Toyin deserved to be here. She deserves to celebrate with loved ones. She deserved to flourish and grow. She deserved to grow as an activist and heal in peace from her trauma. Her story deserved to be told.
Her life mattered
@raeofrowe @getmehotter @LeftSentThis Who are these imaginary people? Do you talk to them and ask them about local corruption? How much do you know about your local corruption and do you inform them?
for Black people who reach a point of suicidality, it’s a continuance of the sentiment that we refuse to be held to a lifetime of captivity that goes beyond whips and chains. in memory of those who chose and choose the sea.
This stuff just disgusts me more and more. What can you say about a society that is obsessed with making robots and increasing efficiency through AI but can't house a million homeless people?
Notre Dame roof on fire = global emergency. Western art historians wrote essays abt "civilizational loss." Billionaires rushed to donate.
When US/IS bombs fall on a cradle of millennia of art, suddenly the art world has no wi-fi. Whose heritage matters?
Hiphop desperately needs a mixtape/soundcloud like platform in order to be healthy. There needs to be some place the labels dont own where copyright doesnt matter