#Virginia West

[notasouleater]

I saw Hórreo’s and now I’m thinking about Virginia in either 1B (she’d choose this one) or 5D (the party would get this for her with the addition of vampire teeth) ((probably after pestering her for when her birthday is))

A quiet cozy evening for once because she deserves it

When is her birthday 👉👈 by the way 👉👈 for no reason

[roxy206]

when the sharpest words wanna cut me down; I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown 'em out; I am brave, I am bruised; I am who I'm meant to be, this is me; look out cuz here I come; and I'm marching on to the beat I drum; I'm not scared to be seen; I make no apologies, this is me

Yesterday (04/29/2023) Virginia West did a lip sync to This Is Me at a drag brunch while a group protested with a banner that read there will be blood

This event was a fundraiser for Kaleidoscope Youth Center which supports LGBTQ+ youth in Ohio. If you can, make a donation to support this community!

📷 jakebluv

[littleivyart]

Appalachian Miku

[gwydionmisha]

We warned you this is where this is going.

[shisasan]

August 30, 1927 The Letters of Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf (1924-1941)

[flowerytale]

Virginia Woolf, from a letter to Vita Sackville-West

[intheholler]

it is absolutely BONKERS to me, the number of people in the united states i have talked to who have never even heard of the battle of blair mountain. how the largest labor uprising in our history manages to skirt by so many leftists unknown is just downright astonishing. the largest labor uprising, and the largest armed uprising, period, since the civil war.

did yall even hear me?

THE LARGEST ARMED UPRISING!! besides the civil!!! fucking!! war!!! was fought in 1921 in the name of LABOR RIGHTS AND UNIONS by TEN THOUSAND RIGHTEOUSLY PISSED, STRIKING COAL MINERS

these absolute fucking LEGENDS marching out the hollers of west virginia, wearing their red bandanas and wielding their papaw's shotguns pointed at the lawmen. waging war against the fucking UNITED. STATES. MILITARY!!! for their right to work safely and be paid fairly!!!

and people just like. don't know about that? put some fucking respect on west virginia!!! and fellow appalachians, yall best just own it when ignorant people call you a fucking redneck cause our ancestors did that shit and they did it for us

[mother-lee]

almost heaven

[mournfulroses]

Vita Sackville-West, from a letter to Virginia Woolf written in December 1926

[unteriors]

Rankin Street, Branchland, West Virginia.

[churchrummagesale]

Trans-Allegheny Asylum/Weston Hospital V

[tri-0]

Albert’s Falls • West Virginia

[always-coffee]

WV Libraries Are Under Attack: How to Help

News came out yesterday that West Virginia House passed House Bill 4654. This would remove “bona fide schools, public libraries, and museums from the list of exemptions from criminal liability relating to distribution and display to a minor of obscene matter. …”

Potentially criminalizing librarians is bad, and it’s straight out of the fascist playbook. “Opponents of the bill said that while the bill does not ban books, the bill would have unintended consequences for public and school libraries, resulting in increases in challenges to even classic books and attempts to criminally charge librarians over books not pornographic in nature, but books that include descriptions of sex. They also said it could result in improper criminal charges against library staff,” Steven Allen Adams writes.

So, the question is: now what? What do we do? Where do we go from here?

If you live in West Virginia, call you state senate reps. You can find them listed here.

It’s okay to keep your message short:

“Hi, I’m [full name] calling from [ZIP code], and I’m a constituent of [Senator Name]. I am calling to voice my opposition to Bill 4654, because this is a dangerous step toward book banning. It could potentially harm librarians and libraries, which is incredibly wrong. Do not back this dangerous bill.

You can also ask how many people have called to voice their opposition to this bill. This may annoy the person on the phone, but they technically have to answer you. They may be evasive anyway. But you can either give them your contact information and tell them you’d like a call back or you can call back again later and ask for the tally.

The thing is, people rarely call in. A handful of calls is considered a lot, and the best thing you can do right now is make yourself a nuisance. Good trouble, etc.

Only call if you live in West Virginia, because they do not count calls from those outside their constituency. I am obviously not an expert, but if you have additional questions, ask them and I’ll try to help. I learned way more about how politics work during the last presidency than I thought humanly possible.

Additional resources:

[zanderism]

[petaltexturedskies]

Virginia Woolf, from a letter to Vita Sackville-West dated 7 October 1928

[shisasan]

September 1, 1940 The Letters of Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf (1924-1941)