A comic adaptation of Zoe Leonard’s “I want a dyke for president” (1992)
fuck presidents but
THE POINT OF THE POEM IS THAT WE COULD NEVER HAVE THIS BECAUSE THE POWER STRUCTURES THAT EXIST DON’T SUPPORT MARGINALIZED PEOPLE, THEY’RE WHAT’S MARGINALIZING US!
THE POEM ISN’T SAYING THINGS WOULD BE FIXED IF WE HAD A DYKE AS PRESIDENT OH MY GOD WHAT DID THEY TEACH YOU IN YOUR ENGLISH CLASSES