I did not amplify the call to do any kind of violence. I wrote a thread on a local newsworthy event that is part of, for lack of a better word, culture wars. I didn’t call for it to be shut down myself, though I think children have no place at a drag show. Most people don’t.
The accusation of misinformation about the Eugene show is untrue. I stand by every word of the story and research. I didn’t call for a protest there either… the protest has been organized at least two weeks before I saw the flyer. That being said these people lied about me and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
“Stumptown Research” is antifa affiliated and has an ax to grind. They are misinformation at best.
I’ve never called for violence and neither has “Von Cheddar” a supposed organizer of the protest. The bar is already running a gofundme for their windows to cover what insurance… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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There’s an all ages Drag Brunch over spring break up in Vancouver, Washington taking place at Heathen Brewing Feral Public House. It’s sponsored by the “Imperial Sovereign Court of the Raintree Empire”. There are a few videos of their performances online. I called the pub and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Their Facebook page says their mission is to raise funds for organizations that serve lgbt communities in SW Washington. From a post on their event page “we want to make it clear that WE ARE NOT BACKING DOWN this event will move forward….” “Hate and bigotry wins when we do… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
There has been a protest organized for that day but it’s unclear who the organizer is.
This was the Pioneer Place mall in downtown Portlsnd... Louis Vuitton. People had to wait in line to be escorted in with their personal shopper. And armed security at the door. I don't blame the store at all. The mall was pretty empty for a 3 day weekend.
This was the entrance to Gucci. Ropes across the door and you had to be let in. All the stores were like that so it isnt anything against Gucci. Tory Burch had the same. Yves St. Laurent had a burly security guard w/a cauliflower ear at the door.
Reo's ribs in the Hollywood district. It had been set on fire. Possibly more than once? But not sure. The real estate office attached also closed. So many closed businesses and empty buildings. When just a few years ago Portland was bursting at the seams.
This one was hard on my heart. If you saw @cocainemichelle's tweet about Oscar you know. He was suspicious, holding back at first. But when I asked him about his arm and the cellulitis he opened up and started talking about his life and family.
His arm frightened me. I assumed he'd had no tx but he said he just got out of the hospital. He reached out to his family when he knew it was bad and he allowed them to take him to the hospital. It still looked awful. He asked if I could help him figure out his meds. So I did.
He said his drug was heroin and a mistake with the needle is what almost killed him. He woke up and thought someone stepped on him and broke his arm in the night while sleeping on the street. He looked surprised by the whole thing still looking at his arm as if it was new to him.
I ask as I walk up to this woman wearing a long blond wig, "Can I take your picture?"
"Me? Yes."
"Yes, with your beautiful hair."
She smiled big. "Wow. Sure, why not."
"You have a beautiful smile" She truly did.
Obsessively cleaning her hands while we talked.
The cleaning didn't stop the entire time we talked to Jazmin. I don't know if it was a tic of sorts.
It has to be nearly impossible to stay clean (either kind of clean) while living on the streets. She told us her name, showing her Dollar Store Employee name tag w/ JAZMIN on it.
Her name is JAZMIN. Dumb autocorrect. I hate when my name is constantly spelled wrong so i try to be very careful about that.
1/ Court cases don't often go the way you hope. There are many moving parts. Who the lawyers are. The jury. The judge. The charges. Yesterday's trial of John Hacker was a perfect example of this. He had several lawyers. Pro Bono I heard but can't confirm. He admitted under oath
2/ to impulsively assaulting Andy because he was angry at him. He admitted to coming at him, he's a very large man and Andy is of smaller stature, and Andy's response was to start filming him. I would have done the same. Hacker admitted to hitting the phone out of Andy's hand and
3/ then he admitted to grabbing the phone from Andy's hand when he picked it back up. He also admitted to walking off with it. The testimony of the fitness club manager was that he had to ask Hacker several times to give it up and he didn't do it till he threatened to revoke his