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Erin Monahan (she/her)

"There Are Going to be Such Explosions": What Constitutes Violence in a Settler Colonial Society, the Unethical Use of Tear Gas, and the Importance of Media Literacy

"There Are Going to be Such Explosions": What Constitutes Violence in a Settler Colonial Society, the Unethical Use of Tear Gas, and the Importance of Media Literacy

Photo by Spenser on Unsplash Black Lives, particularly Black Trans Lives, Matter everyday, all day, 365 days a year, 24/7. Tony McDadeNina PopMuhlaysia Booker Joseph Thomas Alexa RuizGeorge FloydLayleen Polanco Iyanna Dior- Black trans femme who was attacked at a George Floyd protest in Minneapolis Breonna TaylorJames ScurlockAhmaud ArberyRegis
Erin Monahan (she/her)
This is All We Can Think About: The Deaths of Ahmaud Arbery and Nina Pop, the False Binary of Covert/Overt White Supremacy, and Where to Redistribute That Stimulus Check

This is All We Can Think About: The Deaths of Ahmaud Arbery and Nina Pop, the False Binary of Covert/Overt White Supremacy, and Where to Redistribute That Stimulus Check

Ahmaud Arbery’s murder was not an anomaly. His death is one of countless egregious and horrifying modern-day lynchings at the hands of a couple of self-appointed “citizen patrollers” enacting whiteness as Nell Irvin Painter describes. This is the manifestation of centuries of violence stemming back to slave
Erin Monahan (she/her)
Not Your Playground: Amid COVID-19 Pandemic Flash Foxy Cancels Women’s Climbing Festival in Payahüünadü, and Here’s Why You Should Cancel Your Plans Altogether

Not Your Playground: Amid COVID-19 Pandemic Flash Foxy Cancels Women’s Climbing Festival in Payahüünadü, and Here’s Why You Should Cancel Your Plans Altogether

Photo by Tommy Lisbin Among the cancellations of major events like South by Southwest, Coachella, and various summits, conferences, and concerts, Flash Foxy followed suit by cancelling their massively popular and sold-out Women’s Climbing Festival (WCF) that takes place every March in Payahüünadü (the Nümüü word for “place
Erin Monahan (she/her)