Matt Parent (They/Them)

@mattparent.bsky.social

Seminole, Pan 🩷💛💙 writer/actor/idiot. Co-host and producer of Escape the Mojoverse a twice-weekly X-men comics podcast found here: https://shows.acast.com/escape-the-mojoverse

Do non Americans have to deal with getting prior authorization for a prescription after being prescribed something. Like, my Dr. who sent the prescription has to write a new letter to my insurance provider like “hey I was serious about this one guys”

Stuff like "the cruelty is the point" ends conversations. "Oh, well if the point is cruelty, I guess that's that." Okay, but you have to admit that we're talking about specific people who are protected by a system that we can change. That's not the final word. There is a next step to take.

Thought eliminating cliches are one of the most dangerous things, because they're the kind of mental shorthand we need to survive, but they become so detrimental if you don't push back against them. Even something that seems true is dangerous when applied too broadly and without interrogation.

I just think these catch phrases tend to self prophesize. If you say the cruelty is the point, it gives the sense that it has to be this way. But if you look at it like a lot of morally bankrupt scumbags have gained power through corrupt means, that's something you can organize against.

People say the cruelty is the point and maybe that is true, but also most of the cruelty we see enacted on a world stage makes lots of money for very specific people. There are clear financial incentives attached to these actions, which IMHO is a much easier thing to fight than "ambient cruelty."

We got to sit down with You’ll Never Leave this Place Alive, by @hivemindactual.bsky.social & Heather Vaughn and it’s seriously one of the best horror books of the year, in a year where it’s tough competition, the Hivemind like you’ve never seen them before. Vaughan’s art is beyond stellar #comicsky

The title page of Youll never leave this place aliveA kiss and a memoryThe beginning of the (end) ascension ritual A real nightmare.
Escape The Mojoverse@mojoversepod.bsky.social · 3d ago

@jacksonlanzing.bsky.social and @collinkelly.bsky.social join us to talk their new horror comic for @idwpublishing.com Dark "You'll Never Leave this Place Alive", Their Star Trek masterstroke "The Last Starship" The new D&D ongoing and their current trajectory of world domination. #comicsky

Good morning all, New episode today, and it's the one year anniversary. I'm really thankful for all the friends I've made here and through the pod. I feel weird about mass tagging, but thank you to all who came in the show or had me on! You're all great! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Episode 66 - All Star Superman by Grant Morrison

Podcast Episode · Comic Books Beyond: A Comic Book Podcast · August 26 · 28m

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We got to sit down with You’ll Never Leave this Place Alive, by @hivemindactual.bsky.social & Heather Vaughn and it’s seriously one of the best horror books of the year, in a year where it’s tough competition, the Hivemind like you’ve never seen them before. Vaughan’s art is beyond stellar #comicsky

The title page of Youll never leave this place aliveA kiss and a memoryThe beginning of the (end) ascension ritual A real nightmare.
Escape The Mojoverse@mojoversepod.bsky.social · 3d ago

@jacksonlanzing.bsky.social and @collinkelly.bsky.social join us to talk their new horror comic for @idwpublishing.com Dark "You'll Never Leave this Place Alive", Their Star Trek masterstroke "The Last Starship" The new D&D ongoing and their current trajectory of world domination. #comicsky

I cry three times AND sing a song about Local Man in this one. It’s a very special book to me. #comicsky

Escape The Mojoverse@mojoversepod.bsky.social · 6d ago

We’re reading Local Man by @hackintimseeley.bsky.social abd @tonyfleecs.bsky.social Join us as we travel to Farmington and meet Jack Xaver as he fights the good fight against nostalgia and bitterness, sleeps with every married women who will have him and gets high and breaks the 4th wall. #comicsky

I cry three times AND sing a song about Local Man in this one. It’s a very special book to me. #comicsky

Escape The Mojoverse@mojoversepod.bsky.social · 6d ago

We’re reading Local Man by @hackintimseeley.bsky.social abd @tonyfleecs.bsky.social Join us as we travel to Farmington and meet Jack Xaver as he fights the good fight against nostalgia and bitterness, sleeps with every married women who will have him and gets high and breaks the 4th wall. #comicsky

We need a Criterion closet for cured meats. Just like a cooled area of a shop where you can talk bollocks at nobody in particular. "Oh wow, Westfalian smoked ham! I first tried this in a cafe in Munich, and I haven't stopped thinking about it since. You're coming home with me, my friend."