there’s a part of elliot page’s interview with oprah i can’t stop thinking about where he talks about the amount of energy he has now (physically, creatively, mentally) because he’s no longer spending every waking moment fighting his panic, deppression and anxiety surrounding his gender. he even says how he can’t remember having this much energy since he was a kid. and i’m just…so happy for him! because u can see it! you can see it in how he’s sitting comfortably and smiling and talking enthusiastically, and god i wish that euphoria and peace on every trans person and every person whose energy is being consumed by invisible struggles they’re facing. i know i hope to find that energy again someday too.
Friday: Mexican government puts a 9.8ft barrier around National Palace and other buildings to “protect” them ahead of a planned march to mark International Women’s Day
Saturday: Women turn it into a memorial in honor of the thousands of victims who are murdered every year in Mexico just for being women
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psa. let people unfollow you. let people soft block you. don’t harass them. don’t vague. don’t demand to know why they did it. don’t sit and watch their blog. too many times i’ve heard from mutuals who are too worried about the reactions of others that they haven’t followed bc it’s easier to just let it be than rock the boat. that isn’t okay. people shouldn’t be fearful of your reactions. let people unfollow and block you without worry of being vagued or harassed.
I remember when Carrie Fisher passed Kathleen Kennedy gave the quote “there’s little girls who will someday say may the force be with you because of Carrie which means her legacy will forever be engraved in history” and that’s all that I’m thinking about right now. There’s little kids out there who will someday say Wakanda Forever because of Chadwick Boseman and they’ll get to watch themselves on screen and see themselves in an action figure. What a legend of a man. An absolute legend who will never be forgotten.
the thing that’s getting me about chadwick, is how tired he must have been. how much strength it takes to be undergoing painful treatment and invasive surgery, and to still be creating art. to know you probably will not live to a ripe old age and to say “i’m creating a legacy now” and using the time you have on this earth to tell black stories, to embody a warrior and a king for black people to see themselves reflected in, to create art. that sort of strength deserved to live, it deserved to survive. it’s so incredibly unfair.
rest in power chadwick, we watched you play a hero but little did we know, the hero was you all along. wakanda forever and always king.
