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A lot of people know about the very first piece he did when he left the post which was the The Problem We All Live With which depicts Ruby Bridges walking to school under federal protection.

But I don’t think enough people know about Murder in Mississippi which depicts three real civil rights activists who were murdered by the Ku Klux Klan and sherriffs. The magazine ran the sketch instead of the finished piece because they felt it had a more striking statement to accompany the article. Norman Rockwell would finish that version after publication which is here

Rockwell’s legacy is sanitized because he decided to maintain his job at the Post for so long despite his frustrations with not being able to express himself. The civil rights movement was just his final straw to change what he could with the little time he had left. Look magazine received a lot of hate for Rockwell painting these as well.

Another favorite piece of mine is The Right to Know which depicts an integrated populace questioning their government. In 1968, the year of Vietnam and the year the Fair Housing Act only just got signed in months prior:

But I think it’s important to include the caption Rockwell originally wrote for the piece as well. I think it represents how a 74 year old Rockwell felt about the America he believed in and the people in it:

likely the most famous picture of a Thanksgiving dinner ever painted and you see it all the time.

What you may not know is its actual title

“Freedom From Want” it’s a part of a series of 4, including this now famous meme

“Freedom of Speech” These paintings were illustrations of FDR’s “Four Freedoms” speech where The President laid out a vision that would become what the Allies were fighting for in WWII universal human rights that became a part of the UN charter.

So this homey American Thanksgiving scene was also a bold statement that no one in the world should go hungry

I am not uptight about privacy because I'm hiding something. I'm uptight about it because the people who dismiss my right to privacy are dangerous to you and me and our families, personally, all the time.

I used to work at a TV station in Ohio. On weekends, we only had an 11pm news broadcast. Not much happened on weekends, ya know? I worked Monday-Friday 9-5, but someone on the weekend shift quit, so I also had to come in at 9pm on Sat/Sun to work the 11pm news. It was brutal. I worked seven days a week, even if two of them were ~3hrs.

This was a particularly bad winter. One Saturday, we had a level 2 snow emergency: That means you should only travel if you absolutely must. Like, it's not uncommon for cops to pull you over in level 2 emergencies to ask where you're going and why. It is genuinely dangerous to drive in that much snow.

I told my boss as much, how I almost crashed on the way home at 12:30am after a news broadcast. I told him I would need to call off if there were a snow emergency again during a night snow.

He told me, point blank, "If you ever call me about the goddamn snow, I will take it as a call of resignation."

And that was that! The very next Saturday, snow fell again. It was a level 2, but would become level 3 by sunup. Level 3 means driving is literally illegal except for ambulances and snow plows. I stared out the window, watching the snow, and I had to make a choice.

"Will I die for this? Will I kill myself to keep this job?" I made $11/hr.

I asked Vrelnir questions for the very first time!!! I AM PUMPED AND SO HAPPY! PLEASE ENJOY, BAILEY ENJOYERS! Under the "read more" are the image files of the Discord messages sent/received!

1. Does Bailey's tattoo contain any symbols like the wards at the orphanage/his flats?

That's a good question :VrelHapp:

2. Did the snake imagery on the ceiling and floor of Bailey's flat exist before he moved in or did he hire people to do it?

It was Bailey's doing, aye.

3. Would Bailey eat some of PC's famous cream buns? Alternatively: Is breast milk/semen one of Bailey's acceptable ingredients?

Only if they could verify where all the ingredients came from, and found them acceptable. They wouldn't be keen on the breast/milk semen. They're keen on the money though.

4. I know Gwylan helped the last caretaker out, but does Bailey see Gwylan sort of like a father/mother, older sibling, or perhaps a mentor figure? I loved seeing him shuffle awkwardly in place when Gwylan confronts them!

They see them as something unique.

The Avery Skyscraper ending was wonderful, but I need to ask...

5. Why does Bailey stop Robin from getting in his car at the end when they are injured? He already let Robin ride all the way over from the skyscraper to Avery's mansion only to leave Robin there? Someone has to drive Robin down Avery's long driveway anyway, right?! Poor Robin!

Poor Robin indeed!

6. I look forward to repercussions to sabotaging Averys's tower. Remy must be livid knowing that it was sabotaged and that the sabotage lead to their face being burned! Why is Remy/Harper not immediately suspicious that Bailey is the saboteur of the ceremony when Bailey burns down Avery's mansion within HOURS of the skyscraper falling?

I'm glad to hear it. Remy is indeed livid. While Bailey's behaviour is suspicious, it's so brazen that Remy/Harper think they were behind the skyscraper as well. They already consider Bailey an opportunist. They suspect whoever's truly responsible is keeping their head down.

7. My absolute favorite content in the game is the various locations in the game where you can lie that Bailey sent you or even act as their enforcer. How would Bailey react if he found out PC invokes their name?

I'm glad you like it! Bailey wouldn't necessarily mind that the PC was invoking their name, as long as the PC wasn't working against Bailey when doing so.

8. I feel that if Bailey can trust Whitney to do odd jobs, then he might trust a particularly skulduggerous PC! Is there any chance of PC going on jobs with Whitney? If yes, what would Bailey "pay" PC with or would he simply not pay them and think of it as going towards Whitney's secret deal?

Bailey might indeed trust a skulduggerous PC! Unlike Whitney however, they'd prefer the PC to remain capable of making them money. They can use Whitney in more expendable ways. It's possible they'd send the PC on a mission with Whitney, but they'll usuall be too dangerous. Bailey wouldn't pay the PC anything if they did, though.

9. You answered what DOL LIs ending might get in the "Hopeless Cycle" if they were in Fayne's position and PC was put into Nona's. What ending do you think Bailey would get? Would that ending change IF Bailey was in love with PC?

I think Bailey would get ending D. They might get B or A if they were in love with the PC, though.