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. // 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. ————— STOP CO-OPTING IDENTITY STORIES THAT AREN’T YOUR OWN TO TELL & AMPLIFY OWN VOICES, HOLLYWOOD PUBLISHING. ————— 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. // 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 🙃✌︎ // { cross-posted on @tediously_brief }.
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. // 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. ————— STOP CO-OPTING IDENTITY STORIES THAT AREN’T YOUR OWN TO TELL & AMPLIFY OWN VOICES, HOLLYWOOD PUBLISHING. ————— 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. // 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 🙃✌︎ // { cross-posted on @tediously_brief }.
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. // 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. ————— STOP CO-OPTING IDENTITY STORIES THAT AREN’T YOUR OWN TO TELL & AMPLIFY OWN VOICES, HOLLYWOOD PUBLISHING. ————— 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. // 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 🙃✌︎ // { cross-posted on @tediously_brief }.
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. // 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. ————— STOP CO-OPTING IDENTITY STORIES THAT AREN’T YOUR OWN TO TELL & AMPLIFY OWN VOICES, HOLLYWOOD PUBLISHING. ————— 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. // 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 🙃✌︎ // { cross-posted on @tediously_brief }.
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. // 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. ————— STOP CO-OPTING IDENTITY STORIES THAT AREN’T YOUR OWN TO TELL & AMPLIFY OWN VOICES, HOLLYWOOD PUBLISHING. ————— 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. // 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 🙃✌︎ // { cross-posted on @tediously_brief }.
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. // 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. ————— STOP CO-OPTING IDENTITY STORIES THAT AREN’T YOUR OWN TO TELL & AMPLIFY OWN VOICES, HOLLYWOOD PUBLISHING. ————— 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. // 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 🙃✌︎ // { cross-posted on @tediously_brief }.
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. // 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. ————— STOP CO-OPTING IDENTITY STORIES THAT AREN’T YOUR OWN TO TELL & AMPLIFY OWN VOICES, HOLLYWOOD PUBLISHING. ————— 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. // 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 🙃✌︎ // { cross-posted on @tediously_brief }.
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. // 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. ————— STOP CO-OPTING IDENTITY STORIES THAT AREN’T YOUR OWN TO TELL & AMPLIFY OWN VOICES, HOLLYWOOD PUBLISHING. ————— 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. // 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 🙃✌︎ // { cross-posted on @tediously_brief }.
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. // 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. ————— STOP CO-OPTING IDENTITY STORIES THAT AREN’T YOUR OWN TO TELL & AMPLIFY OWN VOICES, HOLLYWOOD PUBLISHING. ————— 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. // 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 🙃✌︎ // { cross-posted on @tediously_brief }.
“Take a long, hard look down the road you will have to travel once you have made a commitment to work for change. Know that this transformation will not happen right away. Change often takes time. It rarely happens all at once. In the movement, we didn’t know how history would play itself out. When we were getting arrested and waiting in jail or standing in unmovable lines on the courthouse steps, we didn’t know what would happen, but we knew it had to happen. Use the words of the movement to pace yourself. We used to say that ours is not the struggle of one day, one week, or one year. Ours is not the struggle of one judicial appointment or presidential term. Ours is the struggle of a lifetime, or maybe even many lifetimes, and each one of us in every generation must do our part. And if we believe in the change we seek, then it is easy to commit to doing all we can, because the responsibility is ours alone to build a better society and a more peaceful world.” ☆彡 “You are a light. You are the light. Never let anyone—any person or any force—dampen, dim or diminish your light. Study the path of others to make your way easier and more abundant. Lean toward the whispers of your own heart, discover the universal truth, and follow its dictates. […] Release the need to hate, to harbor division, and the enticement of revenge. Release all bitterness. Hold only love, only peace in your heart, knowing that the battle of good to overcome evil is already won. Choose confrontation wisely, but when it is your time don’t be afraid to stand up, speak up, and speak out against injustice. And if you follow your truth down the road to peace and the affirmation of love, if you shine like a beacon for all to see, then the poetry of all the great dreamers and philosophers is yours to manifest in a nation, a world community, and a Beloved Community that is finally at peace with itself.” — John Lewis, Across That Bridge: A Vision for Change and the Future of America. ——————— in april of 2017 i was lucky enough to get witness @repjohnlewis @andrewaydin and @seemybrotherdance in conversation at @latimes festival of books. recently reread these treasures (cont. in comments)
“Take a long, hard look down the road you will have to travel once you have made a commitment to work for change. Know that this transformation will not happen right away. Change often takes time. It rarely happens all at once. In the movement, we didn’t know how history would play itself out. When we were getting arrested and waiting in jail or standing in unmovable lines on the courthouse steps, we didn’t know what would happen, but we knew it had to happen. Use the words of the movement to pace yourself. We used to say that ours is not the struggle of one day, one week, or one year. Ours is not the struggle of one judicial appointment or presidential term. Ours is the struggle of a lifetime, or maybe even many lifetimes, and each one of us in every generation must do our part. And if we believe in the change we seek, then it is easy to commit to doing all we can, because the responsibility is ours alone to build a better society and a more peaceful world.” ☆彡 “You are a light. You are the light. Never let anyone—any person or any force—dampen, dim or diminish your light. Study the path of others to make your way easier and more abundant. Lean toward the whispers of your own heart, discover the universal truth, and follow its dictates. […] Release the need to hate, to harbor division, and the enticement of revenge. Release all bitterness. Hold only love, only peace in your heart, knowing that the battle of good to overcome evil is already won. Choose confrontation wisely, but when it is your time don’t be afraid to stand up, speak up, and speak out against injustice. And if you follow your truth down the road to peace and the affirmation of love, if you shine like a beacon for all to see, then the poetry of all the great dreamers and philosophers is yours to manifest in a nation, a world community, and a Beloved Community that is finally at peace with itself.” — John Lewis, Across That Bridge: A Vision for Change and the Future of America. ——————— in april of 2017 i was lucky enough to get witness @repjohnlewis @andrewaydin and @seemybrotherdance in conversation at @latimes festival of books. recently reread these treasures (cont. in comments)
“Take a long, hard look down the road you will have to travel once you have made a commitment to work for change. Know that this transformation will not happen right away. Change often takes time. It rarely happens all at once. In the movement, we didn’t know how history would play itself out. When we were getting arrested and waiting in jail or standing in unmovable lines on the courthouse steps, we didn’t know what would happen, but we knew it had to happen. Use the words of the movement to pace yourself. We used to say that ours is not the struggle of one day, one week, or one year. Ours is not the struggle of one judicial appointment or presidential term. Ours is the struggle of a lifetime, or maybe even many lifetimes, and each one of us in every generation must do our part. And if we believe in the change we seek, then it is easy to commit to doing all we can, because the responsibility is ours alone to build a better society and a more peaceful world.” ☆彡 “You are a light. You are the light. Never let anyone—any person or any force—dampen, dim or diminish your light. Study the path of others to make your way easier and more abundant. Lean toward the whispers of your own heart, discover the universal truth, and follow its dictates. […] Release the need to hate, to harbor division, and the enticement of revenge. Release all bitterness. Hold only love, only peace in your heart, knowing that the battle of good to overcome evil is already won. Choose confrontation wisely, but when it is your time don’t be afraid to stand up, speak up, and speak out against injustice. And if you follow your truth down the road to peace and the affirmation of love, if you shine like a beacon for all to see, then the poetry of all the great dreamers and philosophers is yours to manifest in a nation, a world community, and a Beloved Community that is finally at peace with itself.” — John Lewis, Across That Bridge: A Vision for Change and the Future of America. ——————— in april of 2017 i was lucky enough to get witness @repjohnlewis @andrewaydin and @seemybrotherdance in conversation at @latimes festival of books. recently reread these treasures (cont. in comments)
“Take a long, hard look down the road you will have to travel once you have made a commitment to work for change. Know that this transformation will not happen right away. Change often takes time. It rarely happens all at once. In the movement, we didn’t know how history would play itself out. When we were getting arrested and waiting in jail or standing in unmovable lines on the courthouse steps, we didn’t know what would happen, but we knew it had to happen. Use the words of the movement to pace yourself. We used to say that ours is not the struggle of one day, one week, or one year. Ours is not the struggle of one judicial appointment or presidential term. Ours is the struggle of a lifetime, or maybe even many lifetimes, and each one of us in every generation must do our part. And if we believe in the change we seek, then it is easy to commit to doing all we can, because the responsibility is ours alone to build a better society and a more peaceful world.” ☆彡 “You are a light. You are the light. Never let anyone—any person or any force—dampen, dim or diminish your light. Study the path of others to make your way easier and more abundant. Lean toward the whispers of your own heart, discover the universal truth, and follow its dictates. […] Release the need to hate, to harbor division, and the enticement of revenge. Release all bitterness. Hold only love, only peace in your heart, knowing that the battle of good to overcome evil is already won. Choose confrontation wisely, but when it is your time don’t be afraid to stand up, speak up, and speak out against injustice. And if you follow your truth down the road to peace and the affirmation of love, if you shine like a beacon for all to see, then the poetry of all the great dreamers and philosophers is yours to manifest in a nation, a world community, and a Beloved Community that is finally at peace with itself.” — John Lewis, Across That Bridge: A Vision for Change and the Future of America. ——————— in april of 2017 i was lucky enough to get witness @repjohnlewis @andrewaydin and @seemybrotherdance in conversation at @latimes festival of books. recently reread these treasures (cont. in comments)
“Take a long, hard look down the road you will have to travel once you have made a commitment to work for change. Know that this transformation will not happen right away. Change often takes time. It rarely happens all at once. In the movement, we didn’t know how history would play itself out. When we were getting arrested and waiting in jail or standing in unmovable lines on the courthouse steps, we didn’t know what would happen, but we knew it had to happen. Use the words of the movement to pace yourself. We used to say that ours is not the struggle of one day, one week, or one year. Ours is not the struggle of one judicial appointment or presidential term. Ours is the struggle of a lifetime, or maybe even many lifetimes, and each one of us in every generation must do our part. And if we believe in the change we seek, then it is easy to commit to doing all we can, because the responsibility is ours alone to build a better society and a more peaceful world.” ☆彡 “You are a light. You are the light. Never let anyone—any person or any force—dampen, dim or diminish your light. Study the path of others to make your way easier and more abundant. Lean toward the whispers of your own heart, discover the universal truth, and follow its dictates. […] Release the need to hate, to harbor division, and the enticement of revenge. Release all bitterness. Hold only love, only peace in your heart, knowing that the battle of good to overcome evil is already won. Choose confrontation wisely, but when it is your time don’t be afraid to stand up, speak up, and speak out against injustice. And if you follow your truth down the road to peace and the affirmation of love, if you shine like a beacon for all to see, then the poetry of all the great dreamers and philosophers is yours to manifest in a nation, a world community, and a Beloved Community that is finally at peace with itself.” — John Lewis, Across That Bridge: A Vision for Change and the Future of America. ——————— in april of 2017 i was lucky enough to get witness @repjohnlewis @andrewaydin and @seemybrotherdance in conversation at @latimes festival of books. recently reread these treasures (cont. in comments)
“Take a long, hard look down the road you will have to travel once you have made a commitment to work for change. Know that this transformation will not happen right away. Change often takes time. It rarely happens all at once. In the movement, we didn’t know how history would play itself out. When we were getting arrested and waiting in jail or standing in unmovable lines on the courthouse steps, we didn’t know what would happen, but we knew it had to happen. Use the words of the movement to pace yourself. We used to say that ours is not the struggle of one day, one week, or one year. Ours is not the struggle of one judicial appointment or presidential term. Ours is the struggle of a lifetime, or maybe even many lifetimes, and each one of us in every generation must do our part. And if we believe in the change we seek, then it is easy to commit to doing all we can, because the responsibility is ours alone to build a better society and a more peaceful world.” ☆彡 “You are a light. You are the light. Never let anyone—any person or any force—dampen, dim or diminish your light. Study the path of others to make your way easier and more abundant. Lean toward the whispers of your own heart, discover the universal truth, and follow its dictates. […] Release the need to hate, to harbor division, and the enticement of revenge. Release all bitterness. Hold only love, only peace in your heart, knowing that the battle of good to overcome evil is already won. Choose confrontation wisely, but when it is your time don’t be afraid to stand up, speak up, and speak out against injustice. And if you follow your truth down the road to peace and the affirmation of love, if you shine like a beacon for all to see, then the poetry of all the great dreamers and philosophers is yours to manifest in a nation, a world community, and a Beloved Community that is finally at peace with itself.” — John Lewis, Across That Bridge: A Vision for Change and the Future of America. ——————— in april of 2017 i was lucky enough to get witness @repjohnlewis @andrewaydin and @seemybrotherdance in conversation at @latimes festival of books. recently reread these treasures (cont. in comments)
“Take a long, hard look down the road you will have to travel once you have made a commitment to work for change. Know that this transformation will not happen right away. Change often takes time. It rarely happens all at once. In the movement, we didn’t know how history would play itself out. When we were getting arrested and waiting in jail or standing in unmovable lines on the courthouse steps, we didn’t know what would happen, but we knew it had to happen. Use the words of the movement to pace yourself. We used to say that ours is not the struggle of one day, one week, or one year. Ours is not the struggle of one judicial appointment or presidential term. Ours is the struggle of a lifetime, or maybe even many lifetimes, and each one of us in every generation must do our part. And if we believe in the change we seek, then it is easy to commit to doing all we can, because the responsibility is ours alone to build a better society and a more peaceful world.” ☆彡 “You are a light. You are the light. Never let anyone—any person or any force—dampen, dim or diminish your light. Study the path of others to make your way easier and more abundant. Lean toward the whispers of your own heart, discover the universal truth, and follow its dictates. […] Release the need to hate, to harbor division, and the enticement of revenge. Release all bitterness. Hold only love, only peace in your heart, knowing that the battle of good to overcome evil is already won. Choose confrontation wisely, but when it is your time don’t be afraid to stand up, speak up, and speak out against injustice. And if you follow your truth down the road to peace and the affirmation of love, if you shine like a beacon for all to see, then the poetry of all the great dreamers and philosophers is yours to manifest in a nation, a world community, and a Beloved Community that is finally at peace with itself.” — John Lewis, Across That Bridge: A Vision for Change and the Future of America. ——————— in april of 2017 i was lucky enough to get witness @repjohnlewis @andrewaydin and @seemybrotherdance in conversation at @latimes festival of books. recently reread these treasures (cont. in comments)
“Take a long, hard look down the road you will have to travel once you have made a commitment to work for change. Know that this transformation will not happen right away. Change often takes time. It rarely happens all at once. In the movement, we didn’t know how history would play itself out. When we were getting arrested and waiting in jail or standing in unmovable lines on the courthouse steps, we didn’t know what would happen, but we knew it had to happen. Use the words of the movement to pace yourself. We used to say that ours is not the struggle of one day, one week, or one year. Ours is not the struggle of one judicial appointment or presidential term. Ours is the struggle of a lifetime, or maybe even many lifetimes, and each one of us in every generation must do our part. And if we believe in the change we seek, then it is easy to commit to doing all we can, because the responsibility is ours alone to build a better society and a more peaceful world.” ☆彡 “You are a light. You are the light. Never let anyone—any person or any force—dampen, dim or diminish your light. Study the path of others to make your way easier and more abundant. Lean toward the whispers of your own heart, discover the universal truth, and follow its dictates. […] Release the need to hate, to harbor division, and the enticement of revenge. Release all bitterness. Hold only love, only peace in your heart, knowing that the battle of good to overcome evil is already won. Choose confrontation wisely, but when it is your time don’t be afraid to stand up, speak up, and speak out against injustice. And if you follow your truth down the road to peace and the affirmation of love, if you shine like a beacon for all to see, then the poetry of all the great dreamers and philosophers is yours to manifest in a nation, a world community, and a Beloved Community that is finally at peace with itself.” — John Lewis, Across That Bridge: A Vision for Change and the Future of America. ——————— in april of 2017 i was lucky enough to get witness @repjohnlewis @andrewaydin and @seemybrotherdance in conversation at @latimes festival of books. recently reread these treasures (cont. in comments)
“Take a long, hard look down the road you will have to travel once you have made a commitment to work for change. Know that this transformation will not happen right away. Change often takes time. It rarely happens all at once. In the movement, we didn’t know how history would play itself out. When we were getting arrested and waiting in jail or standing in unmovable lines on the courthouse steps, we didn’t know what would happen, but we knew it had to happen. Use the words of the movement to pace yourself. We used to say that ours is not the struggle of one day, one week, or one year. Ours is not the struggle of one judicial appointment or presidential term. Ours is the struggle of a lifetime, or maybe even many lifetimes, and each one of us in every generation must do our part. And if we believe in the change we seek, then it is easy to commit to doing all we can, because the responsibility is ours alone to build a better society and a more peaceful world.” ☆彡 “You are a light. You are the light. Never let anyone—any person or any force—dampen, dim or diminish your light. Study the path of others to make your way easier and more abundant. Lean toward the whispers of your own heart, discover the universal truth, and follow its dictates. […] Release the need to hate, to harbor division, and the enticement of revenge. Release all bitterness. Hold only love, only peace in your heart, knowing that the battle of good to overcome evil is already won. Choose confrontation wisely, but when it is your time don’t be afraid to stand up, speak up, and speak out against injustice. And if you follow your truth down the road to peace and the affirmation of love, if you shine like a beacon for all to see, then the poetry of all the great dreamers and philosophers is yours to manifest in a nation, a world community, and a Beloved Community that is finally at peace with itself.” — John Lewis, Across That Bridge: A Vision for Change and the Future of America. ——————— in april of 2017 i was lucky enough to get witness @repjohnlewis @andrewaydin and @seemybrotherdance in conversation at @latimes festival of books. recently reread these treasures (cont. in comments)
“Take a long, hard look down the road you will have to travel once you have made a commitment to work for change. Know that this transformation will not happen right away. Change often takes time. It rarely happens all at once. In the movement, we didn’t know how history would play itself out. When we were getting arrested and waiting in jail or standing in unmovable lines on the courthouse steps, we didn’t know what would happen, but we knew it had to happen. Use the words of the movement to pace yourself. We used to say that ours is not the struggle of one day, one week, or one year. Ours is not the struggle of one judicial appointment or presidential term. Ours is the struggle of a lifetime, or maybe even many lifetimes, and each one of us in every generation must do our part. And if we believe in the change we seek, then it is easy to commit to doing all we can, because the responsibility is ours alone to build a better society and a more peaceful world.” ☆彡 “You are a light. You are the light. Never let anyone—any person or any force—dampen, dim or diminish your light. Study the path of others to make your way easier and more abundant. Lean toward the whispers of your own heart, discover the universal truth, and follow its dictates. […] Release the need to hate, to harbor division, and the enticement of revenge. Release all bitterness. Hold only love, only peace in your heart, knowing that the battle of good to overcome evil is already won. Choose confrontation wisely, but when it is your time don’t be afraid to stand up, speak up, and speak out against injustice. And if you follow your truth down the road to peace and the affirmation of love, if you shine like a beacon for all to see, then the poetry of all the great dreamers and philosophers is yours to manifest in a nation, a world community, and a Beloved Community that is finally at peace with itself.” — John Lewis, Across That Bridge: A Vision for Change and the Future of America. ——————— in april of 2017 i was lucky enough to get witness @repjohnlewis @andrewaydin and @seemybrotherdance in conversation at @latimes festival of books. recently reread these treasures (cont. in comments)
“people often confuse the words empathy and sympathy. empathy means ‘the ability to understand and share the feelings of another’ (as in, ‘both authors have the skill to make you feel empathy with their heroines’), whereas sympathy means ‘feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else’s misfortune’ (as in ‘they had great sympathy for the flood victims’).” — oxford dictionary of english. —————— tl;dr: empathy > sympathy ——————
“people often confuse the words empathy and sympathy. empathy means ‘the ability to understand and share the feelings of another’ (as in, ‘both authors have the skill to make you feel empathy with their heroines’), whereas sympathy means ‘feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else’s misfortune’ (as in ‘they had great sympathy for the flood victims’).” — oxford dictionary of english. —————— tl;dr: empathy > sympathy ——————
“people often confuse the words empathy and sympathy. empathy means ‘the ability to understand and share the feelings of another’ (as in, ‘both authors have the skill to make you feel empathy with their heroines’), whereas sympathy means ‘feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else’s misfortune’ (as in ‘they had great sympathy for the flood victims’).” — oxford dictionary of english. —————— tl;dr: empathy > sympathy ——————
“people often confuse the words empathy and sympathy. empathy means ‘the ability to understand and share the feelings of another’ (as in, ‘both authors have the skill to make you feel empathy with their heroines’), whereas sympathy means ‘feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else’s misfortune’ (as in ‘they had great sympathy for the flood victims’).” — oxford dictionary of english. —————— tl;dr: empathy > sympathy ——————
aloha book nerds ✨ in two hours at 10am pst friday sept. 18th, i will be interviewing author and screenwriter of the film LOST GIRLS & LOVE HOTELS—starring Alexandra Daddario (baywatch, true detective, percy jackson), Carice van Houten (game of thrones) and Takehiro Hira (giri/haji)—available *NOW* on Digital and On Demand 🎞 (swipe for the trailer!) ——— from the back cover: “Margaret is doing everything in her power to forget home. And Tokyo’s exotic nightlife — teeming with intoxicants, pornography, and three-hour love hotels — enables her to keep her demons at bay. Working as an English specialist at Air-Pro Stewardess Training Institute by day, and losing herself in a sex- and drug-addled oblivion by night, Margaret represses memories of her painful childhood and her older brother Frank’s descent into madness. But Margaret’s deliberate nihilism is thrown off balance as she becomes increasingly haunted by images of a Western girl missing in Tokyo. And when she becomes enamored of Kazu, a mysterious gangster, their affair sparks a chain of events that could spell tragedy for Margaret, in a city where it’s all too easy to disappear.” ——— tysm to @lostgirlslovehotels @harpercollins @catherinestockholm @besssdrum for this stunning tie-in copy of LOST GIRLS & LOVE HOTELS. i got lost in time reading pages of this book, i’m so intrigued as to where this journey will continue take me. having had our summer japan plans postponed due to covid, i’ve been relishing experiencing Tokyo life through Margaret’s perspective (& ngl the way she shows up at her work reminded me a little of how i first used to show up to 9am Friday morning criminal law seminars the year after my dad passed). i will be posting my reviews once i finish reading, hopefully later tonight ✨ ——— check back in here at @travelingbooknerds to find out more about the film @lostgirlslovehotels; the book to film adaptation process; and more! visit https://lostgirlslovehotels.film/ to find out more. ——— #LostGirlsAndLoveHotels
