2spirit figures we should know the names of:
left: Weโwha, struck up friendships w/ white ppl who thought her to be a cis woman in 1880's DC, met Grover Cleveland, walked back to reservation.
right: Rick "Rickey Dean" Douglas- native teen present for stonewall riots
Itโs time to be loud as fuck. Pride month starts now, goddamnit. Raise those flags HIGH and KEEP THE PARTY GOING. Iโm radically pro-transgender AF and proud
I am QUEER! When I present as a man I go by him. When I present as a woman I go by her. I navigate & embrace both my natural Femininity and Masculinity. I donโt conform to the structures of this society. I was born Queer and I have learned to radically accept myself & love myself the way I am. I was born this way. I was born as EVERYTHING. I AM FREE. Queerness is FREEDOM. Set yourself free little girls. โค๏ธ๐๐งฑ
Destroying the @InternetArchive's @WayBackMachine would be the equivalent of the burning of the Library of Alexandria - one of the worst losses of knowledge in history.
Media giants are now threatening to do this.
We can't let this happen.
Pass it on.
I see this clip a lot on this site, and while I agree that the animation is really well done, itโs important to understand why we donโt get movies like this anymore in the West. Fantasia 2000 was a commercial failure, so if you want more 2D animated movies, support them.
Fascists like to camouflage in different spaces to indoctrinate vulnerable ppl. which is why the saying goes, โif youโre invited to dinner & one of the guests is a Nazi, youโre dining with Nazis.โ
It was done to rock, comics, sci-fi, self care, foraging, Romani culture & so on