Tuira Kayapó brandished her machete in the face of a government official who was trying to convince indigenous leaders to accept a mega-dam project in the Amazon, 1989
“Electricity won’t give us food. We need the rivers to flow freely. Don’t talk to us about relieving our ‘poverty’ – we are the richest people in Brazil. We are Indians.”
- part of kayapó’s speech during this event
also! she’s still alive! that sort of thing is always worth pointing out to show that we really aren’t too far removed from events like this! here’s a 2019 photo of her:
BRASIL MENCIONADOO
If i’m not mistaken, the constructions were frozen for over a decade for her action
Essa bicha é cruel
Oh yeah, I know them, we grew up together on tumblr.com
i think as adults it's our responsibility to be nice to kids and treat them with the respect we wish we got at that age and im not kidding or exaggerating in the least
summer thunderstorms are one of the most romantic things in the world, actually
“I like art, and by art I mean music, poetry, sex, paintings, the human body, literature. All of this is art to me.”
— (via california-xox-n0stalgia)
Someone being patient with you is one of the softest forms of love.
any love i showed you is yours to keep
‘Light of the Moon’, Igor Mitoraj, 1991