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Alison Robin
@alisonrobin.com

When I was a child I was very stressed and would draw pictures of kids my age who metaphorically represented myself being violently abused. I had hundreds of them. I wasn't a threat to anyone, I was just constantly hurting inside. I kept them very secret--I knew if people found them they'd be mad.

LC von Hessen 𓆙 💀@lcvonhessen.bsky.social

So the "advice" doled out in this column makes me INCREDIBLY fucking angry as a former kid who was repeatedly taken to task by teachers for "inappropriate" drawings, culminating in a 9th-grade suspension spurred by Columbine paranoia and residual Satanic Panic. Arionne here says that was JUSTIFIED.

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Alison Robin
@alisonrobin.com

I think having these sketchbooks where I could draw metaphorical-me covered in blood and bruises helped me blow off steam. It kept my self-harm to a minimum and that didn't follow me as I got older. But I've never gotten over that knowledge that I'd get in trouble for expressing my feelings.