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“Mary Wallace was the first woman bus driver with the Chicago Transit Authority in 1974. Her job applications were rejected for three years, but her persistence paid off. She was eventually hired under an affirmative action program. Wallace became one of the city’s most popular drivers over her thirty-three year career.”

—Did you know that Juneteenth is also celebrated in a part of Mexico? Nacimiento Mexico was once home to thousands who escaped slavery in the US. As many as 10,000 slaves followed a clandestine Southern Underground Railroad to Mexico. —To date, many Black Mexicans from the Texas area retrace a portion of the same route their African American ancestors followed in 1850 when they escaped slavery. —Descendants of slaves who escaped across the southern border observe Texas’s emancipation holiday with their own unique traditions in the village of Nacimiento. —Slave hunters would patrol the southern border for escapees, led by the Texas Rangers but the Mexican army would be there waiting for them (the slave hunters) to turn them away.

YOU ARE STILL GIVING THEM MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

so Silena (daughter of Aphrodite) dated Beckendorf (son of Hephaestus) right? like, they were canonically together until his death, etc, etc.

but also, a large portion of the fandom ships Silena and Clarisse (daughter of Ares), yeah? and they're definitely shipped in the subtext (Silena dying in Clarisse's armour, Clarisse dragging the slain drakon through Manhattan – Patrochilles reference). so you know what that means?

APHRODITE IS CHEATING ON HEPHAESTUS WITH ARES ALL OVER AGAIN.

Okay so! While wondering who I should draw next I thought about how in my brain piper is not much clear in my style, so I gave her a picture finally!

I hope I didn’t do anything wrong or offensive but I wanted piper to have a strong profile (not the western beauty French small nose etc features but realistic ones!) She is not totally sure of herself yet, in my brain she is learning to embrace her culture (and her features) and that’s why she wears beadwork earrings!

So! This piper is letting her hair grow now, but in the past she cuts her hair with scissors so she still has an uneven haircut. Piper was ashamed of her identity at first so she had a complicated relationship with her hair. Now she lets them grow and braids them a lot both to keep the tangles out and because now she loves seeing herself with the braids, it reminds her of the old ancestors photos! She is proud now and wears beadwork even in battle!

You are now blessed by Piper McLean, now you can keep scrolling ❤️

piper week | day three