JUSTICE FOR AAF! Let’s hold @keystonebankng Accountable! #RefundAAFNow! #JusticeForAAF
How Keystone Bank Nigeria seized the AAF building and reneged on our legally binding contract a 🧵
May you never again get attached to anybody who isn’t for you. May you find a love that makes you laugh, never lets the flirting phase end and gives you unquestionable loyalty. Someone who adores your childlike playfulness AND your old soul – a love you never have to heal from.
There is something fundamentally wrong with people who immediately assume they can take advantage of others because they appear young, or polite, or quiet.
Being financially comfortable is enough for me. I don’t have to be the richest, I just want to always be able to eat what I want , go where I want , pay my bills on time and give my kids a great life ❤️
My work was taken and used without my permission, against my will.
I feel that logically, humans all understand that we shouldn't rob, abuse, harass, or hurt others, or tell victims to kill themselves. So why does this fly out of the window when it comes to artists? 6/
I've been threatened & harassed for a year & was powerless to stop it. Even though I believe this timing is just a coincidence, it drives home the feeling of how unimportant artists' cases are.
Lawyers said I'm not rich enough for the law to help me. It hurts that it's true. 5/
I wanted to appeal, but Jeff Dieschburg's supporters hoped I’d kill myself.
Threatened to put me in jail, doxxed me by posting unredacted court docs w/ my home address. The official doc was already fully redacted. Lawyers told me this was all legal. 3/
I thought by going to court I could defend my work & set precedent to help other artists who go thru what I did. But I lost the first instance on count that although I owned my copyright, it didn't deserve protection cuz my model's pose wasn't unique. https://t.co/potyRxnkxO 2/
A guy plagiarized my work, made it a tribute to a racist opera, people said my race was the problem.
He copied near 1:1 of my work flipped over, but my medium of choice was the problem.
When licensing is a part of my work & he stole from me—me being a woman was the problem. 1/