silentium est aureum

Emma Gonzalez

Malala Yousafzai

Ruby Bridges

Greta Thunberg

Mari Copeny

Autumn Peltier

Afreen Khan

Sophie Cruz

Charlottesville Black Students Union

Naomi Wadler

DAPL protestors (names not found)

Claudette Colvin was actually the first one to refuse her seat in Montgomery, Alabama to a white passenger. The movement chose to promote Rosa Parks as the figure for that form of protest because Claudette was a pregnant 15-year-old girl.

Barbara Rose Johns was a 16-year-old who organized a student strike protesting segregated schools. This strike, after gaining support of the NAACP, became a lawsuit that turned into Brown vs. The Board of Education and resulted in the desegregation of U.S schools nationally.

7th-grader Mary Beth Tinker, disturbed by the Vietnam War, decided to wear an arm band with a peace sign on it in protest. Her school suspended her. Her family filed a suit, Tinker vs. Des Moines, which reached the Supreme Court and ruled in her favor, ensuring that students and teachers maintain their right to free speech while in school.

Freddie & Truus Oversteegen were sisters who joined a Dutch resistance movement in WWII in their teens. They lured, ambushed, and assassinated Nazis and Dutch collaborators. They also blew up a railway line, transported Jewish refugees to new hiding places, and worked in an emergency hospital. 

This is Lepa Radic, a 17 year old girl who fought against the Nazis in Yugoslavia. She was executed when she refused to give the names of her Partisan comrades.

11.05.21// our flat is overflowing with plants, although those lillies were for our mothers 🌿 tasty baked goods are the key to a successful day!

Making the final improvements on the penultimate essay of my degree.

5. Walk with your keys in your hands and keep a key between each finger

6. If they put you in the trunk kick out the headlights

E.g.

If your gut is telling you to cross the street or change your path, do it. Don’t risk it. Your body knows.

If you can, buy a large umbrella and walk holding it. Studies say that predators are less likely to attempt an attack on someone that could fight back. Keys around your knuckles is fine but you’ll need to get very close to do damage. Umbrellas are more precise.

Avoid wearing headphones if you are alone on an empty street. Look aware.

Again: Stay. Away. From. Walls.

Entering an uber alone? Call your father (or anyone you trust) and say “hey dad! Yep, I’m almost there, I’m sending you the route.” outloud. Then proceed to send them the route so they can follow the uber drive. This will most likely intimidate the predator.

If you see someone in an uncomfortable or possibly dangerous situation, walk up to them and say “Betty, oh my god, I haven’t seen you in so long!”. If she gets slightly confused, you can whisper and let her know you’re trying to help and that she should follow along. Walk together to another station or away from where you are. The man will most likely not follow. I have done this one 2 times and can be very helpful.

If you are unsure she needs help, you can pass her a note saying something like “hey, I noticed this man beside you is making you uncomfortable. If you’d like help, fake a sneeze right now and I will come up to you and pretend we are friends.” This is a long note, but its an example. Be discrete. If she follows along, proceed with the previous tip. This is helpful when you’re in a crowded train and you notice harassment.

march 25, 2021 ♡

Some excerpts of my Roman Emperors book!! I’m still in the midst of reading it and will be for a while bcs, while reading, I like to jot down some notes so it takes a while to get through each section. They’re usually things that I wanna remember (especially the crazy ones) bcs, with a book as comprehensive as this, I’ll inevitably forget a lot. Along with reading, I’ve also been doing Duolingo regularly!! It has actually been super fun and I might actually be able to finish the whole Italian course which is just, you know, absolutely insane. 

Also, y’all know that feeling when you find a random song and you end up dedicating your entire existence to it for at least a week? Yes, that’s me rn with a Filipino song that I randomly found and I’m so in love with it. The song combines several regional Filipino languages into one and it’s so freaking cool!! I don’t know how they managed to do it, but I’m vibing with it so much. By the way, the first episode of The Falcon & The Winter Soldier was lovely; I watched it with my little sister and it definitely doesn’t seem as complex and puzzling as WandaVision so it’s great. As always, time is beyond me. March is almost over. I cannot fathom it. I hope everything has been well on your end!! 🤍✨

may 23 — the last class of the year is today! then it’s just finals, thesis (small detail lol) and then i’ve got a master’s degree in economics??? insane.

we had a graduation event two days ago with drinks and a buffet which was really nice, but also a little sad because everything’s ending and i have no idea what will come next (incoming: anxiety).