REMINDER THAT APRIL 15TH IS A GLOBAL STRIKE DAY FOR GAZA
Don't stimulate the economy and participate on local action, the site below contains more info about the strike.
The strike is mostly in the US, but you can help regardless of country, you can also share info, boost posts in social media and put posters in your city about Gaza.
every time i write i think about that maya angelou quote where she talks about her editor asking her why she uses semicolons instead of colons and says she has often responded by threatening to never speak to him again
I've said this before and I'll say it again: it's more important to know and understand fully why something is harmful than it is to drop everything deemed problematic. It's performative and does nothing. People wonder why nobody has critical thinking skills and this is part of it because no one knows how to simousltansly critique and consume media. You need to use discernment.
“I had long looked at representation of our peoples in museums and they all dwelled in the past. They were one—sided. We were simply objects among bones, bones among objects, and then signed and sealed with a date. In that framework you really couldn’t talk about joy, intelligence, humor, or anything that I know makes up our people.
In “The Artifact Piece” I became the Indian and lied in state as an exhibit along with my personal objects. That hit a nerve and spoke loud both in Indian country, the art world and the frontier of anthropology.
The installation took objects that were representational of a modern Indian, which happened to be me, collecting my memorabilia such as my degree, my divorce papers, photos, record albums, cassettes, college mementos. It told a story about a man who was in college in the 60s, but this man happened to be native, and that was the twist on it.“
Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/atm-qa-james-luna.html#ixzz2hIIbdijT
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“I’m wearing a vintage inspired top and butterfly jeans by Free People. My violet fluff coat was a gift. Shoes by Mou from many years ago. What inspires my style is my spirit. I love to look free, wild, and happy.”