Lucien Meadows
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writer, editor, runner, dreamer, cloudwatcher.
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“Pelton said Smithsonian officials told them they covered it up because they were "afraid that somebody was going to walk by and see 'Free Palestine' on our mural and get mad and hurt us. And I'm like, 'maybe we are not the problem in that situation.'"
Teen artists portrayed their lives — some adults didn't want to see the full picture
"What is it like to be a teen right now?" Young artists explored that question for two different exhibitions of their work this summer. But on the National Mall, their work was deemed too political.
www.npr.org
July 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
“Pelton said Smithsonian officials told them they covered it up because they were "afraid that somebody was going to walk by and see 'Free Palestine' on our mural and get mad and hurt us. And I'm like, 'maybe we are not the problem in that situation.'"
"As most people allowed themselves to be swept, gently and surely, back into the waiting arms of self-centered individualism for the sake of consumerism and capitalism, a few brave people firmly refused to be gaslit by the state into accepting a “new normal” that was observably [...] worse" 💛
In 2020, Arundhati Roy wrote that the pandemic had the potential to serve as a portal to a different world, a better one.
Last week’s piece was my love letter to the few who were brave enough to step through that portal while most returned to normal:
www.thegauntlet.news/p/the-pandem...
Last week’s piece was my love letter to the few who were brave enough to step through that portal while most returned to normal:
www.thegauntlet.news/p/the-pandem...
The Pandemic Has Been a Portal (for a few of us)
It's true that most people keep choosing "normalcy". But the COVID conscious community is showing us a radical new way forward, that centers care
www.thegauntlet.news
July 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"As most people allowed themselves to be swept, gently and surely, back into the waiting arms of self-centered individualism for the sake of consumerism and capitalism, a few brave people firmly refused to be gaslit by the state into accepting a “new normal” that was observably [...] worse" 💛
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We are calling for impeachment—America has no kings.
February 19, 2025 at 12:30 AM
We are calling for impeachment—America has no kings.
good riddance, twitter (at last).
hello, gorgeous open blue sky 🤗
hello, gorgeous open blue sky 🤗
January 25, 2025 at 12:08 AM
good riddance, twitter (at last).
hello, gorgeous open blue sky 🤗
hello, gorgeous open blue sky 🤗