Sunday Snippets: Hands Off, Fingers Up

April 5th had millions of people in the streets, telling the current regime to pound sand. FUCK YEAH.

We Were Made for These Times

Tattoos

‘If We Don’t Get Our S--t Together, Then We Are Going to Be in a Permanent Minority’

“I Am a Political Prisoner,” Writes Mahmoud Khalil From ICE Jail

The US government is effectively kidnapping people for opposing genocide

Where'd You Get That? "Curating", Laziness, and Erasure on Substack

‘It was revenge for our movie’: Oscar winner says soldiers helped settlers attack him in West Bank

Séamas O'Reilly: We need to stop lying about what makes lost boys such easy marks for cons

This may be the most lead polluted place on Earth. Is there any hope?

Photos: See the aftermath of the earthquake in Myanmar and Thailand

Portland is building a model for migrant solidarity under Trump

Friday Fun

If you have not checked out the midnight blues, you are missing out:

So beautiful

Sigh...of happiness

If I hadn't already been convinced by my best friend in college that fall was the best season, these two posts would convince me.


In the world of tattoos....

I was told the same thing. Especially since two of my tattoos are on my wrists. I have an awesome job and a freelance career!


Can I just like this x1000000000?

YES! This, this, is what I have been looking for! My family and friends are used to rolling their eyes but ever since I got hitched, I've been genuinely curious, if you couldn't tell.

Why aren't we having more conversations like this? Not just about name changing, but abortion rights, religion, anything and everything? Having a safe and open space to discuss this is a deep gulp of fresh air and I tip my hat to the women who started this. About freaking time.

Tattoos-Some thoughts

I hear it all the time, either when I mention that I have four tattoos or someone sees a flash of my wrist or my lower back.

"Aren't you worried what they'll look like when you're old?"
"Why did a nice girl like you get tattoos?"
"Didn't that hurt?!"

I've come to realize that the objections boil down to a few important points that need addressing.
-We don't like to think about death or aging in American culture. If we could pickle ourselves in order to remain youthful looking, we probably would. Thus, tattoos will naturally defy gravity and show our age, which we just can't have.
-Women, especially, are supposed to remain ever youthful in order to a) catch a man, b) retain said man and c) pop out children and bounce back immediately. Getting tattoos means touching on the first point as well as the fact that we dared do something for ourselves, to mark ourselves irrevocably. How fucking dare we!? Our bodies don't exist for ourselves, but everyone else.
-Yes. In fact, I'm getting that tattooed on my forehead so I don't waste my breath answering stupid questions.

Yes, I'm female and yes, I dared take my body back and yes, I dealt with the pain.