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I have so much editing to do and I need to get it done today!

The most oppressed people in your community are your chance at surviving these unprecedented times. Some of us are more than happy to watch you get eaten by the monsters but luckily that's not even a fraction of us. Only your bigotry will lead to your demise shem.

So yes, things are weird and scary and unusual but for the weirdo, the nerd, the disabled kid, the autistic kid, the trans kid, this has been our reality since we were born, everyday, non-stop and if, even in these times,you still think the monsters are "rightfully" only attacking us? Iiyeah.

The only difference is that unlike the "crazy" people from Birdbox, we're not forcing you to expose yourself to the monsters and be killed. We're here to help you navigate this space the same we have been, all this time and we do so while the monsters still convince you they're only killing us

It's also links if you think about how every neurodivergent person has been the target of the monsters and now that we've found a way to survive in the midst of also being attacked by said monsters, we aren't as affected by their attacks because we've found a way to shield ourselves

The current living times feel like the very beginning of the movie "Birdbox", where people are kinda figuring out that there's monsters that are killing people but I suppose they're still not sure what they look and also, would rather exercise the option to look away/ignore the monsters.

I got Threads (don’t judge me) and people are really on there just vibing. Love it for them 🫶🏾

I do 💚

It’s true

As someone with a stub on their pinky toe, people who have a whole nail on their pinky toe look like they use their feet to grab things.

I'm writing about the Palestine Action hunger strikers at the moment, any of whom could die at any moment, and the astonishing media and government silence surrounding them. The Establishment seems to have become even crueller than when Thatcher was PM.

I’m making my 2026 be about being big brained out loud. I don’t know what that means.

This is not good at all. I don’t even want to have sex 😔

Sorry had to get this out because why the hell am I so feral???? 😭😭😭 Is this my 30s libido kicking in?????? I’m so scared 😭

When I CATCH ovulation 😭

Oh 🥹💚

Big shift happened yesterday.

Every now and then, I'll see that tweet that goes "When my friend tells me what they do for a living, I'm always surprised that they're trusted with such responsibility" and it's like yeah, we cracked the code. We're responsible adults, but we're still silly gooses... and we're happier

🥹 wip

🤏🏾 laze lathandeka umbala oluhlaza

It's become clear that this administration is just a protracted war on anybody who's read a book without pictures in it. It's a miracle we're all still getting up and going to work every morning. The psychological drain is the point, and I'm increasingly grateful to the people who are still decent.

Kinda worked out but it’s going to be one I take my time with 🙂‍↕️

Propaganda you should be falling for:

Watching movies.

This is not even because I love movies. Get curious. Engage with films, and don't just watch them so you can contextualize your hot take or hatred. Engage with films beyond what Hollywood feeds you. Watch Africa/Mzansi Magic, some Bollywood.

Invest in worlds and lives that aren't what your immediate and very limited exposure is. Learn about other cultures and how other cultures express their art. Learn how other nations and cultures embrace the culture of film and entertainment; their identity through that lens. Get perspective

black couple seated on a concrete bench in front of a chain link fence; woman at right wears a long dress with long sleeves, with an appliqué design with cut-outs of green flowers and gold-veined leaves, black and white beaded necklace and earrings and a black and silver headscarf, with a red purse next to her; man at left dressed as a devil, with black body paint, long black fingernails and four horns on his head, wearing a shiny black skirt-like garment Growing up at the end of apartheid, Pieter Hugo came of age during a period in which photographers sought to depict the political and social reality of South Africa. In the context of South Africa's recent history of colonial, apartheid, and post-apartheid conflict, which has inspired outstanding documentary photography over the years, Hugo's focus is intentionally provocative. His work moves towards a charged form of cultural realism that challenges many assumptions about South Africa today. Although the title of this work provides the name of its subjects, Chris Nkulo and Patience Umeh, it doesn't explain that they are Nollywood actors in full make-up and costume. According to a 2009 UNESCO report, Nollywood Nigerian cinema is the third largest film industry in the world after Hollywood and Bollywood. Nollywood movies are released quickly and cheaply, employing local actors and low budgets. Plots are dramatically macabre and often blend everyday events with supernatural elements. Many of the narratives are drawn from local symbolic imagery and traditional storytelling. For this photograph, as for the others in the Nollywood series, Hugo asked actors to recreate scenes and characters inspired by typical films. The resulting images are utterly surreal and, like the movies, toy with the distinction between fantasy and reality. Hugo's subjects confront us on their own terms, staring the viewer down. At the same time, their portrayal feels uncomfortably exploitative in its play on the Western media's often naïve or negative portrayals of Africa.

Chris Nkulo and Patience Umeh, Enugu, Nigeria https://collections.artsmia.org/art/112620/

Solution? Painting a new background for something else and then I’ll come back to it 😭

I’ve been avoiding painting this particular canvas, and I realised it’s because I don’t know how to approach what I am going to paint on it. Seems like too big of an idea.

4:01am 😭😂