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Vladimir Tretchikoff (Russian,1913-2006)

Crayfish Seller, 1969

Oil on canvas

カボチャの冒険 (Kabocha no Bouken), Daisuke Igarashi

Kenny Harris - Moka with teal blue and red (2024)

U.S Added to a Global Human Rights Watchlist

Why You Should Be Worried About America’s Declining Human Rights Ranking

When you think of human rights abuses, you might picture authoritarian regimes, not the United States. But according to a new report from CIVICUS (source), the U.S. is now officially categorized as a "narrowed" democracy—a status shared with countries where free speech, protests, and civil liberties are increasingly under attack. The U.S. joins the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pakistan, Chile, Slovakia, and 37 other countries with "narrowed" civic freedoms. That’s the kind of company America is now keeping.

What Does This Mean for You?

Your Right to Protest Is Under Threat – Laws restricting peaceful demonstrations have been ramping up, making it easier for authorities to criminalize protests they don’t like.

Censorship and Press Freedom Are in Decline – Journalists covering protests or political corruption are facing more harassment, and state-level laws are making it harder to report the truth.

Targeting of Activists and Marginalized Groups – The crackdown on civil rights groups, LGBTQ+ organizations, and racial justice movements is accelerating.

Legal Attacks on Voting Rights – Gerrymandering, voter suppression, and efforts to limit ballot access are all symptoms of a democracy that’s backsliding fast.

What’s at Stake?

If the U.S. keeps trending in this direction, basic freedoms—like the ability to voice your opinion, challenge authority, or even vote—could become privileges instead of rights. Young people, activists, and minority communities will be the first to feel the impact, but make no mistake: this affects everyone who believes in a fair and free society.

The Bigger Picture

This is not just about one bad policy or one election cycle—it’s about a systematic shift toward authoritarianism. Through executive orders, Trump has sought to consolidate power in the executive branch, making it easier for him and his allies to monitor and control departments and agencies to ensure they are only carrying out Trump’s agenda. The more people accept restrictions on speech, protests, and voting, the easier it becomes for those in power to tighten their grip. This is how democracies die: not with a single dramatic event, but through a slow erosion of rights, one law at a time.

What Can You Do?

Stay Informed – Know what’s happening at the state and federal levels.

Speak Up – The more people push back, the harder it is for leaders to silence dissent.

Vote Like Democracy Depends on It – Because, frankly, it does.

The U.S. has long claimed to be a beacon of democracy. But that light is fading—and unless we fight for our rights, it could go out completely.

The Independent

US added to human rights watchlist for ‘narrowing’ freedoms

Nonprofit organization says the U.S. is now considered a country with ‘faltering’ civic freedoms

Mark Harless

Wonders never cease

This is fine, I'm fine

'mannequin used in mary quant exhibition in the early '70s from the collection of the museum of london, department of costume' in body styles - ted polhemus (1988)

A Woman Who Gave Birth to Three Children and Four Animals, José Guadalupe Posada, c. 1894

Image included in the broadsheet "¡Caso raro! Una mujer que dio a luz a tres niños y cuatro animales" (Imprenta de A. Vanegas Arroyo, ca 1894).

via The Public Domain Review

Apologia by John Waters. Oui Magazine, Aug. 1979.

lesbian couple on their wedding day after 72 years together, photographed by Thomas Greyer

people in color by vivian maier, 1960s-70s.

Loopholes (for archers to shoot arrows) in medieval castles

Shuji Terayama’s “Imaginary Phototheque: The People of the Dog-God Family”, 1975.

posted this on my instagram, but wanted to add it here, too

y’all really recommend books like: title, there are gay characters, enemies to lovers, young adult, written by poc

not once do i ever see a summary

Nail polish on legs holds up bobby sox

Nina Leen, Life, Dec 11, 1944

Blue Velvet (1986) dir. David Lynch

USA people! Buy NOTHING Feb 28 2025. Not anything. 24 hours. No spending. Buy the day before or after but nothing. NOTHING. February 28 2025. Not gas. Not milk. Not something on a gaming app. Not a penny spent. (Only option in a crisis is local small mom and pop. Nothing. Else.) Promise me. Commit. 1 day. 1 day to scare the shit out of them that they don't get to follow the bullshit executive orders. They don't get to be cowards. If they do, it costs. It costs.

Then, if you can join me for Phase 2. March 7 2025 thtough March 14 2025? No Amazon. None. 1 week. No orders. Not a single item. Not one ebook. Nothing. 1 week. Just 1.

If you live outside the USA boycott US products on February 28 2025 and stand in solidarity with us and also join us for the week of no Amazon.

Are you with me?

Spread the word.

albert fournier, triple murderer and rapist, executed by guillotine, at Tours in february 1920

Compilation of Arts by Shigeru Sudō (須藤しげる)

"Water Lily" 「きみがまなことは睡蓮に （少女倶楽部）」 (1927) "The Day My Sister Marries" 「姉嫁ぐ日 （少女倶楽部）」 (1927) "The Day of No Return" 「返らぬ日 （令女界）」 (1928)