brilliant Hanif Abdurraqib and my equally brilliant colleague Prof Matthew D. Morrison.
Could not recommend it more highly. Just a stunning conversation. Watch it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp7L...
Could not recommend it more highly. Just a stunning conversation. Watch it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp7L...
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I'm co-organizing a toy drive. If you can donate, thank you. If you can share with others, thank you.
Toy Drive list: bit.ly/48pJUrK
Teen Gift list: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
Toy Drive list: bit.ly/48pJUrK
Teen Gift list: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
December 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I'm co-organizing a toy drive. If you can donate, thank you. If you can share with others, thank you.
Toy Drive list: bit.ly/48pJUrK
Teen Gift list: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
Toy Drive list: bit.ly/48pJUrK
Teen Gift list: amzn.to/4rDn7BG
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loved this conversation. Anyone need a crash course on why the intersection of AI, fascism and climate breakdown? We tried to cover it all!
🚨The video recording of the AI and the Politics of Extraction panel is now live! Watch this fascinating 1.5 hour discussion with @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @profwhw.bsky.social, @mysdick.bsky.social, and @profhvdv.bsky.social as they explore the risks of unfettered AI implementation.
AI and the Politics of Extraction | Centre for Climate Justice
YouTube video by Centre for Climate Justice
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
loved this conversation. Anyone need a crash course on why the intersection of AI, fascism and climate breakdown? We tried to cover it all!
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In fact, let’s do this. Comment with what you’re looking for and I’ll try to recommend a read from a Palestinian author for you from my reading list. I’ll do my best to find you a match.
If you’re looking for Palestinian speculative fiction for #ReadPalestine week, I got you: soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...
Read Palestinian Speculative Fiction Reading List
The following is a growing reading list for the #ReadPalestinianSpecFic challenge. This is a work in progress to create a list of all available Palestinian speculative fiction. Novels: Novels by Na…
soniasulaiman.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
In fact, let’s do this. Comment with what you’re looking for and I’ll try to recommend a read from a Palestinian author for you from my reading list. I’ll do my best to find you a match.
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Embracing a label of "disabled" made me more confident in asking for accommodations. I can't get through a full work day in person without suffering in pain.
If you're a chronically ill person, I welcome you to join this identity.
If you're a chronically ill person, I welcome you to join this identity.
December 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Embracing a label of "disabled" made me more confident in asking for accommodations. I can't get through a full work day in person without suffering in pain.
If you're a chronically ill person, I welcome you to join this identity.
If you're a chronically ill person, I welcome you to join this identity.
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Disabled isn't a dirty word, and it's fine to work through internalized ableism if you were raised thinking so. We live in an ableist world.
December 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Disabled isn't a dirty word, and it's fine to work through internalized ableism if you were raised thinking so. We live in an ableist world.
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Oh buddy I wish autistic folks can feel mighty fun and not have to deal with slurs y'all
Society: *treats disabled people like shit*
Also society: People just wanna be disabled so they can feel SPECIAL!
Also society: People just wanna be disabled so they can feel SPECIAL!
December 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Oh buddy I wish autistic folks can feel mighty fun and not have to deal with slurs y'all
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No one's pretending to be disabled in higher ed. For what, so they can get discriminated against & always have their competence called into question? Being mad in higher ed got me brutalized by the academy, that was what they called accommodations.
December 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
No one's pretending to be disabled in higher ed. For what, so they can get discriminated against & always have their competence called into question? Being mad in higher ed got me brutalized by the academy, that was what they called accommodations.
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I tire of the culture that asks us to classify and pathologize every personality quirk or idiosyncrasy. At the same time, I recognize how we live in systems that require us to identify our “deficiencies” in order to get support. Exhausting, all of it, really.
December 2, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I tire of the culture that asks us to classify and pathologize every personality quirk or idiosyncrasy. At the same time, I recognize how we live in systems that require us to identify our “deficiencies” in order to get support. Exhausting, all of it, really.
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The piece also oozes with the implication that "real" disabilities--the kind the ADA is "supposed to be for"--are physical, visible ones, and everyone else is probably faking. It's just gross.
Even by the standards of The Atlantic, this is an extraordinarily weak evidence base for an article.
Data from a tiny handful of schools that isn't measuring the variable at issue and a few thin, secondhand anecdotes.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Data from a tiny handful of schools that isn't measuring the variable at issue and a few thin, secondhand anecdotes.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
December 2, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The piece also oozes with the implication that "real" disabilities--the kind the ADA is "supposed to be for"--are physical, visible ones, and everyone else is probably faking. It's just gross.
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you should tell your story until you no longer need to tell it
December 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
you should tell your story until you no longer need to tell it
I think you're great.
November 30, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I think you're great.