The Art of Giving The Bird Field Notes from Vex, Resident Chaos Creative There are a lot of things they don’t teach you in school. How to protect your peace. How to say no without apologizing six times. How to walk away from people who drain the life out of you. And, of course, how to properly flip someone off. Hi. I’m Vex. Part-time spell-slinger, full-time creative menace of the Realm. Rebel smashes things, Lawless steals things, Rage burns things down… I? I stylize the disrespect, and protect what’s mine magically. Because anyone can stick up a
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Your Salary Is Cute — But What Else Do You Bring to the Table? Let’s get one thing out of the way upfront: Your salary is cute. And before someone gets offended, relax , cute isn’t an insult. Cute means it’s doing its little job. It’s trying. It’s wearing a bow and showing up on payday like, “Look! I helped!” Meanwhile, Lawless is behind me absolutely losing her mind, yelling: “HELPED WHAT? THE GAS BILL?” Exactly. A salary is not the villain. It’s just not the whole story. Some people treat their salary like it’s a personality trait. Like
I’m Not Too Much — You’re Under-Built There’s a special kind of silence that happens right after someone tells you, “Wow… you’re a lot.” It’s not admiration. It’s not awe. It’s the kind of silence where they’re trying to figure out if they should be impressed or intimidated, and they usually pick the wrong one. Over in the corner, Lawless is already rolling her eyes so hard her skull nearly cracks. She mutters, loud enough for the dead to hear: “Or maybe they’re just built like soggy bread.” This is why she’s not allowed in diplomacy meetings. People have
I’m Allowed to Change — Choosing New Versions of Myself Without Apology Women aren’t just expected to hold it all together, we’re expected to stay the same while doing it. Same smile. Same role. Same personality. Same dreams. Same version of a woman everyone recognizes and feels comfortable with. But let me tell you something loud, clear, and without apology: I am not required to stay familiar to anyone. I’m allowed to change. And I’m not sorry for it. Because every season of my life reshaped me, and pretending it didn’t would be the real big damn lie.
WHERE THE BAD BREED CAME FROM — THE REAL STORIES BEHIND THEIR SCARS People think I “created” the Bad Breed. Cute. I didn’t create them. I survived them. I lived through every version of myself until they carved their way out. Every character I write… every scar I draw on them… every detail in their design… is pulled straight from something I felt, fought, buried, or clawed my way back from. The Bad Breed aren’t mascots. They’re memories with teeth. They’re chapters of me that refused to stay quiet. Here’s the truth behind each one. RAGE — THE
STRONG ENOUGH TO START OVER — MY BODY, MY COMEBACK, MY RULES People romanticize comebacks like they’re loud, dramatic, cinematic moments, but most of the time? A comeback starts in silence. It starts on the morning you wake up and realize you don’t feel like yourself. Your strength is gone. Your drive is gone. Your body feels foreign, sluggish, heavy, or unresponsive. You’re staring at a version of yourself you barely recognize. That’s the part no one warns you about. The part where you grieve the old you while trying to rebuild the new one. But here’s the truth
WHEN THE FIRE DIES DOWN — WHAT RAGE, REBEL, VEX & LAWLESS, TEACH ME ABOUT STAYING LIT! Every flame dies down eventually. Motivation fades. Energy dips. Your spark sputters. The world gets loud and your inner fire starts feeling more like smoke than blaze. That’s when my girls show up. Not as characters, but as parts of me that never allowed the fire to go out completely. Each one teaches me how to survive the dimness, the dull, and how to reignite myself from within. 🔥RAGE — THE FIRE Rage doesn’t wait for the perfect moment. She doesn’t negotiate.
BAD BREED LAW #1: IF THE WORLD WON’T MAKE SPACE FOR YOU, TAKE IT ANYWAY. Some people wait for permission. Some people wait for an invitation. Some people shrink themselves down and hope the world notices their “potential.” Not us. Bad Breed women don’t wait for shIt. We take space the second we feel ourselves breathing again. Because here’s the truth: The world isn’t designed for loud women. Or feral women. Or women who don’t soften themselves to make other people comfortable. So if the world won’t make room for you? Kick the damn door off the hinges. Slide
BUILT FOR THE CHAOS — Why My Life Doesn’t Fit Anyone’s Template People love telling you how life is “supposed” to look, or be. Do this by 25. Achieve this by 30. Calm down by 35. Start planning for your retirement by 40. Shrink yourself forever. But here’s the thing: None of that shit ever applied to me, because I wasn’t built for their template. I was built for chaos. The kind of chaos that shapes you. Sharpens you. Breaks you open and puts you back together stronger, wilder, louder, and more unpologetic. Some people need order to feel
THE SIDE HUSTLE CODE — HOW I PULL CASH OUT OF THIN AIR (Even When I’m Tired) Let’s get one thing straight: I don’t hustle because I’m motivated. I hustle because I refuse to stay broke. Some people need motivation, inspiration, a vision board, or the planets to align before they make a dollar. Not me. I make money the same way I survive everything else in life: with claws, attitude, and zero apologies. Because here’s the truth nobody wants to say out loud: If you wait to “feel ready,” you’ll be waiting broke. THE “NO ZERO DAYS” MONEY