After watching 15 seconds of police body camera footage last week, viewers of various races and political affiliations had made a decision: 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant was “the aggressor” — the “fat,” “huge,” “knife-wielding attacker” and “maniac” who deserved to be fatally shot by the police on April 20 in Columbus, Ohio.
According to these viewers, Nicholas Reardon, the police officer who immediately shot and killed Bryant, who was holding a knife, was justified. That she was a teenager in the middle of an altercation, in which she was presumed to be defending herself, did not matter.
Treva Lindsey, a professor of African American women’s history at Ohio State University, told Vox that there are those who won’t see Bryant as a victim but as someone who brought this on herself. And even for those who do see her as a victim, they’ll still victim-blame, erasing the systemic oppression — including that Black children are far more likely to be in foster care than their white counterparts, and kids in foster care are often exposed to high levels of violence — that brought her to being killed at the hands of the police.
“People will say ‘I’m really sad this whole scenario happened, but had she not had that knife …’ That becomes the ‘but,’ the qualifier, the caveat. And too often we have a caveat when it comes to defending, protecting, and caring for Black girls,” Lindsey said.
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Hi! It;s me, with sme arts! I know it’s been a while, but here I am! I was inspired to draw someone in a dress, so here’s this random character I drew!
Oh my lord, it’s 12 AM? I don’t think this is the right time to be drawing fanfart right now…
Me right now, wow. (via eismypenname)
Can yall stop ignoring posts of palestinian’s fundraisers. All of my notifs and none of them are sharing these fundraisers. I dont care if you have an “aesthetic” or just want safe soft things on your blog, this is quite literally life or death. You dont get to stay in your own little bubble while a genocide is happening.
If you feel like explaining your reasons for not sharing fundraisers of people asking for help to survive you can keep that to yourself and people who agree with you. Ive seen what yall have to say and i understand where you’re coming from, but its still not excusable.
A lot of us have a big following on aesthetic or themed accounts. It would make a huge difference. You and your blog can cope. Ive seen people reasoning “i dont want negativity or politics here this is my safe space” on accounts you likely have the biggest following on and can reach the most people. The more people that see these fundraisers, the more likely they will get the money they need to survive.
If you arent in a headspace for it, at least come back to these posts later. Dont ignore them all together. If you frequently look through your blog, then scroll past your reblogs about palestine. You dont get a pass on helping people stay alive because you want to “protect yourself.” You can do both.
Social media is not always just an escape from your own life. It could change peoples lives if you didnt treat it like it is. Stop choosing to look the other way at every turn in the name of your own wellbeing. Genocide is bigger than you. You can do something.
If you have the means to donate and are afraid of being scammed, there are so many posts on how to tell if a fundraiser is a scam and explanations on how they are verified. You just need to look. Search key words and read. Read the long posts.
I've decided that I'm not going to include the Artemis Fowl series in my reading logs in future. It's just embarrassing how frequently I read it!
The elevator at Taipei 101: takes half a minute to go up eighty-nine floors
Artemis Fowl II: I need one of these for my two-storey private home which receives few visitors and is not open to tourists
Educate yourself, with me
sexual fanfic of Real children is not counted under pro-shipping and that is Actually child pornography, since its, ya know, A REAL CHILD
hey, generally speaking i am pro-pirating but there is post going around with a free version of Maus by Art Spiegelman on a google doc and i am genuinely asking you all to not reblog it. Art Spiegelman is still alive. he still makes money off of Maus. and what is being monetized is his generational trauma as the son of a holocaust survivor. please either buy Maus or get it from the library (libraries also benefit the author and when more people request or check out a book it communicates to the library that they need more copies). pirating Maus is very different than pirating a marvel movie or reading a google doc of a book no longer in print. please use critical thinking.
My pronouns are she/her and this blog is for whatever I feel like :) Currently Trials of Apollo lives rent free in my head.
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