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"Shut up and dribble" has NEVER been an option for: Muhammad Ali, John Carlos, and Tommie Smith! Today it's Lebron and Kap! RESPECT
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This Book By David Goggins Is Awesome. I Needed To Hear Some Of His Tactics On Taking A Knee And Being Silent When The World Crashes Around You. This Also Hit Home For Me Especially Today!! Taking the time to make important decisions is crucial in ensuring that we make the right choices that align with our goals and values. When faced with a difficult decision, it's essential to avoid rushing into a conclusion. Instead, take the time to gather all the information and consider all your options. This could involve seeking advice from trusted friends and family, researching the situation, and taking time to reflect on your feelings and priorities. It may take longer to arrive at a decision this way, but the result will be a more thoughtful and well-informed choice that you can feel confident about. So If You Get A Chance Definitely Get This Amazing Book 📖 #TakeAKnee #oneseconddecision #davidgogginsmotivation #neverfinisheddavidgoggins (at North Arlington, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CofW1OupjLF/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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#TakeAKnee #NationalAnthem #Abortion #KeepAbortionLegal #AbortionRights #WomensRights #Healthcare #HerBodyHerChoice #WomansChoice #WomansRights #RoeVWade #WarOnWomen #Control #FetusWorship #Republicans #GOP #Democrats #Religion #Christianity #ChristianShariaLaw #ShariaLawInAmerica #AmericanShariaLaw #FuckYourReligion #FuckYourGod #RepublicansDontCareAboutWomen #RepublicansDontCareAboutChildren #RepublicansDontCareAboutBabies #FreedomFromReligion #FreedomOfReligion #SCOTUS https://www.instagram.com/p/CfX62A2MzJd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Medusa has been on mind a lot lately. In Greco-Roman mythology, Athena turned her into a monster that no man or God could violate because Poseidon forced himself upon her in Athena's temple. While she lived a cursed life as a result, she was later slain by Perseus who is considered a hero to this day despite the fact that he used her head as a trophy and weapon after her death because he slayed the monster and it resulted in the birth of her children Pegasus and Chrysaor. Pegasus is the symbol of freedom and eternal creativity but without his power, Zeus (who was also a manipulative sexual predator, btw's) would never have obtained his control of lightening and become the undefeated king of the gods. Chrysaor was a winged boar with golden tusks who was a warrior, fighting alongside his friend, Ares. Without the children of Medusa, so many Greco-Roman myths would not be possible, but I struggle with the punishment, death by forced birth, and heroic depiction of somebody who slayed a rape victim and used her for his own gain to show off his plunder of her even after death and use her remains as a weapon against his enemies. There are a lot of parallels in American culture these days, and I wonder why we still glorify men for poor behavior, punish victims of assault and prioritize unborn children over the lives of their mother. #greek #roman #mythology #abortion #politics #victimblaming #choice #life #weapon #medusa #poseidon #athena #nomoreviolence #protest #art #propaganda #babies #takeaknee #birth #rights https://www.instagram.com/p/CfXZGhEvKXC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
#greek#roman#mythology#abortion#politics#victimblaming#choice#life#weapon#medusa#poseidon#athena#nomoreviolence#protest#art#propaganda#babies#takeaknee#birth#rights
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#voteforourlives #voteblue2022 #voteblue #VoteToSaveAmerica #votethemout #takeaknee #takeakneeforjustice https://www.instagram.com/p/CdThBu1J3gB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Uhhhh, so I gotta admit defeat and admit I won’t be able to finish any of the projects I wanted to for NANA Week 2022 Day 7............ Sorry 😔😭
Instead I bring you a super sneak-peak of my long awaited (for me, anyway lmao) Nana Osaki mega meta analysis, in which I will be going through chapter by chapter discussing Nana Osaki as a character. This analysis will... very likely be very long and potentially my magnum opus contribution to the NANA community.
Today, I can only offer you the rough draft of my introduction and I can only hope anyone else wants to see more one day... lol
Nana Osaki, the deconstruction of the girl we wanted to be
By no means is my first experience reading and watching NANA a universal one. We’re in the midst of the NANA Renaissance at the time of writing this is in early 2022. Times are different now than they are then. Then being the year 2006. I was 14 or maybe even 13, just about to graduate from middle school into high school.
The thing to understand was I was raised in the era of “not like other girls.” Not like other girls were different from other girls, or at least they thought they were. Other girls were feminine, popular, and liked make up, fashion, dating boys and the color pink. They were sluts. And you were not, you were chaste and read books or were into some odd hobby that made you feel both ostracized from everyone else and better then them too. You were independent, that’s why you didn’t have any friends… it wasn’t because you couldn’t make any ok!! You weren’t like other girls, you were better.
Enter Nana Osaki.
She was cool and rebellious, she wasn’t like other girls. She was punk and edgy. Nana didn’t move to Tokyo for her boyfriend, she was independent. She didn’t need a man, even if she had one she let him go.
Nana was who we wanted to be, us young not-like-other-girls who first read NANA.
Fast forward many years. Ai Yazawa gets ill and puts NANA on hiatus. Attitudes change, not like other girls unlearn the internalized misogyny (or don’t… or do but change their sense of superiority to some other target). #MeToo, #YesAllWomen, #LoveWins, #BlackLivesMatter, #BringBackOurGirls, #IceBucketChallenge, #TakeAKnee, #FreeBritney [re-order later]. More people care about social justice but it’s been packaged and commodified in a capitalist hellscape. A virus, a pandemic, lockdown and quarantines… The world is forever different and NANA is still on hiatus.
But we can still reread NANA as many times over as we want in that span of time. And you read it enough times to realize… Nana Osaki the girl 13 year old you wanted to be? You were her, you were always her. You may not have dressed in vintage Vivienne Westwood, sing, or have a tattoo and piercings but you were her in all the ways that mattered.
Because just like you, Nana was just a scared little girl who wanted to be loved and was scared of rejection.
Unlike you time was frozen still for her, stuck between the pages of the manga. You grew up and she did not… And maybe… she never did even between the pages of the manga.
My ultimate thesis statement for this analysis is this: Nana Osaki character arc and journey through the series is not one of the usual character growth that we have come to expect in our narratives. Instead what we have witnessed in NANA is the deconstruction of one Nana Osaki. Like unraveling the wraps of a mummy, an unending nesting doll, or layers of an onion ala Shrek… Whatever metaphor you like best, Nana Osaki is deconstructed throughout the series* until what we find at the center of her character is the little girl her mom abandoned in the snow.
*this is not including the glimpses of Nana Osaki we see in the future. Without the key events that lead to that moment, it’s hard to really say for sure one way or the other.
And the Nana Osaki we met in the prologue as well as the Nana Osaki we left on that final page of chapter 84… She is fundamentally unchanged as a person, even if Nana’s life and loved ones expanded in all the chapters between. Every action, decision, and belief that Nana holds from prologue to chapter 84, Nana always had the capacity to do and hold.
Other aspects of Nana to be discussed include: her alcoholism, jealousy, possessiveness, and internalized conservative values within a punk sphere. [more to be added]
to be continued.................. Happy NANA Week, I cannot wait to bring you the rest one day.
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Powerful. Definitely #takeaknee worthy. 💙🙏🏾💜 #JillScott #Queen
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Will Packer (born April 11, 1974) is a film producer. He is the founder of Will Packer Productions and Will Packer Media. He was named the Producer of the 94th Annual Academy Awards.
He was born and raised in St. Petersburg. He graduated magna cum laude from FAMU with a BS in Electrical Engineering.
It was at FAMU that he started filmmaking with a colleague and future business partner Rob Hardy. He and Hardy produced their first film, Chocolate City for $20,000 and he helped broker a small distribution deal. He and Hardy co-founded Rainforest Films. He and Hardy’s vision was to make films that would appeal to black audiences who hadn’t seen genre films starring people like themselves.
He launched Will Packer Productions. He signed a two-year deal with Universal Television to develop new projects for the studio. He signed a three-year deal with Universal Pictures. Packer-produced films under the Will Packer Productions banner include #1 box office openers Ride Along 2, No Good Deed, Think Like a Man Too, Little, Night School, What Men Want, along with The Wedding Ringer and Girls Trip. He served as executive producer on the NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton and the mini-series Roots.
He launched Will Packer Media, a branded content and digital production company, in partnership with Discovery Communications and Universal Pictures. The company acquired digital ad firm Narrative_ to serve as the new venture’s branded content arm, WP Narrative. Will Packer Media acquire the women’s lifestyle site xoNecole.
Will Packer Media projects include the television series Ambitions and Ready to Love, Power Star Live, a 30-minute live series for Twitter, and the digital series The Baxters, produced for the LightWorkers platform. The company’s WP Narrative_ division was a Webby Award Winner and 10th Annual Shorty Award winner for its work producing the video short #TakeAKnee. WP Narrative was honored for its #BackedByAxe campaign created for Billions, winning the Clio Entertainment Awards, 10th Annual Shorty Awards, and 2018 D&AD Awards.
Central Ave, an entertainment magazine series, debuted on November 4, 2019. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence #alphaphialpha
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Equality , gender norms and stereotypic labels have all been critical and crucial issues placed upon the NFL. From battling crisis identity with native Americans of the name “ Redskins “ represented by the Washington football team to the racial backlash, received by Colin Kaepernick after taking a knee during the national anthem to support black lives matter. This franchise has its history of political and social issues being promoted through its organization. Due to its long traditional presence in American history it is bound for the franchise to undergo some modern changes , but at what point do we start blaming the franchise for the mistakes seeping through the cracks.
Taking a step back and reflecting upon the documentary “behind the shield, power and politics in the NFL” Dave Zerrin does an excellent job highlighting and analyzing some of the critical improvements needed in the NFL franchise. In my opinion the franchise used the agenda setting function to present the issue with Colin Kaepernick, but not highlighting the fact of what he was advocating for. Police brutality, and killing of minorities was a major nation crisis, but instead of supporting Colin Kaepernick in his protest, this franchise chose to highlight his misconduct .Taking a knee during the signing of the national anthem is a one-man protest and by doing so put a huge target of his back .Collin unfortunately endure symbolic annihilation from the NFL franchise . “Black balling” is a term use when a person is being denied work due to an event or action they have caused. Colin Kaepernick was unable to pursue his career due to his one-man protest. He was labeled as disrespectful and was forecast in the same light as criminals for standing up for what he believed in. Mostly all crucial events presented through this franchise, have been severely monitored and diffused, but at what point does the organization take initiative within its own moral values ? Does every issue need a protest ? Does every racial slur need a lawsuit?
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A timeline of Colin Kaepernick’s protests against police brutality, ... (n.d.). https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/06/01/colin-kaepernick-kneeling-history/
Luzader, M. (2023, September 27). Group sues Washington Commanders over name change. DC News Now | Washington, DC. https://www.dcnewsnow.com/sports/professional-sports/nfl/washington-football/group-sues-washington-commanders-over-name-change/
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Maintain and reclaim your dignity Bro. Your children are watching
#NoNFL
#boycottnfl #takeaknee
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They Took a Knee by Megan Garber
Garber’s purpose with this text is to inform us, the audience, about exactly why the NFL and their players are protesting. The intended audience are sports fans, or people who just wanted to keep up with this current event at the time. Garber is a staff writer at The Atlantic (where this article is from) and she writes about culture.
A majority of this article uses logos. It tells us about the happenings around Colin Kaepernick’s decision and reason to kneel during the national anthem. This event caused another chain of events, with many players and teams doing their own form of protest and speaking out against Trump’s criticisms about this protest. Garber’s use of pathos occurs when she compares football to history. “Football is a sport, in the most literal of ways, about progress…” She mentions that football moves the same way that history moves: “…—a perfect pass, a surprise tackle…”“…—they race forward.” This split-second happening is Kaepernick’s taking a knee and the race forward is the #TakeAKnee hashtag, which became widespread. She elaborates on this comparison in the conclusion. Just like football, this #TakeAKnee movement is about making progress. Garber’s develops her credibility when she refutes Trump’s misrepresentation of the #TakeAKnee movement. Trump saw this movement as “disrespecting the flag” and “disrespecting the country”. Garber claims that Trump was misrepresenting the whole situation. She mentions that the players aren’t protesting the national anthem or the flag, but they are protesting all the injustices happening to people of color.
Throughout this text, there are links that are put on certain words/phrases that go to other The Atlantic articles, tweets, etc. These links help give more context to the situation. The text and the argument does its job of informing me about the situation and making me think about it.
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This Book By David Goggins Is Awesome. I Needed To Hear Some Of His Tactics On Taking A Knee And Being Silent When The World Crashes Around You. This Also Hit Home For Me Especially Today!! Taking the time to make important decisions is crucial in ensuring that we make the right choices that align with our goals and values. When faced with a difficult decision, it's essential to avoid rushing into a conclusion. Instead, take the time to gather all the information and consider all your options. This could involve seeking advice from trusted friends and family, researching the situation, and taking time to reflect on your feelings and priorities. It may take longer to arrive at a decision this way, but the result will be a more thoughtful and well-informed choice that you can feel confident about. So If You Get A Chance Definitely Get This Amazing Book 📖 #TakeAKnee #oneseconddecision #davidgogginsmotivation #neverfinishedbullies (at North Arlington, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/CofVtTxuMDu/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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“Colin Kaepernick was right about us, white America.”
“He was right to kneel because when he did, he fully exposed us.
He exposed us as we became viscerally disgusted, not by the reckless disregard of black lives, but by the earnest and open declaration of black grief at their premature passing.
He exposed us when we felt it was our right to tell another human being how to express their personal freedoms, during an anthem supposedly devoted to celebrating those personal freedoms.
He exposed us when we treasured flags and songs over flesh and blood; when we repeatedly ignored dissenting facts in order to hold on to our easy and lazy outrage.
He exposed us when we chose to listen to the words of a divisive white President over athletes of color, as to their motives and intentions.
He exposed us as we had the stratospheric nerve to lecture him about the right way for him to protest as a citizen of this country.
He exposed us when we chastised him for the manner in which he expressed his freedom, because it was a little too “free” for us.
He exposed us as we saw all of these things, and still remained silent.
And he’s exposing us now, those of us who are burning shoes and cutting up socks and boycotting Nike—because a strong man of color who will not be shamed into silence or allow us to make the rules, still makes our blood boil—which is the most telling and tragic truth of all.
Privilege is a terrible disease, because it is invisible to those most fully afflicted with it. When most deeply in the throes of the heart sickness, they cannot see themselves, or the reality of the moment. They do not require data to be disgusted or truth to craft the narrative of their suffering.
They simply feel fear, even when it is unfounded; oppression, even when there is none; offensive, even when they have no cause.
If you’re seething right now, this is a symptom.
If you’re still doubling down on some imagined defense of “America” while simultaneously seeking to deny people of color America’s most elemental liberties—you’re proving Colin Kaepernick right.
If you’re still refusing to believe the player’s voices over the one in your head or in a President’s tweets or in an angry country singer’s rants—you’re showing why Kaepernick was correct to protest from the very beginning.
You’re confirming the very reason his knee first hit the turf two-year ago: because too many white people want to go through life undisturbed by any reality of their advantages.
They will do anything not to be inconvenienced by the ugly realities of a system that they are the greatest beneficiaries of.
They will be profoundly pissed off when a person of color intrudes on their entertainment with a dose of sobering truth about life and death.
They will follow the most convoluted, nonsensical thought lines, if this allows them to quiet marginalized people and to evade culpability for their own prejudices toward those marginalized people.
It isn’t surprising that the folks so violently shaken by Colin Kaepernick, profess to defend a freedom they don’t like him exercising.
They’re the same ones saying that they love both America—and a draft-dodging, Russian-beholden, POW-belittling President.
They’re the same people who say they want to rewind and reclaim America’s “greatness”, while ignoring how much suffering and injustice that supposed greatness created for so many.
They’re the same people who claim allegiance to both Jesus and to Donald Trump.
Cognitive dissonance doesn’t register when you’re white and terrified of losing your dominance.
By kneeling, Colin Kaepernick let us do the work for him.
He didn’t need to belabor the point, he just let us show ourselves.
He allowed white America’s responses to reveal who we are.
He saw something ugly in us that we didn’t and still don’t want to see.
And he was right.”
COLIN KAEPERNICK WAS RIGHT, by John Pavlovitz
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