Bil Brown

he/him/they/them • Poet, lens based Artist, Photographer, Producer, director/cinematographer.
IG @bilbrown
Founder of @blackgreymag

[Bil Brown @bilbrown]

I will be on #Threads

[Bil Brown @bilbrown]

@StarWarsDaily_ Overall 6/10, or only Leia, Obi-wan and Vader it would have been 10/10. My issue was making too much of the Inquisitors. I think the last battle where many people have said was a “Neo moment” is forgetting the Prequels vs ANH. Ani vs Vader vs Master Kenobi vs Sith Lord.

[𝖕𝖚𝖘𝖘𝖞 𝖗𝖎𝖔𝖙💦 @pussyrrriot]

⚠️ What does it effectively mean for Pussy Riot to be designated an extremist organization in Russia?

The law is designed to erase Pussy Riot from the minds of Russian citizens.

We’ve been radioactive for years, but being designated as an extremist organization gives the state more legal tools to punish people for any association with us. For example, photographers who worked with us in Europe and the US have asked us not to credit them because they fear for their families still living in Russia or Belarus.

Every time you mention Pussy Riot — whether in media or even on social platforms — you would be required to add a disclaimer stating: “designated as an extremist organization in the Russian Federation; the organization’s activities are prohibited on the territory of the Russian Federation.” And you can't say good things about us, or it'd be considered partaking in extremism.

The law works retroactively, meaning that anyone who has ever supported Pussy Riot could now face imprisonment. Sharing our social media posts can be classified as supporting extremism, and therefore become grounds for a prison sentence.

This also affects our families — any financial transaction with us can be framed by Russia’s corrupted legal system as financing extremism, which also carries a prison sentence.

If the court rules in favor of the designation, Pussy Riot will effectively become “those who cannot be named” in Russia and in countries that cooperate with Russia on extradition — including Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, Iran, China, India, Thailand, Indonesia, and many others.

Our primary concern is safety of Pussy Riot supporters who are unable to leave Russia, or who choose to stay there for ideological reasons. Anyone traveling to Russia or to countries that extradite to Russia — even simply to visit elderly parents — is at risk.

[Bil Brown @bilbrown]

Happy I have photos in the book here happy to support the movement @pussyrrriot

[𝖕𝖚𝖘𝖘𝖞 𝖗𝖎𝖔𝖙💦 @pussyrrriot]

i gifted Rachel Maddow a balaclava tonight and welcomed her into our movement 🎀

[Bil Brown @bilbrown]

@MJTruthUltra Those acres and MILES of land with no people sure voted for it... the concentration of blue above is the POPULATION of the United States. the only reason he won is he LIED to Latinos... https://t.co/Iwcg7vUL1X

[Bil Brown @bilbrown]

Senior Writer at @fstoppers @andyday had a particularly tired and much touted POV about the work of Bruce Gilden, Leica for having him. I argue, it’s pictures. The comments digress into ad hominem attacks on me. https://t.co/DbdxmcfjdF

[Bil Brown @bilbrown]

Happy #worldphotographyday I am doing two workshops in Los Angeles, on HOW TO SHOOT WOMEN August 29 and HOLLYWOOD: THE POETICS OF THE BLVD September 6. https://t.co/EVUS4s6FMF

[Bil Brown @bilbrown]

HOW TO SHOOT WOMEN featuring IZZY SOPHIA https://t.co/t2Nb2D666d via @YouTube

[Bil Brown @bilbrown]

The body isn’t a tool.
It’s a language.
And Claire Roos speaks it fluently.

@whoisclaireroos —AV actress, model, and visual author—joins GAZE & THE FRAME as one of our featured MODEL‑TIER artists on August 29 in Los Angeles.
🎟 https://t.co/EVUS4s6FMF

[Bil Brown @bilbrown]

With Dave Herring https://t.co/mvXHsaN9S0

[Bil Brown @bilbrown]

@StephenM The only thing I see on the streets cracker-jack Goebbles is millions against this administration. Try again.

[Bil Brown @bilbrown]

@JDVance Due process?

[Bil Brown @bilbrown]

@elonmusk lol. I mean the millions of people marching today might say different.

[Bil Brown @bilbrown]

@elonmusk Says the man who bought a social media platform and paid $450,000,000 to own a President.

[Bil Brown @bilbrown]

@elonmusk We have checks and balances so no one man can make decisions for everyone, he was elected to follow the Constitution, and that separates powers into three branches of government.

This talk is either ignorance or the way the US works or is sedition, or worse.

[Bil Brown @bilbrown]

@elonmusk I’m no subscribed to you, why are you forcing me to see your penultimate bullshit, Elon?

[Bil Brown @bilbrown]

@elonmusk You also can’t buy freedom. Being stuck in the perpetual loop of more money eventually shows how empty you are.

[Bil Brown @bilbrown]

@elonmusk Or Government contracts?

[Bil Brown @bilbrown]

@ReidFirm @BasedMikeLee Read that to yourself again. Slowly…

[Bil Brown @bilbrown]

@BasedMikeLee Saying the Secretary of the Treasury is a CFO is a laughable misnomer.

He’s a banker for the toil of all citizens, holding our money to be used for services toward human life.

This “efficiency” tactic is corporate hogwash.

[Bil Brown @bilbrown]

@elonmusk @DOGE @USTreasury i f you understand what Government is, then you understand the code.
Taxes are simply holding our applied energy as citizens for the BENEFIT of ALL CITIZENS. What you are treating this like is some tech IPO that needs to cut waste so that the share are higher. What shares, Elon?