these are pictures we took in downtown el paso in 2019. museo urbano is a local group that puts exhibits relating to border life out where people can see and interact with them. the other museo urbano exhibit i’ve seen was one related to the history of labor organizing in maquilas in juarez.
tornillo is a nearby small town with a massive detention center. i think technically it’s so small it’s a census designated place. there have been more kids put in detention in tornillo than the town has citizens.
life along the u.s.-mexico border is defined by u.s. violence against mexico and latines. it has been for as long as the border has existed; borders are inherently violent.
i don’t know what else to say. these pictures hurt to look at. kids in concentration camps drawing things that remind them of home. and the worst part is that for whatever reason none of the pictures have names attached. just another negligible detail and another way the artists have been disappeared.
fundraising for a trans woman of color so she doesn’t end up kicked out or starving to death has lost me followers and has most of my mutuals filtering my url as if i cant tell when im being filtered out and its taken 2 weeks to get even close to the goal but when i decide to fundraise for myself on indigenous peoples day and thanksgiving, white guilt helps me reach way more than any goal i set in just a couple of days. funny how this all goes isnt it
anyways today is her birthday, send my wife some money as a gift. she’s a disabled chinese trans girl suffering from multiple disabilities along with living in an abusive household and her father is getting more violent everyday. ice is swarming my city so i cannot get a stable job without risking being detained and without me my wife will die. you can find photos of proof from previous fundraiser posts that lost traction on my blog. please reblog, we need to reach $30 at minimum but $154 would pay for her laser treatment ❤️ thank you
My comic site finally has issue 28 up on it sooo I shall begin the process of spamming you guys with the panels from that comic. I am skipping ahead for these panels… but I’ve been dying to post them!! Look at Acree’s new design she got upon becoming “Arcee Magnus” its fucking awesome!
