Michelle Grondine

Michelle Grondine Instagram – I am proud to be a multiracial azn. My existence is valid despite what YA literature, Hollywood, and Rainbow Rowell would like to lead you to believe. I am tired of having to keep shouting into a void about how harmful RR’s racist words in Eleanor & Park are—esp to many of us multiracial azns who spend more time in microaggressive environments during our developmental years than healthy, safe, loving, accepting ones. When there are so many other own voices projects, even her own personal projects, that could be adapted over problematic text. But I will.
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Earlier this morning, I was made aware via twitter that RR is actively restricting any comments on her Instagram posts that even remotely reference any sort of critique or request to comment on the racist nature of her text and her intentions regarding this film. Actions speak louder than words, of which there are none. Her actions are those of valid critic censure. Frankly, it’s disgusting. This has dug up the graves of painful past traumas with family infighting, and the entirety of my schooling from k through college. Many of my friends and peers feel similar exhaustion and ptsd from continuously having to engage with this text and this exact conversation to be witnessed and acknowledged. Listen to us. Amplify us. Stop erasing us. We exist. We are full human beings with our own unique cultures we’ve dedicated our entire lives to. Affirm THEM. Not the yt person’s fantasies about them. Please help us stop this cycle of pain.
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STOP CO-OPTING IDENTITY STORIES THAT AREN’T YOUR OWN TO TELL & AMPLIFY OWN VOICES, HOLLYWOOD PUBLISHING.
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going forward, i will (with permission) be amplifying threads that educate on E&P, including personal accounts of how this text can and has harmed and hurt people with content warning face out images, keeping a keen eye on my mental health.
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for now, i hope you enjoy this carousel of cute photos of me from my smoll multiracial azn human self til now, ‘cause we erase messages of hate and ugliness with messages of joy and beauty. thnx for re-activating me, racists 🙃✌︎
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{ cross-posted on @tediously_brief }. | Posted on 30/Jul/2020 03:18:13