this is so interesting because this movie isn’t about you or the diaspora at large. it’s about the characters in the story. expecting every piece of media to cater to your experiences directly is emblematic of what’s wrong with modern audiences and their media literacy
One of the most heartbreaking things I've learned about Satrapi over the yrs was the ppl that surrounded her in publishing. Here was a woman who deeply cared about Iran, but some in pub saw her work as a way to demonize Iran. It's why she left comics.
Comics doesn't deserve her.
A lot of people are forgetting that until recent years, people (esp in the West) saw Iranians as "terrorists" and synonymous w their government. The work of Iranian artists didn't "orientalize" Iranians. It humanized them
I’d add, that the problem isn’t the people who rejected the problematic guy with a Nazi tattoo.
The problem is the people who entered the problematic guy with a Nazi tattoo in the race in the first place.
Demand accountability for this.
My most benign explanation for it, and it's a reasonably likely one, is that he thought it was edgy in a total dumbass sort of way and then just left it there. Kind of an embarrassing thing to admit, but he'd be in better shape admitting that vs. "Nope. Didn't know."
He has a profile pic of James Connolly who used the historic partition and oppression of Poland by the Russians as a powerful anti-imperialist rallying cry to highlight the dangers of foreign domination. Quite positive Connolly would have been on Ukr side today. Learn history!
For the folks at home, HASC is in the middle of a long run of members introducing, then withdrawing, amendments.
This is because the amendments cross into the jurisdictions of other committees, which didn't grant waivers.
Expect most of these to reappear for floor debate.
He died doing what he loved: Offering and withdrawing his amendment due to a point of order against it, but still using his entire allotted time to talk about it.
The Espaillat/Chevalier primary exposes that these challenges are not about Mamdani's agenda or affordability. They are about displaying Mamdani's political clout and finding the most anti-Israel candidate.
This is so mendacious. Darializa was recruited by Justice Dems, a PAC that is now sending out mailers for her. A commercial with her just aired after the Knicks game, funded by PAC American Priorities. She may not “accept” PAC money, but PACs are spending millions on her behalf.
Wow, the Blackwater merc who commits fraud, cheats on his wife, and has a Nazi tattoo also was abusive towards a past girlfriend??? Wow, it’s always the person you most expect.