Last week, leading up to IRN vs USA in the World Cup, a clip of Tyler Adams in a press conference went viral. Adams gave a brilliant response in a bizarre situation with geopolitical ramifications unfair to place on a 23 year old athlete, and the resulting praise was warranted.🧵 Many behind the tweets that made that clip go viral fell short, however, as I saw my timeline littered with the phrase "Iranian journalist" and lacking some critical context-- dangerously so. Let's discuss why and see if we can get this as widely recognized as Tyler's brilliance.

Friends, followers, haters, whatever, I don't care-- PLEASE LISTEN UP. I'm about to share with you the quickest, easiest way you can make a difference where it is urgently and desperately needed. It'll take 2 minutes. The Islamic Republic has imprisoned at least 14,000 Iranian citizens it deemed a threat to its regime during this current #IranRevolution. This group is very young and includes journalists, peaceful protesters, artists, students, musicians, human rights lawyers, etc.

I haven't truly slept in weeks as I watch teens in Iran risk everything for democracy, to take their country back from theocrats. PLEASE don't take democracy for granted. PLEASE don't devalue your vote. PLEASE vote out those who think their interpretation of God should rule us. The backslide of democracy is a slow boil. Those who call it out are called alarmists. Those unaffected early on may not be concerned. The people in Iran who were not bothered at first by a headscarf law have come to learn-- they eventually come for everyone. Please vote.

Let’s talk about #NikaShakarami. This is so hard to think about, and won’t be easy to read, but I hope you’ll do so anyway… This is Nika, 16, one of thousands of Iranian girls protesting the murder of Mahsa Jina Amini. On 9/20, while out in Tehran with friends, chanting Mahsa’s name, she was separated from her group. She messaged friends letting them know she was being chased by security forces.

My heart is so heavy thinking about my Iranian sisters and brothers so bravely fighting back against an oppressive regime, risking their lives, and bypassing internet blockades to have their voices heard and create necessary change. PLEASE AMPLIFY THEIR VOICES. If you truly care about women’s rights, police brutality, freedom of religion, access to information, a free and fair press, or basic human freedoms— the people of Iran, always but specifically in this moment, need your help.

The truly incredible thing about the Queen’s funeral is that a 22 year old woman was beaten to death by the Iranian government’s “morality police” for not properly wearing her headscarf, and the women there are bravely risking their lives, yet again, to fight for human rights.

https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1571877956066357248

I had so many mixed feelings about this article, but by far the strongest one was: why in the world did they decide to center a boy who shared his girlfriend’s nudes as the victim here?! There’s probably necessary lessons on social ostracism today, but WHAT.

https://twitter.com/nymag/status/1539219557285502977

It’s even starts by describing Diego as a human with hobbies and a family and Fiona as… a beautiful thing to objectify by drunkenly sharing her nudes she gave to her boyfriend in confidence because of course you would because she’s… other worldly.

I had thoughts on the story about the woman sending 65k texts after one date that probably mimic yours... this woman needs psychologic help, that must have been scary, and she must have an insane unlimited texting plan. But there's something else that struck me after I read it... It seems every year, a story goes viral about a woman who goes insane over romantic rejection or infedility. Who doesn't remember the diaper wearing astronaut? These stories become scary sources of cheap laughs that reinforce the narrative that "women are crazy." In reality...