The last few days, I got inspired and created another design for merch. I happened to take quite a few screen shots of the process and I thought…(Read the rest on Patreon)
Everything You Need to Know About Voting
If voting didn’t have a real impact, politicians wouldn’t work so hard to prevent marginalized people from doing it. Let’s share the information necessary to make it happen.
S.W.A.T.: How a TV Show Gave Us A Template For Police Reform
We know that fiction can be based on fact but how often is fact influenced by fiction? The beloved show Star Trek has long been famous for inspiring the invention of many of the “futuristic” technologies used in the show. The Black Lives Matter movement has repeatedly called on us to dismantle and recreate our law enforcement systems, to replace the current oppressive, violent, and racist version. Now, Dennis Upkins takes a look at how the reboot of the television show S.W.A.T. can offer inspiration for what police, and related agencies, could look like in the future.
Yopp Submissions Are Now Open!
Are you interested in seeing your writing published on Yopp? You are in luck! Yopp is officially open to submissions for guest posts, once again.
Hanging Out with Your Autistic Friends: A Guide to Social Inclusivity
If you have any autistic friends, there might be a chance that they’re not always as eager to hang out. Or maybe they do want to hang out but it seems like they always want to leave early. In this post, I’ll discuss what challenges your autistic friend is likely facing and what you can do to make hanging out fun and accessible for both of you.
Yopp Has Merch!
We now have merch for sale on several platforms!
Patreon Bonus Content: Predicting the Future
The jokebook I wrote at age 7 had a weirdly foretelling picture in it…(Read the rest on Patreon)
The Things Our Pets Can Teach Us About Self-Care
As a change of pace, I’m offering you this lovely, silly self-care article, with the hopes that it both gives you good reminders for healthy habits to practice during the pandemic, and also gives you a laugh. Rats got a pretty bad rap in previous pandemics, and apparently, they’d like to make it up to us.
Patreon Bonus Content: Terzarima Written in High School
In my english class sophomore year, we were learning about different forms of poetry and at one point I chose to write a terzarima, which is a series of triplets that follow the rhyming scheme aba, bcb, cdc…(Read the rest on Patreon)
Ableism Bingo: Things to Never Say to a Disabled Person
The unsolicited comments disabled people receive on a daily basis are so predictable, you can use them to play Ableism Bingo. This article covers those many of those comments and where they come from.