FACT: 99% of all "mazes" can be solved if you walk to the right every time you have to choose between left and right.
FACT: Halogen floor lamps caused approximately 270 fires and 19 deaths per year.
– FINAL EXITS by Michael Largo
FACT: Deaths attributed to “loud sounds” since 1970: 34,831.
- FINAL EXITS by Michael Largo
FACT: In 2003, 24 people died from inhaling popcorn fumes.
– FINAL EXITS by Michael Largo
FACT: Nutmeg is extremely poisonous if injected intravenously.
FACT: Non-dairy creamer is flammable.
FACT: Total asphyxiations attributed to rice cake eating since 1965: 1,601.
– FINAL EXITS by Michael Largo
FACT: Poets have a life span fifteen years below average.
– FINAL EXITS by Michael Largo
FACT: Since 2001, 987 children have been killed while buying ice cream.
– FINAL EXITS by Michael Largo
FACT: More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes.
FACT: Three people die each year testing if a 9V battery works on their tongue.
FACT: One of the largest carriers of hepatitis B is dinner mints.
FACT: A group of unicorns is called a blessing.
I am not a lady.
I have never received as many emails addressed to “Ladies” than when I dipped my toes into comics. I made a really active conscious choice to work with an almost all female team (something that is, weirdly, rarely lauded or even recognized). There is a lot of back and forth in comics - internally - and externally. Editorial notes. Production notes. Emails from journalists and stores and blogs. Many of them start out with: “Hey, Ladies.”
Ladies. Because they are addressed to me, and to Lia Miternique and to our artist (either Kate Niemczyk or Elise McCall). And we are, granted, ladies. True fact.
Maybe it’s because we are working in a male-dominated industry. Maybe it’s because I have a 15-year-old daughter who keeps me engaged and awake. But the “ladies” thing makes me crazy.
If you’re talking to your lady friends, arranging brunch or whatever, hey, go for it. Call them ladies.
If you’re talking to someone professionally, what the fuck are you thinking?
When you address an email to “Ladies” you are saying that our lady-ness is the most important thing about us. It’s not. Our work is the most important thing about us - which is why you’re contacting us.
Why use the term at all? What does it buy you?
Use “Guys.” Okay. That’s fine. That is - colloquially - a gender neutral term.
You know what else works?
Names.
Use our names.
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