Beetles Are Friend Shaped

strained my voice making this LOL

vulture fancam yaaay:3

The creator of the red handprint to represent mmiw probably chose it to mean what red handprint usually mean for modern day symbolism (death, murder, etc), and the fact that various warriors in Turtle Island would decorate themselves with war paint, including hands over the mouth (so the implication here is that mmiw are fallen warriors), and this is represented in art like below, which is a painting from George Catlin from 1882 on the left, and additionally, it mightve been homage to the American Indian Movement's logo, which was a red handprint. On the right is the AIM logo from 1973.

Reblog this on the first of the month for good luck all month long!