18 - robin selavy

$page 18 of etiolated. half the page is text. sexuality: activity including relationship dynamics, genital stimulation, and kink. before i began therapy and psychiatry for my mental health, i satisfied my autistic need for stimulation and my emotional need for playfulness via harmful coping and behaviors. the second half of the page is panels. a panel of two internet tabs, one of which reads "sugar". next to a picture of a man holding a fish are words. i tried going on dates for money. i found only cowardly men and dangerous situations. a panel. a balding figure in glasses says "have some more wine. i insist". the figure's face is refracted and mirrored in a glass of white wine. a panel. figures read a book and watch tv on either side of the words "romantic distance and fatigue". a panel. robin picks their face in a bathroom with multiple stalls over the words "picking skin". a panel. robin and a shadowed figure are having sex in an alley. the shadowed figure says "don't turn around until i'm gone". the last panel. robin in a cap works in an industrial kitchen. machines, far-away windows, mixing bowls, and a three-ring binder are below the words "high-demand, low paying jobs". in the binder is written "alone with heavy machines".$

from my experience, a drinking culture at work has little to do with the industry and everything to do with how available alcohol is made