i need my paddles

I just like people. They always seem to be nice.

Avengers: Infinity War (2018), dir. Anthony and Joe Russo.

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“I really want to work with actresses my own age. I’m trying so hard to get projects up and running with an ensemble of young female characters because that’s my life, my group of girls, we’re a gang and we roll together and I’m like: ‘Why is that not reflected in film?”

“Exceeding my perceived limits,” is what she says makes her feel confident when she’s working out. She goes on to say that she’s even more inspired by, “Hitting a goal despite discomfort, fatigue, or excuses.”

Luck isn’t a superpower. And it isn’t cinematic! Yes, it is.

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Meanwhile predominately white children get to take center stage in national media coverage and no one as tear gased them yet. They get to speak to congress and actually be heard and not written off as worthless…

All of these kids spoke at length about the disproportionate way gun violence affects their communities, so much so that it’s stopped making the news. I’m sick of the criticism I’m seeing from people who weren’t even there. The truth is that these kids knew that their march was mired in privilege (they talked about that, too!) and they used it to give POC youth leaders a platform to speak. They addressed problems with educational funding, they called out the school-to-prison pipeline that many of these cities have… And then I come here to see all of you cutting it down because “white kids” organized it. Are any of you paying attention?

And the noises. Oh god, the noises.

You’re actually gonna get away with this.

I was raised to do one thing… but I’ve got nothing to fight for.