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These images from the #HandmaidsTale have stayed w/me all week. They've stayed w/me b/c it wasn't too long ago, that we'd see images like these in a movie & just view them as fictional portraits of an unrealistically dystopian future.
Now I can't help but view them as a warning—
Now I can't help but view them as a warning—
These images warn us of what's to come if we don't change course.
Exaggeration? Wed in AL, a woman was arrested for miscarrying after being shot.
“The only true victim was the unborn baby."
A woman was shot, miscarried & SHE was arrested. America, 2019.al.com/news/birmingha…
Exaggeration? Wed in AL, a woman was arrested for miscarrying after being shot.
“The only true victim was the unborn baby."
A woman was shot, miscarried & SHE was arrested. America, 2019.al.com/news/birmingha…
We've lost our way. Women's rights, LGBTQ+ rights, immigrant rights, minority rights—they're being chipped away right before our eyes.
We're separating families & locking kids in cages. We're denying soap, sleep & toothpaste to refugees fleeing violence— nytimes.com/2019/06/25/us/…
We're separating families & locking kids in cages. We're denying soap, sleep & toothpaste to refugees fleeing violence— nytimes.com/2019/06/25/us/…
What has become of us?
American monuments & symbols have, by & large, always been more ab WHAT we aspire to (w/a few major exceptions), than they've been ab complete historical accuracy, or capturing precise portraits of real ppl who still had their own human strengths & flaws—
American monuments & symbols have, by & large, always been more ab WHAT we aspire to (w/a few major exceptions), than they've been ab complete historical accuracy, or capturing precise portraits of real ppl who still had their own human strengths & flaws—
Monuments are aspirational.
That's why The Handmaid's Tale imagery has stayed w/me. Bc the image of a crumbling Lincoln Memorial—that image captures what many of us feel: that those in charge of our fed govt are chiseling away @ the American values & ideals we used to aspire to—
That's why The Handmaid's Tale imagery has stayed w/me. Bc the image of a crumbling Lincoln Memorial—that image captures what many of us feel: that those in charge of our fed govt are chiseling away @ the American values & ideals we used to aspire to—
Symbols & imagery matter. They're powerful. Those undermining our values know that—that's why they try to hide their atrocities. That's why they try to keep Harriet Tubman off the 20.
We must turn this around. We can still protect OUR ideals. Liberty. Equality. Justice. For ALL.
We must turn this around. We can still protect OUR ideals. Liberty. Equality. Justice. For ALL.
