I haven’t seen much coverage of this story outside of Quebec where it happened.
This is Joyce Echaquan, a native woman from Atikamekw Nation of Manawan who secretly filmed her nurses, two white women, while dying, in a hospital bed at Joliette. She had a history of heart problems, had a pacemaker and was forcibly given morphine despite her protesting. Last week, she went to the hospital in Joliette with a stomach ache.
She filmed herself on Facebook live for around eight minutes while crying from pain and calling for help in attikamek. Finally, near the end of the video, two white nurses came to her bedside and hurled violent insults at her. You can google the video, it’s gone “viral” in a way in Quebec, but I won’t put it in the post because it’s incredibly violent. Below is a transcript.
[tw for violent anti-indigenous and misogynist speech]
The first nurse yelled at her, “Are you done fucking around? Are you done? Shit. You’re stupid as all hell.” Joyce told her again that she’s in a lot of pain. The nurse replied, “Well, you made some bad choices, my dear. What would your kids think of you if they saw you like this? Think of them a bit.”
The other nurse then said, “You have trouble taking care of yourself, so we’re going to do it for you. These people are better off dead anyway. All you’re good for is getting fucked. And who do you think is going to pay for this? Us?”
Joyce passed away on Monday (Sept 28) and the cause of death is still not determined. The coroner’s office is investigating, but with the response of Quebec’s government, I hardly doubt any legal action will be taken. One of the nurses was fired, but neither one of them is being charged with abuse and their names are not even known to the public. I doubt they’ll be charged with her murder, either.
In a news conference on Tuesday (Sept 29), Quebec Prime Minister Legault denied that this is a result of systemic racism and denied that the nurses abused Joyce, but said it was “unacceptable”.
If you live in Quebec, write to your representatives, call them, write to and call the CISSS and demand they take legal action against the nurses who killed and abused Joyce. Demand they publish the names of these nurses and hold them accountable for her murder. They will not be allowed the privilege of privacy. What happened to Joyce has been happening to Native women in Canada and will continue to happen to them as long as the government refuses to acknowledge and dismantle systemic racism. Indigenous women in Canada are disappearing and dying at immense rates and no one is batting an eye.
Joyce’s family, her husband and seven children, have a gofundme set up to pay for her funeral service, among other things. As of 9/30/2020, they are still in need of $20k.
Jeudi dernier, Joyce Echaquan, 37 ans, s’est rendue à l’hopital pour des dou… Chantal Chartrand needs your support for Justice pour Joyce
Ooh, what are some good gateway Kim Seokjin moments? I personally love when he asks strangers in Bon Voyage if they’ve heard of BTS!
HELLO, ANON! My one question is! How are you not through the gate yet?? BUT NEVER FEAR! *rolls up sleeves* I even asked @underthejoon , @gukslut and @stutterfly to add their favorite moments into the mix. Here goes.
“I’m the only ten here, while everyone else is an eight.”
“I’m thinking about buying a bottle of vodka and giving up my noodles.”
when he made this face during an ending ment:
“I’m kicking you out because your ID does not have my name.”
"pipe down, you non-artists”
“Great. It can’t get any more uncomfortable than this.”
seokjin’s secret santa rant asldfjas
seokjin at all award shows with tae LOL
seokjin and ken from vixx greeting each other
that time someone yelled YOU’RE HANDSOME from the audience while Seokjin was MC and he just said “I know, thank you” and continued
That time Jimin said he shouldn’t drink bc he had a sore throat and Seokjin argued that alcohol is a disinfectant and it will disinfect his throat
That time he randomly decided to cut his own bangs and posted a video to twitter
The hair saga continues. “When they bring scissors, I show them rock.”
That time he dyed his hair purple and called himself the purple teletubby.
that time seokjin had to beatbox and literally could not stop laughing with hobi
“I don’t give a shit, I don’t give a fuck.”
when seokjin was the absolute best and sweetest and was the only one in the AHL elevator prank to ask the girl how she was TT
I never see anyone actually getting any significant donations on tumblr and to be honest, tumblr is the worst place to ask for assistance. Use it as your last resort, it frustrates me to no end seeing people begging for help, reblogging the same post over and over, the same types of posts over and over, to no avail, when people are waiting to help you on a different part of the web
GO TO WHERE THE HELP IS. IF YOU WANT DIRECT ACTION TO WORK STOP WITH TUMBLR AND USE REDDIT.
PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF SATAN REBLOG THIS SO WE CAN START REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF DONATION POSTS THAT GET STUCK FLOATING AROUND THIS WEBSITE
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The other thing about measles is that it resets your body’s memory of other diseases. So all those times you’ve gotten sick? Your body’s memory cells no longer remember those illnesses, so even if you get the same type of illness again your body will react like it’s the first time you’ve been sick.
in the most simple terms, measles causes something called immune amnesia, basically, you have these things called memory cells (b cells and memory t cells) and those things keep a record of the infections that you’ve had previously so they can fight them off. memory b and t cells are the seniors in your bodies high school, they’ve seen this shit before, they’re prepared, and they know how to deal with it by creating a secondary immune response. basically, they see some bully they know has tried to fight them before, and they call in reinforcements to fight that bitch off. this is why you might sometimes feel sick from a cold for a few days and then be okay, its your immune system remembering that you had that cold before and it knows how to deal with it.
your body also has these things called macrophages, they’re basically white blood cells that vore foreign particles before they can hurt you. the macrophages in your lungs have something called signaling lymphhocytic activation molecules (which we’re gonna call SLAM, as in “come on and slam and welcome to the jam, welcome to the space jammmmm alright alright alright alright). we dont really need to get too much into what they do because this isnt cell bio but basically SLAM has a HIGHHHHH affinity for MV (measles virus). MV basically uses SLAM to corrupt these vore cells, it hijacks them and uses them to transport itself to the nearest lymph nodes to disseminate themselves (fuck your shit up). in the lymph tissue they come into contact with these memory cells, which, you guessed it, also have SLAM. so measles infects these cells as well and then spreads through the body. so your immune system basically freaks out and is like KILL EVERYTHING and you lose those memory cells, which pretty much turns your immune system into a freshman. you dont know whats going on, you havent experienced any of this shit before, and you have no idea how to handle anything other than freaking out (and later on finding out you have an anxiety disorder and why didnt anyone catch that before now?? anyway high school sucks). fortunately our bodies are kind of fucking cool and you get more cells back pretty quickly, but in the shittiest turn of events these new cells have basically NO MEMORY OF ANYTHING EXCEPT MEASLES. hence the amnesia part. its not like, a forever thing, immune memory comes back in 2-3 years, but believe me when i say those 2-3 years are gonna fucking suck. so the moral of this story is
VACCINATE YOUR KIDS and also viruses are cool but they suck (just like me)
As she stood inside an ancient and empty church in Montefrío, Spain, Malinda Kathleen Reese belted out one of the best Christmas carols of all time-“O Come, O Come Emmanuel” and the end result was just heavenly.
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