‘Wat’sa with a Pearl Earring examines the exclusion of Northwest Coast art from the canon of “great art” in mainstream art history. It also speaks to the male gaze present in many famous paintings of women.
‘Wat’sa is Sm’algyax for land otter. Land otters would take the form of a beautiful woman and appear to unsuspecting men to steal them away.
as adrienne maree brown says, the unmasking continues. i was raised to believe ~this isn’t what america is about~, but that in itself was fraud; america’s made from continual fraud of land & life. now to be american is to learn to take responsibility for this & to make it right
Today was the first round of the presidential elections here in Brazil and a homophobic, racist, sexist, pro-dictatorship rightwing extremist man got around 48% of the votes.
Here in Brazil a candidate can only win if they have more than 50% of the votes, so there’s still going to be another round of voting between him and the second place candidate. He didn’t win yet, but the way I see it, for him to get 48% of the votes is already a great loss for this country.
You can read more about it in these links that I found in english:
My partner’s teeth have been in constant and steadily worsening pain for over a year. We’re both disabled and living in poverty, so there’s no way we can save up for this on our own. Any donations, however little, and any reblogs will be deeply appreciated!
Urocyon's Jaunts 2.0 
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