FIERCE or FARCE?

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[marcjacobs]

The first Marc Jacobs advertisement shot in 1998 of Kim Gordon playing with Sonic Youth

[balaclava-trismegistus]

The shooting in Colorado will very obviously sanitized in order for America to ignore the terrifying problem it has with fascist terrorism. It was at a gay club, during a drag performance, during an event organized by a group presently being targeted by libsoftiktok for "grooming" teenagers by facilitating them exploring drag performance. After news broke of the shooting, libsoftiktok was still attacking the group on twitter. The perpetrator, of course, was a 22 year old man known to law enforcement, and was previously in deep shit for calling in bomb threats. The same story we always hear. Same one we've heard for years.

This is a part of a greater rising tide. Young men are being radicalized into acts of stochastic terror with increasing frequency. Not only does law enforcement have no interest in protecting our communities, they are often in the same circles as these terrorists, and agree with their actions. Other mass shootings have already demonstrated that police will not even protect their own communities. Public officials refuse this is a systemic issue being aggravated by sitting politicians who peddle conspiracy and hatred. Social media sites have zero concern for the charlatans creating the echo chambers and feedback loops which drive these alienated young men into the deranged mindset to inflict this kind of pain.

It isn't hopeless, of course. There are courses of action we can take, even if we can't directly change the system above us. Now is the time to discuss this trend as loudly and openly as we can in order to get to the core of the issue. Don't shut up about this kind of thing. We should probably be organizing large, visible actions. Act up, as it were. In the mean time, we also need to keep ourselves safe, as we find ourselves an outlaw class. Talk to one another. Protect eachother. Be sure to be active in your local communities, and establish ties between communities. We need to find those meaningful alliances again. Learn to defend yourself and others in any way you can, and encourage those around you to do the same. Yet, there is no need to panic. Only need to prepare and strengthen ourselves for what may possibly happen around us. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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[sexhaver]

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[gaylor-moon]

Marsha P. Johnson would have been 75 years old today. Despite a lifelong struggle with mental illness, homelessness, prostitution, and dozens of arrests, Marsha became a beloved figure in the LGBTQ civil rights movement beginning at the Stonewall uprising in 1969 and continuing through the 1980s with ACT UP-NY. Along with trans activist Sylvia Rivera, Marsha co-founded STAR, which stood for Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries, and co-lead STAR House, a former refuge for homeless transgender youth that operated from about November 1970 to July 1971. In July 1992, Johnson’s body was found floating at the end of the Christopher Street Pier. Although the police initially called it a suicide, friends of Johnson and others in the community insisted that this was not possible, and several people had seen a group of “thugs” harass Johnson before her death. Photo: Marsha P. Johnson on Christopher Street Liberation Day, June 20, 1971; credit: Diana Davies, courtesy of Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library.

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[dragkingandreweldritch]

I think in this case, "statue removal" should mean "return the Black Hills mountain range to the Lakota and let them decide what to do about the nonsense marring the face of Six Grandfathers" rather than causing any further damage to a desecrated holy site

[dragonsateyourtoast]

Actually reblog this version

They're still fighting for ownership, right? They've refused buyout after buyout over the years... It's long past overdue

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[noahnomore]

[nightowl2200]

[rejectingrepublicans]

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[telltaletypist]

the fact that “abolish the police” went from a fringe, radical stance that no one took seriously to a national talking point after just 7 days of protests is itself a massive victory. keep pushing.

[joeyhazell-art]

Marsha P. Johnson

One of the leaders of the LGBT+ movement in America, she was known not only for her strength and bravery as an activist, but also for her boundless generosity. If you complimented an accessory of hers, she’d give it to you.

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This is part one in a series of animated portraits I’ve been working on this summer of women I admire!

[joeyhazell-art]

Now seems like a good time to remember that lgbt rights were fought for, not freely given.

And that the first pride was a riot, lead by black trans activists.

[lostinhistorypics]

Faye Wong, 1990′s

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