so I’m currently conducting an experiment for my Masters dissertation and so I would be very grateful if you could check out/complete my online survey!
the study takes around 20-30 minutes to complete and asks you to answer some questions and view some media clips.
If you remember everything, I wanted to say, and if you are really like me, then before you leave tomorrow, or when you’re just ready to shut the door of the taxi and have already said goodbye to everyone else and there’s not a thing left to say in this life, then, just this once, turn to me, even in jest, or as an afterthought, which would have meant everything to me when we were together, and, as you did back then, look me in the face, hold my gaze, and call me by your name.
Photos by Marcus Ingram (IG: @junglebrother) at soon-to-be dismantled Robert E. Lee Statue on Monument Avenue in Richmond, former capital of the Confederacy. A symbolic & actual victory, and these photos really capture the moment…
I have a vivid memory of being about 14 and seeing a hardcore punk walking down the street in a busy shopping district with a tiny white kitten tucked in his leather jacket. That’s goals.
one of my favorite memories is my first punk show and how welcoming and friendly everyone was. I was 9 and my brother brought me and people were putting me on their shoulders and telling me about where they got their clothes or how much a little punk I was.
I love punk culture because from the outside it looks aggressive and harsh. But once you realize that’s just their armour and that they are kinder and more proactive about human rights than the “nice” looking people you get comfort from their presence.
Not all things that look aggressive are aggressive. Not all things that look safe are safe.
Punk is safe BECAUSE it is aggressive. Punk - when done right - kicks out fascists and rapists, defends communities, fights injustice. All of which require aggression.
This reminded me of, of all things, this quote from the Chronicles of Narnia, from Mr. Beaver referring to Aslan: “Safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good.”
I’ve always loved it. It does feel rather punk.
It is the same thing with Bikers because Bikers are another form of Punk. That’s why there is Bikers Against Child Abuse (BACA). Which is a bunch of this big dudes (I use it as a collective term sorry if it offends someone) letting this kids climb all over them or having the kids sit in there laps while braiding there hair and doing anything to make the kids comfortable with people again before escorting them to court against there abusers. Be Punk is about giving out kindness most of us were denied.
here’s a small list of videos you can watch and passively donate to different funds that are a part of the black lives matter movement. if you are interested in donating as well, i’ve linked most of the funds and organizations the youtubers are donating too. please do not skip the ads!!
Watch To Donate For FREE: Black Lives Matter: to Campaign Zero (x), NAACP (x), Black Lives Matter (x), Unicorn Riot (x), Comminuties United Against Police Brutality (x), ACLU (x), Color of Change (x), Equal Justice Initiative (x), Reclaim the Block (x), National Bail Out Fund (x)
regarding everything that’s happening: to the George Floyd memorial fund (x), Minnesota Freedom Fund (x), Los Angeles bail relief fund (x), Atlanta bail relief fund (x), Chicago Freedom School (x), People’s Breakfast Oakland (x), Black Queer/Trans operated fund in MN (x)
