Jeffrey Gibson (Cherokee/Choctaw), American Girl, 2013,  Found punching bag, wool blanket, glass beads, steel studs, artificial sinew, tin jingles and chain, 43 x 16 x 16", 

'Not What You Saw' [2024-ongoing] by Keerthana Kunnath

Shot across beaches, fields, and village edges in Kerala, India,

as a result of the latest paper leak-which was a medical entrance exam-20+ kids committed suicide. this man saw their plight, and decided to use a form of peaceful protest, that indian freedom fighters used, to fight against colonial rule. it's something that has barely gotten any media coverage, as most news channels and newspapers are tightly controlled by the government. there were plans to conduct a peaceful walk to the parliament, and before that could proceed, the police-armed in tactical gear-kidnapped a frail old man, who can't even stand without assistance. this is plain and simple fascism, please talk about it on your various social media platforms to put some pressure on the indian government for the immediate release of this man.

no, seriously, spread the word. there is so much misinformation out there, partly due to the useless indian media channels who are calling protestors fighting for a chance to be heard "terrorists". they're saying that the protestors are committing brutality (like throwing stones) against the police when it is the opposite.

its a police using teargas and batons against teenagers, women and literal children. they're ripping the clothes of the women. people are badly injured. all because our corrupt coward "education" minister cannot take accountability for paper leak which caused over 20 deaths by suicide.

some are trying to derail the protests, calling the protestors "anti-national" and but you have to do your part in ensuring that this revolution isn't over until dharmendra pradhan resigns and the youth of india are heard and acknowledged. it will save the future of the students who are currently preparing/will prepare for similar exams.

spread the videos of the police brutality (save them if you can), write emails to the pmo, and share as much info as you can about the protest; how and why it is happening. speak up; online and also in real life, translate posts/videos, make your own. correct and educate people who are still against this movement. don't let this die out until our government finally listens to its citizens.

"Yes, poor people must always fight against the rich to get a little justice."

Anon, I’m adding your ask here so no one will be confused about the context of your absurdly racist belief, and as more evidence of my original point.

First, let me briefly point out that the film/tv industry has more than its fair share of sexual offenders, both on and behind the screen. Indeed, any industry will have sex offenders among their ranks because of how society at large functions. I doubt that in your life you never watched, listened to, played, or interacted in any other way with a piece of media that didn’t have someone that did something that you find offensive.

But that’s a discussion for another time with someone else. You say that you listen to rap, and that you enjoy it. But then you posit that all straight Black male rappers are all automatically rapists, and that’s why you don’t support them. Allow me to explain that not only is this a DANGEROUS notion to take root in your mind, it’s also not original. Black men being considered rapists is a threat that’s been aimed at us for centuries to justify the violence that befalls us from the hands of racism. You unilaterally say that all “mainstream” rappers are rapists, an incredibly racist and offensively untrue statement by any measure of common sense and decency.

You could’ve said you don’t want to support Sean “Diddy” Combs and anyone that’s worked closely with him, and left it at that; but instead you decided to say that because of him; ALL straight Black male rappers are rapists. You suggest this about rappers that were around before him, that are gaining fame after his arrest, and rappers that have never even met him. You say you listen to Black women and Black queer folks and think this somehow absolves of the cartoonishly racist statement you make of straight Black men. And I think you know this is a racist thing to believe because you’re on anonymous, and like all forms of bigotry (your racism in this case) is a form of intellectual dishonesty and cowardice.

Just because you supposedly listen to Black female rappers and Black queers rappers doesn’t mean you’re not espousing the same tired, myopic, rhetoric that’s been force fed into your head from hundreds of years of white supremacy propaganda. Indeed, if you’re going to come into my inbox and talk out your neck about Black men, to a Black man, the least you can do is try to come up with something new. But you can’t, because all antiBlack ideas were thought up before you were born, spread by more people than you’ll ever know, and expressed in more ways than you perceive to be possible. You only think you’re being brave and saying what needs to be said, but you’re just being a puppet for good ol’ fashion racism.

I could list the many rappers that have been nothing but positive beacons for our community, but I don’t see the point in talking to someone so diametrically opposed to my and my brethren’s existence.

Happy 30th birthday Animorphs! If you were a person I would buy you a beer. This was my first literary love and I suspect will be my last. A bunch of very cool and talented artists and writers got together to make a massive zine in celebration and everyone should go check it out (and maybe pick up the books if you're interested in a sprawling tale of body horrors, war casualties, moral dilemmas, hard choices, and loss of innocence - they're available online!). And please show the artists and writers some love! Thank you @pyrochord for undertaking this huge effort to organize and support :)

My contributions are the cover art (top) and this paired piece of many major secondary cast (bottom)

"Just tell them we're Animorphs." "Tell them we're what?" "Idiot teenagers with a death wish."

THE ANIMORPHS30 ZINE IS HERE!!!

(And thanks to @gros-chat-fait for this beautiful cover art!!)

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the series, creators of the fanbase have come together to bring you a zine of nearly 200+ pages (at which point I'm not even sure we can call it a zine anymore! The correct term at this point would be anthology!), filled with art and writing.

You can download it as a PDF here, or if you just want to view it without downloading, it's available on Canva here.

Currently I'm still working on options for getting a printed release, but self-printing is still an option! Stay tuned—there should be a self-print mirror available shortly (I'll just need to change some links to QR codes, among other things).