crystal

retired raver.

[Adam Conover @adamconover]

California is unable to fight record wildfires because the crews of incarcerated men they pay $5 a day to fight fires are locked down in a prison system overrun by COVID. Three disastrous failures – environmental, moral, and epidemiological – colliding. https://t.co/KL8ijDyHms

[crystal @crstlmichelle]

It was absolutely amazing to watch this from my home.

[ABC News @ABC]

Timelapse footage captured a severe tropical storm that battered parts of northern California, as lightning illuminated the sky over Pacifica and officials issued a red flag fire warning. https://t.co/99IKWmmAyG

[crystal @crstlmichelle]

@_DellaBella Next long wknd is the one you decide you can take Friday and Monday off.
2 sick/vacation days & some much needed time with ya girrrrrrl ✨🥰✨

[crystal @crstlmichelle]

You know how life loves to just
“switch it up”
Trick ya, Tripp ya

Can’t get too attached but can definitely enjoy and savour the blesssss-sings✨

Bc that dance of intensity + calm...
Requires a steady flow to keep a groove vibin’.

stay joyful in it all ✨

[crystal @crstlmichelle]

@_DellaBella “Me” meaning you coming here for some R&R and tearful belly laughs?!?!??????

Come visit before life switches up on me again!

[crystal @crstlmichelle]

@scifixicano Mira que guapo! Youngin’!

[Craig Santos Perez @craigsperez]

in my last book of poems, [lukao] (2017), I wrote a series about Chamorro and Hawaiian creation stories in anticipation of my first daughterʻs birth. here is one in honor of Mauna Kea:

[Lei @FYIBLD]

hot girl summer is protecting and advocating for Mauna Kea and the lāhui who physically, emotionally, and mentally resist the external and internal forces of neocolonization that is the Settler State of Hawai’i

[crystal @crstlmichelle]

This is exactly how it goes down for me everytime. Hahaha!

*big eyes*
Omg. It’s still going.
“Aren’t you suppose to stand under a door or something?” 😂😂😂

IS THIS EVEN REAL? 😂😂😂😂
#LA #toliveanddieinLA

[FOX Sports: MLB @MLBONFOX]

We had an earthquake in LA today and our crew reacted, well, as any one of us would if we were in the middle of an earthquake.

[crystal @crstlmichelle]

@RhondaINTL What time is Matias’ set on Saturday? ❤️✨🔥

[crystal @crstlmichelle]

We made a vegan peach pie with cocowhip (vegan version of cool whip- 25/10 you must try) & oatmilk ice cream 💛☀️

This is how Kaphas celebrate the solstice 😂

[crystal @crstlmichelle]

@motez_music @TenantsLA Why am I not surprised that an “Eastern European” club/event would be biased in some way ...

Call it what it is.

They aint shit.

Next.

[crystal @crstlmichelle]

Tsleil-Waututh Nation to appeal Trans Mountain expansion once again | CBC News https://t.co/kVieEpfFn3

[crystal @crstlmichelle]

@MrHWM I think part of it has to do with the continued trauma - drama in these communities. Resources not being allocated to rehabilitation of health and culture. There are ppl doing the work tho. We’re gonna get there. ❤️

[crystal @crstlmichelle]

@FutureBoy well you got what you wanted!
👀👀👀

[crystal @crstlmichelle]

The work is in unlearning the conditioning of colonial society and relearning/reclaiming our roots.

[crystal @crstlmichelle]

When we choose to heal, the world is rich with love and connection.

When we choose numbness and sleep, we feel alone, unworthy of love.

All the answers are within. We have access to the wisdom of the universe when we are in communion with the earth & ancestors.

[crystal @crstlmichelle]

For too long, I’ve tried to assimilate to American culture by dissing my own...
And now, as a grown woman who operates from a deep well of self confidence, I’m tellin’ the world, “yall gon learn today.”
Get ready to get uncomfortable.

[crystal @crstlmichelle]

Investigate history.
Decolonize your mind.
Stay woke.

[crystal @crstlmichelle]

I also suck at small talk.
I dont care about what you “do”.
I wanna talk about feelings 💕✨ hahaha bare your soul to me bc I can appreciate the depths of our human experience.