yael villafranca
@yaelv.bsky.social
scene artist | painting and collage | antifascist, dharma evangelist | IG @patisse.art | @arachnestudios on YT
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UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
March 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there.
They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.
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Rep Zephyr’s speech flips 13 GOPs, trans bills die in Montana
Trans people have been scapegoated so effectively (among older people) that we're flooded with models of how to hate.
But when people hear the love behind why we stand up for each other, we win.
Bravo, @zoandbehold.bsky.social!
Trans people have been scapegoated so effectively (among older people) that we're flooded with models of how to hate.
But when people hear the love behind why we stand up for each other, we win.
Bravo, @zoandbehold.bsky.social!
Rep Zephyr’s speech flips 13 Republicans, trans bills die in Montana
YouTube video by Erin In The Morning
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March 7, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Rep Zephyr’s speech flips 13 GOPs, trans bills die in Montana
Trans people have been scapegoated so effectively (among older people) that we're flooded with models of how to hate.
But when people hear the love behind why we stand up for each other, we win.
Bravo, @zoandbehold.bsky.social!
Trans people have been scapegoated so effectively (among older people) that we're flooded with models of how to hate.
But when people hear the love behind why we stand up for each other, we win.
Bravo, @zoandbehold.bsky.social!
some guy proposed a theory that vulcans are future elves and that’s not even the tenth most absurd thing i’ve heard today
March 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
some guy proposed a theory that vulcans are future elves and that’s not even the tenth most absurd thing i’ve heard today
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why don’t ya make like a perspective drawing and vanish at some point?
March 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
why don’t ya make like a perspective drawing and vanish at some point?
collage mode activate
March 6, 2025 at 1:24 AM
collage mode activate
everybody hates criston cole only because they haven’t met kemen from rings of powhere
March 5, 2025 at 6:19 AM
everybody hates criston cole only because they haven’t met kemen from rings of powhere
galadriel is what happens when oppositional defiance disorder goes undiagnosed and untreated. white girls and women seem especially susceptible (what’s up with that?)
March 4, 2025 at 9:34 PM
galadriel is what happens when oppositional defiance disorder goes undiagnosed and untreated. white girls and women seem especially susceptible (what’s up with that?)
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My latest piece for @teenvogue.com delves into the horrific story of popular skincare ingredient Retin-A.
Before Retin-A was approved by the FDA in 1971, it had been tested on hundreds of incarcerated Black people in Philadelphia, without their informed consent. The survivors still bear the scars.
Before Retin-A was approved by the FDA in 1971, it had been tested on hundreds of incarcerated Black people in Philadelphia, without their informed consent. The survivors still bear the scars.
The miraculous wrinkle-erasing, acne-fighting cream, is the result of decades of horrifying medical abuse.
The Horrifying History Behind a Beloved Skin-Care Ingredient
Retin-A was developed through tests on incarcerated people.
www.teenvogue.com
March 1, 2025 at 11:09 PM
My latest piece for @teenvogue.com delves into the horrific story of popular skincare ingredient Retin-A.
Before Retin-A was approved by the FDA in 1971, it had been tested on hundreds of incarcerated Black people in Philadelphia, without their informed consent. The survivors still bear the scars.
Before Retin-A was approved by the FDA in 1971, it had been tested on hundreds of incarcerated Black people in Philadelphia, without their informed consent. The survivors still bear the scars.
devil in a blue dress, much ado, inside man, THE SCOTTISH PLAY
without saying training day, fav denzel washington film?
February 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
devil in a blue dress, much ado, inside man, THE SCOTTISH PLAY
you maniacs really were watching house of the dragon AND rings of power concurrently?? was 2022 like having cake and ice cream delivered to you every week
February 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
you maniacs really were watching house of the dragon AND rings of power concurrently?? was 2022 like having cake and ice cream delivered to you every week
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Bonus Sphinx drawings that I really should continue because they made me laugh really hard
February 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Bonus Sphinx drawings that I really should continue because they made me laugh really hard
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Huh, turns out you can't have private UNIDENTIFIED security assault and kidnap people because you don't like what they say at city hall
Weird.
Weird.
Coeur d’Alene prosecutors dismiss citation against woman dragged from town hall, city revokes security company’s business license
City prosecutors will dismiss a misdemeanor battery citation issued to the Post Falls woman who plainclothes private security guards dragged out of a legislative town hall Saturday and the city of Coe...
cdapress.com
February 25, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Huh, turns out you can't have private UNIDENTIFIED security assault and kidnap people because you don't like what they say at city hall
Weird.
Weird.
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I think its fine to have art content you dont enjoy, approve of or want to see, and establishing a personal boundary is healthy
But as anti-porn and anti-art fascism continues to ramp up i think you need to weigh how publicly calling people freaks, degens, weirdos etc is feeding these attitudes
But as anti-porn and anti-art fascism continues to ramp up i think you need to weigh how publicly calling people freaks, degens, weirdos etc is feeding these attitudes
February 15, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I think its fine to have art content you dont enjoy, approve of or want to see, and establishing a personal boundary is healthy
But as anti-porn and anti-art fascism continues to ramp up i think you need to weigh how publicly calling people freaks, degens, weirdos etc is feeding these attitudes
But as anti-porn and anti-art fascism continues to ramp up i think you need to weigh how publicly calling people freaks, degens, weirdos etc is feeding these attitudes
reposting so i can remember to read later due to not having a bookmark button @support.bsky.team
"Truth is strategic, not just moral. But speaking truth isn’t enough. We need to disrupt disinformation systems, counter authoritarian narratives, and create spaces where truth can be heard and acted upon by us."
Reinterpreting "Speak Truth to Power" in an Era of Authoritarianism and Post-Truth Politics
The Truth Alone Will Not Set Us Free
antiauthoritarianplaybook.substack.com
February 24, 2025 at 1:39 AM
reposting so i can remember to read later due to not having a bookmark button @support.bsky.team
missing hotd so i started rings of power. is there kind of a nationalist subtext in commander galadriel’s obsession with hunting sauron…maybe a little
February 23, 2025 at 2:09 AM
missing hotd so i started rings of power. is there kind of a nationalist subtext in commander galadriel’s obsession with hunting sauron…maybe a little
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The Trump regime's segregationist agenda is clear.
I argue that having a Black man as president of white America enraged a portion of this country so much, that they decided to destroy any pipeline to Black advancement in academia, government, & workplaces.
karenattiah.substack.com/p/trumps-seg...
I argue that having a Black man as president of white America enraged a portion of this country so much, that they decided to destroy any pipeline to Black advancement in academia, government, & workplaces.
karenattiah.substack.com/p/trumps-seg...
Trump's segregationist agenda is a reaction to Obama
And we need to talk about it.
karenattiah.substack.com
February 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The Trump regime's segregationist agenda is clear.
I argue that having a Black man as president of white America enraged a portion of this country so much, that they decided to destroy any pipeline to Black advancement in academia, government, & workplaces.
karenattiah.substack.com/p/trumps-seg...
I argue that having a Black man as president of white America enraged a portion of this country so much, that they decided to destroy any pipeline to Black advancement in academia, government, & workplaces.
karenattiah.substack.com/p/trumps-seg...
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is it me or is this kinda good
February 22, 2025 at 2:51 AM
is it me or is this kinda good
hypothetically, if there was a bookmark button, i would be on this app all day. i would never leave. just so you’re aware @support.bsky.team
February 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
hypothetically, if there was a bookmark button, i would be on this app all day. i would never leave. just so you’re aware @support.bsky.team
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In his new book, poet and journalist Mohammed El-Kurd rejects the notion that Palestinians must prove themselves worthy of dignity and freedom.
For Palestinians, the ‘Perfect Victim’ Is an Impossible Standard
In his new book, poet and journalist Mohammed El-Kurd rejects the notion that Palestinians must prove themselves worthy of dignity and freedom.
progressive.org
February 19, 2025 at 3:01 AM
In his new book, poet and journalist Mohammed El-Kurd rejects the notion that Palestinians must prove themselves worthy of dignity and freedom.
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Concept art by Maurice Noble for the Bugs Bunny cartoon Hare-Way to the Stars (1958), dir. Chuck Jones, Warner Bros. Cartoons
February 19, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Concept art by Maurice Noble for the Bugs Bunny cartoon Hare-Way to the Stars (1958), dir. Chuck Jones, Warner Bros. Cartoons
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Bringing this back because this has been my life for the last week:
February 20, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Bringing this back because this has been my life for the last week: