Atiya Irvin-Mitchell

"Not only will I stare. I want my look to change reality." -bell hooks

love never dies

Vaccination

Imagine trusting science to bring astronauts to the moon and back but not trusting science to develop safe vaccines.

“I was ashamed of myself when I realized that life was a costume party; and I attended with my real face" - Franz Kafka

Get a library card and start using it. Your local library has so many resources you are not aware of. Lookup nonprofits in your area, parks, food pantries, community leaders, musicians, artist, city council, school board, small business owners and start talking to them.

“I receive letters from children in war zones every day. They tell of the pain and sorrow of war, while grown-ups boast of its effects. “We must instead listen to the children.” — Pope Leo XIV

The Emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal are now endangered due to climate change, according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. (iucn.org/press-release/…)

The Artemis II mission was a refreshing display of competence, precision and professionalism in a society where those things are sorely depleted.

A high school valedictorian was escorted out by security during a Broward School Board meeting after questioning why wealthy students were having their graduation ceremony at the Hard Rock venue, while students from middle-class backgrounds were assigned to the school gym.

@puppies_video Hi

You have 72 hours to say 'Hi' to puppie or you'll have a bad April

Spring days are for friends, flowers, and fun 🌸 #PrettyGuardianSailorMoon #Spring

After this administration's bullshit DEI erasure and not "trusting" a Black pilot to fly, it's a Black man who piloted Artemis II and executed a perfect re-entry and splashdown.

@puppies_video @TheWriteSteph Hi

10 years of bad luck for anyone who doesn't says hi

“Dems will abandon you” What if I feel like revolutionaries have abandoned me? My GOP state passed laws against trans people every year; revolutionaries told me elections don’t matter. Now we can’t get driver’s licenses and I’m a political refugee. When is the revolution coming?

My plans for the weekend