amanda played this so poorly that i feel bad for KYLE??? no. that should be illegal. she should pay me for having any sort of feelings for either of them
Leen Hijaz, valedictorian at her high school in North Carolina, said the following in her graduation speech:
"Before I leave the stage, I have one last thing to say. Every single person here has a voice; we have the privilege to use it when millions around the world are struggling and suffering to be heard. Whether it’s the millions suffering in Palestine, Sudan, Congo, Afghanistan and so many other countries around the world, or families being torn apart by ICE. These are not just an issue here; they are happening there, they’re happening right here as I speak. My point is, we’re not given a voice to stay silent."
Corey Robin, a political theorist at Brooklyn College, writes: "The mere mention of Palestine—maybe ICE, too—sent the high school principal, Melissa Moore, hurtling across the stage to seize the microphone from Hijaz, and stop her from saying these unapproved words.
Just look at this photograph: A young Muslim woman, speaking out, and a desperate, terrified principal trying to shut her down, lest the student say something unauthorized, disapproved, discordant with the views of an increasingly small clique of government officials and voters.
It's so pathetic. It reads like a comic play by Václav Havel. It looks like the desperate last days of the Soviet Union. I can only hope Hijaz speaks for a generation that will, one day, sweep all this garbage into the dustbin of history".
@Padres@DonOrsillo@heyscan does Mud have Twitter?? If he loves all things Abe Lincoln tell him I want to take him to see Oh, Mary! when he is in NYC. He will LOVE it
the point that's so poignant to me is her saying that she wasn't going for sexy, she wanted to feel cool and comfortable. like everyone immediately assumed she was trying to be hot, and i think that's indicative of a much bigger issue in how people view women as performers.