Want some good news? Heck yeah you do. CDC colleagues recently published a paper showing the decline in cervical cancer among young women in the US, thanks to effective prevention measures like the HPV vaccine. Huzzah for public health! #NationalPublicHealthWeek Read the abstract and text here:

Such a pleasure for @briwok.bsky.social & me to get to talk about Keywords/Keyimages in Graphic Medicine on the Graphic Medicine Podcast with Alex Thomas & @comicnurse.bsky.social! Check it out!! #GraphicMedicine www.graphicmedicine.org/graphic-medi...

For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.

Now would be a good time for anyone who wants to learn about recent Iranian history to read this. It is well worth your time and money (I am sure your local library has it if you don’t want to purchase it).

Fanbase Press' @barbrajdillon.bsky.social Interviews @lisadiedrich.bsky.social & @briwok.bsky.social on the Release of ‘Keywords/Keyimages in Graphic Medicine’ Through PSU Press’ Graphic Medicine Series @graphicmedicine.bsky.social @thebaddoctor.bsky.social @comicnurse.bsky.social

Are you organizing an #event or #conference? @aketchum22.bsky.social share her insights on to how to make them inclusive & accessible. ⬇️ @microcosm.bsky.social @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @americanstudier.bsky.social #EduSky #BookSky

New in @comicsgrid.com: Nina Mickwitz reviews Graphic Refuge: Visuality and Mobility in Refugee Comics (2025), co-authored by Dominic Davies and @crifkind.bsky.social. doi.org/10.16995/cg....

Pub day! Keywords/Keyimages in Graphic Medicine is out today from @psupress.bsky.social Edited by @lisadiedrich.bsky.social and @briwok.bsky.social Find it here: www.psupress.org/books/titles...

A fantastic free online comic to help your students visualize the way the US government works. www.pbs.org/newshour/cla.... Support @pbs.org

Goodnight, friends. "The people have the power to redeem the work of fools." I love you.

So so happy Come See Me in the Good Light is nominated for an Oscar! Keeping the work of Andrea Gibson alive. 🩷

The president unilaterally decided to attack a sovereign nation and kidnap its leader, and now he says he's just going to run that county himself for a while too. Call your representatives now and demand they impeach him.

Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.

I’m sure the millions of Americans losing their healthcare will be heartened by this.

Critical & devastating work by @thrasherxy.bsky.social & Afeef Nessouli documenting what they call the "racialized LGBTQ+ employment crisis for front-line Black & brown workers" in HIV prevention & care globally. #WorldAIDSDay #IllnessPolitics theintercept.com/2025/12/01/w...

On this 37th World AIDS Day, I encourage y’all to read the excellent memoir in comics Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371 by @comicnurse.bsky.social

Saw some gig posters using Ai and that’s no good. Gig posters are a lot of artists first gig, they’re fucking with the ecosystem of students getting £20 so I’m making stickers because thermal label printers are our cheapest propaganda tool

“This Might Surprise You: A Breast Cancer Story” is a graphic memoir telling the story of my cancer diagnosis aged 37 and treatment. It’s funny, honest and hopeful. I’m incredibly grateful to all the amazing people who’ve endorsed it. Pre-order it here! linktr.ee/ThisMightSur... #cansky

New book alert! 🚨🚨🚨

A really big THANK YOU to @countwaylibrary.bsky.social's @noethematt.bsky.social for highlighting Fanbase Press' RIPPLE EFFECTS in this wonderful video about what Graphic Medicine is and why it's such a valuable resource for readers! CC: @graphicmedicine.bsky.social

Astronaut, glass shatterer and all around badass! It’s time for Sally Ride on the Gay of the Day! #space #travel #pride #pridemonth #history #lesbian #lgbt #lgbtqia

Yay! Looking forward to a distraction from so many tough personal, professional, and political challenges. Hope postal carrier brings my #iknitarod yarn today! #uglydogs

Tonight @ 7pm Eastern! We’re talking adapting Kahlil Gibran’s THE PROPHET to comics with artist Justin Rentería. mcphs.zoom.us/j/99787121434

We’ve stood strong before—this time is no different. Together, we’ve got this.

Submissions are now open for the 2025 Graphic Medicine Awards. New category this year: Educational. Deadline January 31. For more details and to submit, go to www.graphicmedicine.org/awardfaq25/

Want to help us stop RFK JR from becoming the head of HHS? Go to www.nursesforamerica.net and sign our petition. Let’s keep our safe and effective vaccines. Picture of an iron lung from the polio epidemic in the 1950’s+.

Who Cares for the Carer? A blog post detailing a workshop offered by Kathryn West #GraphicMedicine medicalhealthhumanities.com/2024/11/26/b...

Okay, it's all compiled: go.bsky.app/2xJBz1V

Trump’s face says how the hell am I going to get rid of this guy because it doesn’t seem like he wants to go home.