Today would have been Ursula K. Le Guin’s 96th birthday. I celebrated by visiting The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin at AA Gallery in London. What a treat! A selection of her maps & drawings. And a beautiful book! Happy birthday @ursulakleguin.com

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ICE is terrorizing immigrant communities across America, which include tens of thousands of men and women who have served the nation in war but lack citizenship.

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As she reflects on her career in a second memoir, Sally Mann warns of a "new era of culture wars" after police pulled several photographs she took of her children decades ago off the walls of a museum.

I wish there was more we could do to spread good vibes into the universe. But we’re all out here burned the fuck out.

Adding this to my TBR!

Why isn’t the unemployment of Black womens a feminist four alarm fire?

My mother always taught me when I was young that there is always someone better than you at something. I find that’s really taken the pressure off of me as a creative. My life experiences are unique and I bring that into my work. If it’s all relevant it’s all valuable. So I create.

Love Mad God. It’s so good. I could probably watch it a million times and notice something different for the first time every single time.

serious l i t e r a l Nazi shit

70 years ago, on this date, Emmett Till was kidnapped and brutally murdered by white men.

His family, including his cousin who was with him at the time, is repeating the train ride he took from Chicago to Mississippi in 1955 to mark the anniversary

Re-upping this again, please spread far and wide:

I have yet to see the polycule be anything even remotely resembling “reliable” in this matter. So not true in my case. Still hilarious. 🤣 One can hope.

image description: graffiti reading "The biggest crime is your silence... about what is happening in Gaza"

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“We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable — but then, so did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted & changed by human beings. Resistance & change often begin in art.”

-Ursula K. Le Guin

hell yeah, eat shit book banners

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there’s an ai lovers pride flag

if you "don't know what to do" pick one action from this thread, read up, find whatever training or support you need, practice it, and DO IT. you don't have to click them all! just pick one!

Hate when people cry sexism just because a male author writes female characters who freely express their sexuality. Especially in science fiction. Let consenting adults be consenting adults.