lexi

she/they. Brooklyn. Abolitionist, Black feminist, communist. Comms @theCCR. Formerly @democracynow. Photographer, writer, reader. IG: @lexiwebsterphoto

[lexi @lexicon91]

feeling very tender sharing this self portrait series exploring the medicalization of trans identities and the encroaching and constricting pressure to “transition.” I renounce origins and destinations, embracing alchemy, self-creation, and existing comfortably in liminal spaces.

[lexi @lexicon91]

@6et0ver1t OH

[Medea Benjamin @medeabenjamin]

Taking medical supplies to pediatric hospitals in Cuba is now a crime? Saving the lives of babies is a crime? This administration is beyond grotesque.

[Emmanuel Felton @emmanuelfelton]

A peer-reviewed study found Black patients matched with Black doctors were 27% less likely to die in the hospital. A separate study found Black residents live longer in counties with more Black primary care physicians. “Find A Black Doctor” exists because the disparities are real

[Hassan Mafi ‏ @thatdayin1992]

"You strangle us for forty years and then criticize us for the way we breathe."

— Fidel Castro, former President of Cuba

[𝓔𝓶 ♡ @emkenobi]

Flint Michigan didn’t have clean drinking water until last year after the crisis that happened in 2014. It took over a decade for the government to acknowledge those people suffering. They know what data centers will do to the environment. They don’t care.

[Zach Klein @zachklein]

Richard Nadler's work is my personal catnip.

https://t.co/R49rZlK1vU

[K.Diallo ☭ @nyeusi_waasi]

Capitalism will always require the blood of the workers to maintain the excess of rich and that is not a metaphor.

[hate5six @hate5six]

I got my hands on 65 hours worth of live broadcast news coverage and special reports on the MOVE bombing which occurred 41 years ago today. I produced this piece using that archival footage.

On May 13, 1985, Philadelphia police dropped a C4 explosive on the home of the @themoveorganization family at 62nd and Osage Avenue, after 500 police fired over 10,000 rounds into the home. City officials allowed the fire to burn, killing 11 people including five children, and destroying 61 homes.

Eyewitness and forensic evidence indicates that several MOVE children attempted to flee the burning home through the rear but were either shot back inside or their bullet-ridden bodies were thrown back into fire by police waiting in the alleyway.

In 2021, it was revealed UPenn and Princeton had stolen the remains of several of the children and not only conducted experiments on them but also wheeled them out on gurneys at fundraising events.

John Africa's head has never been returned and saw marks on his neck indicate foul play during an unauthorized autopsy.

No one has ever been held accountable for any of it.

In 2023, @mikeafricajr bought the house back which was originally owned by his aunt Louise James, but was seized by the City through eminent domain after the bombing and turned into a police substation. He is barred from turning the home into a memorial until he pays off the $400K mortgage, support link below.

Today we remember:

Rhonda Africa
Theresa Africa
Frank Africa
Raymond Africa
Conrad Africa
John Africa
Tree Africa (14)
Delisha Africa (13)
Netta Africa (12)
Phil Africa (12)
Tomaso Africa (9)
Ramona Africa (survivor)
Birdie Africa (survivor)

Support @moveactivistarchive
https://t.co/2eUgaIWwW1

Archival material accessed through Temple University's Digital Collections

[lexi @lexicon91]

@Omorphia1 Gorgeous work but much of the Japanese is written backwards / mirrored! Too many to point out all of the instances, but I believe there are examples in all of the photos

[the hotter kenny omega @SamGreszes]

You don't hear about this bc it is specifically related to adding protected bike lanes and its illegal in the usa to imply that infringing on people's god given right to 8-lane residential roads might be necessary for traffic safety

[Diane Doniol-Valcroze @ddoniolvalcroze]

Akira Kurosawa’s hand painted storyboards for RAN

[MARK CLENNON @thisismarkc]

shot by me

[Kaleena @KaleenaRivera]

Fast answer: It’s the publishers.

Slightly more in depth answer: Publishers upcharge the hell out of digital materials for libraries. Libraries are notoriously underfunded. Add these two up and that’s why it’s taking months to listen to Project Hail Mary or whatever

[SlightlySus⁉️⁉️ @slightlysus1]

The world would rather let thousand of children get raped than listen to a transgender person as an equal

[Blue Jai @Jai_Reddington]

This type of shit pisses me off so bad. White rom coms flop all the fucking time yet they’ll keep doling out money to make em. But let one black movie flop and they won’t give a black writer/director/producer the time of day for the next decade

[@kp_official1 on IG @kp_official_1]

Putting things into perspective like this should be enough to make people revolt

[David J. Bier @David_J_Bier]

They are flying illegal immigrants ON PRIVATE JETS at a cost of $413K PER PERSON. The outrage about spending money on immigrants was fake, fake, fake, fake.

[Axel Folio, PhD, White Tears Distiller 🪁 @ISASaxonists]

Folks, a website has been created in honor of the scholars lost in Gaza. Remember and honor them and keep their legacy alive:

https://t.co/eKkd1lJ6ry

[Gerard @GerardDalbon]

The 20 detained delegates have been released but most of their phones and devices have been seized and DHS is refusing to return them till a later unspecified date. People had their bags searched and the contents of their journals photographed and denied access to legal counsel.

[Ali Winston @awinston]

The quiet part out loud - this is from a suit filed by 2 women who were almost lynched by a Zionist mob on Eastern Parkway last Spring