THE SUN IS SHINING TODAY!

"If you look at the history of authoritarianism, they always first go for art. They go after art and education because those are the sectors that affect how people feel, how they think. We're the storytellers. We can control the narrative to a large extent. So, we come under attack right away. . . I think that the fact that we're attacked, it's proof that it matters. . . But the fact is, artists model courage. Courage is contagious. Also, comics, in particular ridicule and humor, are the best ways of confronting authoritarianism. They don't know what to do about it. The goal of the authoritarians is always to show, 'We're impermeable, impenetrable. We are inevitable. There's nothing you can do about it.' And then a kid comes along or a comic and says, 'Look at you with no clothes!' It exposes their weakness. It's the last thing that authoritarians want. . . I was so depressed. And it was hard to move. And then I said fuck it. I said I'm gonna make a difference."

~ Jane Fonda - Actor, activist, and founder of Jane Fonda Climate PAC

"We can’t all be down there amidst the blood and the guts. Sometimes we are there marching and fighting along with the others, but it is also important to tell the stories of the ones who are in the middle of the stories. There is a place for the people who are telling the stories as well."

~ High Water by Patty Flores Reinhart

I donate 100% of the profits from my books to three charities: The Jane Goodall Institute, World Central Kitchen, the ACLU, and just now I have added and made my first donation to the Jane Fonda Climate PAC.