I'm an ISSUE-IST

Issue-ism blends art and activism, tackling topics like #mentalhealth, #abuse, #Sex, #religion, and #addiction. It provokes thought, empathy, and #socialchange.

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the issue…   I don’t like the art…  

"BROCCOLI"

why do some people like broccoli and others don’t    

can’t the same like/dislike apply to everything    

would you use a gun to make someone eat broccoli because its good for them

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Why This, Why Now: Launching ISSUE-ISM on Substack https://t.co/Wu7uin8Cd2

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WHY? by Ira Stein

Why?

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Mother / Daughter by Ira Stein

I know you love your mom, but do you LIKE her?

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You’re born to compete. It’s genetic. The only question is, can you compete without using a gun?

COMPETITION by Ira Stein

https://t.co/hb9I9ZKltv

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As a kid growing up in the 1950s, I thought masturbation was strictly a guy thing and that women didn’t even think about it. Nowadays, it’s absurd to think that women do not masturbate.

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“Genetics” by Ira Stein (@irasteinart)
A newborn bursts into the world on a DNA highway, facing two paths — one cat leading to Mother Teresa, the other straight to Hitler. Everything in between is the genetic lottery.
Can you think of anything that happens without your genes?

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This is not a portrait of trauma survived; it is trauma still living in the marrow. The longer you look, the more the painting looks back...

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Everyone knows abuse like this exists. Many of us know individuals who are part of this trauma. We know the abuser and we know the abused.

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You're looking at a truly beautiful 19 year old by the name of “Colette”.
Colette inherited an ALCOHOLIC GENE from her father whom she never knew.
Colette's drinking started very early in her life, and although it presented no shortage of problems, she remains functional.

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the issue…   we’re not the same

the art…  THE DIFFERENCE

when differences are so profound           is peace ever possible

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@VividProwess Someone should inform them that there is no Palestine, there never was a Palestine, thus there are no Palestinians to free...

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the issue…   believing 

the art…  GENETICS

is religion genetic     so why do some people believe and others don't

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the issue…  China

THE DIFFERENCE

half their population wants to be like us and a quarter of ours wants to be like them

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@OliLondonTV Sorry, but that was chosen for you at birth, biologically speaking

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the issue…  religion

GLISTENING TO HERSELF

what’s  your religion say about masturbation     google it   perhaps that’s why there’s confession

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@SarahisCensored I'm sure I'm shadow banned

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the issue…  politicians

I’M NOT A CLOWN I’M A FUCKIN DRUNK

every politician says the same shit…..

1. let me be perfectly clear
2. we will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law
3. I will not back down

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the issue…  mental illness

IT SHOULDN’T HAPPEN WHAT COULD HAPPEN

some form of mental illness kills more people than cancer   heart disease  and all wars          so now        what are you going to do about it?

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the issue…   Blacks and Jews          still enslaved by hatred

2672 FRUITVALE AVENUE

The Amistad en route to Oakland           The Exodus en route to Jerusalem

so much in common