This Isnt OK

This isn’t OK

There hasn’t been nearly enough awareness on this, but there has been a huge spike in hate crimes against the Asian community during the pandemic, and that’s seriously messed up. Never under any circumstance is it alright to hate someone for their race, and Asians are NOT responsible for the pandemic. 

Even if one of the conspiracy theories somehow came out to be true and the pandemic was somehow purposefully engineered, that would be the fault of those few select persons- definitely not their entire race. We’re all suffering through this pandemic TOGETHER, and we need to support one another, NOT go around looking for someone to point a finger at. It’s horrific that anyone could reason that these kinds of acts are in any way justifiable, and it’s not okay that this has been going on.

Lot’s of love to any of you folks reading this. Stay strong and keep trooping, you amazing humans!

https://www.change.org/p/governor-andrew-cuomo-end-hate-crimes-against-asian-americans

https://www.change.org/p/san-francisco-mayor-london-breed-raising-awareness-ending-hate-crimes-towards-the-asian-community-9ff875eb-03c4-4c95-a000-52d71e54abcb

https://www.change.org/p/the-sun-pakistan-didn-t-cause-the-pandemic-racist-british-reports-will-increase-hate-crime

https://www.change.org/p/we-stand-against-all-covid19-related-racism-and-hate-crimes-towards-other-people-living-studying-and-working-in-britain

https://www.change.org/p/danielle-m-outlaw-ppd-classify-attack-against-asian-american-pregnant-woman-and-her-daughter-a-hate-crime-cd6e1aa2-512e-4433-830f-f9891988720e/psf/promote_or_share

https://www.change.org/p/mayor-london-breed-justice-for-84-year-old-man-murdered-in-san-francisco

Pixar has also released two of their short films on YouTube to show support, and I’d definitely recommend checking them out if you haven’t seen them(maybe bring a few tissues, though)! If anyone’s curious, their titles are “Float” and “Wind”. 

Candle

It’s a candle! I’m not entirely happy with the shadows and glints of light yet, but it was fun to do, and I got to experiment with more brushes. 

It’s a fresh new, never-before-been-lit candle, because I’m too lazy right now to add any drips. That, and my homework is starting to glare at me.

As a typical non-shipper, it baffles me how I got into this ship, but DESPERADA

DES-PER-A-DA

The second is the original. The rest are just me messing around with filters from the drawing app I use (which is actually meant for photoshop, but I only figured that out recently. It explained a lot...)

Y’know, it kind of feels like I’m talking to myself. Which, I guess I am since I’m not an active part anything on tumblr (unless you count browsing fandom content).

Carmen Sandiego fanart

I recently binged the final season, and had to do some art of Carmen and her favorite ACME (does anyone else mishear it as “acne”?) agent:

In case no one’s told you lately:

You’re not a burden.

It’s okay to be struggling.

It’s okay to tell people you’re struggling.

Please tell people you’re struggling.

Don’t suffer in silence. Tell someone. Get help.

It’s okay to need help.

Please get yourself help.

You’re not the exception to recovery.

The world is more beautiful because you’re in it.

You’re worth it.

You’re a good person.

Thank you for existing.

You’re beautiful.

You’re not the exception to recovery.

Please stay alive.

If you’re looking for a sign not to kill yourself, this is it.

Please, stay alive.

People love you.

I love you.

Don’t give up.

You’re not the exception to recovery.

You’re not the exception to recovery.

What just happened on CNN? Im at work and so wasn’t somewhere I could watch

Sure I’ll sum up.

So there was a very good peaceful protest by.... Lafayette Park? Right outside the White House. They were chanting, they had multiple reporters in the crowd, it was fucking CHILL, people were waiting for Trump to do a speech in the Rose Garden.

Then, out of nowhere, truly NOWHERE, the cops closed in from three directions and threw gas into the crowd. They used rubber bullets on the crowd IMMEDIATELY. One dude told the reporter “They don’t care about news, move.” They drove out the totally fucking peaceful, pre-curfew protestors.

They moved them all out, and Trump started speaking, and you could hear the fucking gas going off over his speech. CNN fucking did a splitscreen to show the peopple being shoved back as the motherfucker stood up there and said he would protect our rights and would mobilize the military against people.

Then back to the reporters, and everyone was forced further and further away. One woman on a bike told the reporter “They are getting the water cannons ready, you wanna move.”

TURNS OUT.

ALL OF THIS.

WAS BECAUSE TRUMP WANTED A PHOTO OP AT THE CHURCH ACROSS THE STREET. HE WANTED THEM OUT OF THE WAY SO HE COULD STAND WITH A BIBLE IN FRONT OF A CHURCH.

Even CNN is calling him a dictator, at 7PM.

Then the Illinois governor came out and called him a racist, xenophobic, misogynistic failure.

ETA: OH AND AFTER THE FACT one of the CNN ppl said that the cops claimed they gave three warnings to the crowd to disperse. There were reporters literally in the crowd, and didn’t mention hearing anything along those lines and where as shocked as anyone when the crowd was forced to move. So they’re fucking lying.