There are accepted revolutions, revolutions which are called revolutions; there are refused revolutions, which are called riots.

“I decided to write you a letter again, knowing how much you like reading letters, and hoping this one would bring you a moment of delight, even if brief. As the first one did … I wanted to be with you through this hard day. I wanted to bother and annoy you with my silly words as usual, hoping it would get somethings off your chest, but alas, things don’t always go the way we want them to.”

“Desire is about vanishing. You dream a bowl of cherries and next day receive a letter written in red juice.”

“The world is full of omens, and you pick the ones you liked.”

“I am always in too many worlds,”

“Everything rises from the dead in June.”

“Be still, my soul, and steadfast.”

““In Somali when we see injustice we say ‘dhiiga kuma dhaqaqo?’ which translates into ‘does your blood not move?’””

a black man was found hung in huntington, new york today. police ruled the hanging a suicide before performing an autopsy, and media has been largely silenced. as of june 22 2020, this is the fourth hanging of a black person in a public place in the last week: the seventh in less than a month. all of these deaths have been ruled as suicide.

the lea michele situation is actually a prime example of why we should be wary of performative activism right now. if you are supporting the cause by protesting, donating, posting your support, etc. that’s great! but this problem goes so much deeper than just police brutality.