A day of anti-colonialism
Mar. 3rd, 2018 10:42 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sabotabbyYour humble narrator was quite busy today.
I had the ambition to go to the Justice For Tina Fontaine rally today. At first, it seemed like events were conspiring against me going; the subway was down and I was already running late. In the crowd, I spotted a man looking just as lost and confused as I was, also wearing a keffiyeh, and holding a placard with Tina's picture on it, so I figured we were headed to the same place. We had about an hour and a half of transit adventures and a really lovely talk, and eventually made it to the rally.
Photo by Megan Lewis, stolen from Facebook.
It was a truly beautiful, powerful event. Perhaps the most impressive thing was that this spectacular turnout, with its compelling speeches, ceremonies, and round dances, was all organized by a 16-year-old indigenous girl. The grief of the deaths of Tina and Colten Boushie and so many other indigenous young people is overwhelming, but so is the hope that comes with seeing a young woman organizing all of these communities to come together and fight back. I felt truly privileged to have been there.
Then I went to go see Black Panther, finally. Naturally I loved it and want to go again. I won't post spoilers or anything but if you want to discuss it, I desperately want to hear all of your opinions. (Also I may need to make an icon of M'Baku saying, "Just kidding, we're vegetarians" for when I make cooking posts.)
I had the ambition to go to the Justice For Tina Fontaine rally today. At first, it seemed like events were conspiring against me going; the subway was down and I was already running late. In the crowd, I spotted a man looking just as lost and confused as I was, also wearing a keffiyeh, and holding a placard with Tina's picture on it, so I figured we were headed to the same place. We had about an hour and a half of transit adventures and a really lovely talk, and eventually made it to the rally.
Photo by Megan Lewis, stolen from Facebook.
It was a truly beautiful, powerful event. Perhaps the most impressive thing was that this spectacular turnout, with its compelling speeches, ceremonies, and round dances, was all organized by a 16-year-old indigenous girl. The grief of the deaths of Tina and Colten Boushie and so many other indigenous young people is overwhelming, but so is the hope that comes with seeing a young woman organizing all of these communities to come together and fight back. I felt truly privileged to have been there.
Then I went to go see Black Panther, finally. Naturally I loved it and want to go again. I won't post spoilers or anything but if you want to discuss it, I desperately want to hear all of your opinions. (Also I may need to make an icon of M'Baku saying, "Just kidding, we're vegetarians" for when I make cooking posts.)
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Date: 2018-03-06 02:45 am (UTC)A Shiny New Friend who has missed extended periods of telly wants to watch with me. I said I’d watch it again but only with my eyes covered in that scene.