#marjory stoneman douglas

[fallensapphires]

Places - National Parks (4/63): Everglades, Florida

The miracle of the light pours over the green and brown expanse of saw grass and of water, shining and slow-moving below, the grass and water that is the meaning and the central fact of the Everglades of Florida. It is a river of grass.

[bayoubashsims]

I'm amazed by those photos of Tasha Tudor! I've always thought Ginia Kat (as a name) felt like a cute play on Virginia Woolf, so in my headcanon, she has a sister named Nessa (like Virginia Woolf's sister Vanessa) who is Tara Kat's mother.

Oh my goodness, what a lovely notion. I definitely think her full name is Virginia and it would make sense for Tara to be her niece. I do wish EA explored their history more!

I think there is something to her name being taken from Virginia Woolf. I mean, thus far, we know she's the only writer of books in the game. Also, something about Ginia feels rather...isolated and melancholic like Virginia Woolf.

Other than the obvious nod to Tasha Tudor, I also like to think of her as being kind of like Coleen Salley (a Louisiana figure too!) and Marjory Stoneman Douglas, known as the Mother of the Everglades. In my headcanon, other than telling stories about her cats to kids, she's also an activist to save the Old Town bayous!

[r15fle]

i despise nikolas cruz he's so stupid bruh i hope he gets butt fucked in prison every day

[whenweallvote]

Today marks six years since the tragic mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

As we honor the 17 Parkland victims and send love to their families today, we also mourn for all lives lost and forever changed by gun violence since — including everyone impacted by the shooting at the SuperBowl Parade JUST a few hours ago.

Don't let ANYONE tell you there's nothing to be done about gun violence. It’s up to the politicians WE elect to propose and enact critical gun safety measures, and other bills to protect our children and communities.

Our Vote is Our Voice. Make sure you, your friends, and your family members are all registered to vote today at weall.vote/register.

[valkyries-things]

MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS // JOURNALIST

“She was an American journalist, author, women's suffrage advocate, and conservationist known for her staunch defense of the Everglades against efforts to drain it and reclaim land for development. Moving to Miami as a young woman to work for The Miami Herald, she became a freelance writer, producing over one hundred short stories that were published in popular magazines. Her most influential work was the book The Everglades: River of Grass (1947), which redefined the popular conception of the Everglades as a treasured river instead of a worthless swamp. Her books, stories, and journalism career brought her influence in Miami, enabling her to advance her causes.”

[boldlycrookedsalad]

[dewpostcards]

Received from Canada. From my favorite postcard collection.

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Natasha Korecki at NBC News:

David Hogg, a survivor of the 2018 shooting at his high school in Parkland, Florida, who turned into a national anti-violence activist, has launched a bid to serve in leadership of the Democratic National Committee.  Hogg, 24, announced on Monday he is running to become a vice chair of the DNC, arguing he would focus on winning back young voters who have drifted from the Democratic Party to Republicans. That shift came profoundly, and abruptly, in November, when young voters who predominantly favored President Joe Biden just four years earlier backed Donald Trump in larger numbers than any Republican presidential candidate since 2008, according to NBC News exit polling.

“Moving forward, we must have a renewed focus on our youth outreach in all states and territories to rebuild our coalition after the massive shift to the right among young voters this election,” Hogg said in a statement. Beyond reaching out to young voters, Hogg is urging the party to take a deeper look within itself to assess the setbacks that befell Democrats on Nov. 5. He was critical of some of Kamala Harris' team, among others, saying they took on an almost blasé attitude after the vice president lost, despite warning repeatedly of dangers that Trump would bring to democracy if reelected.

"You raised an absurd amount of money. This was our race to lose, and we lost it. And it's time to really peel back the curtain and say, 'Okay, what did we do wrong?' Instead of just protecting the consultants that brought us into this place in the first place," Hogg said in an interview. Hogg said he is aggressively tackling the race to become DNC vice chair, having already emailed every one of the 448 active members of the DNC who would cast a ballot in the election and rapidly booking follow-up conversations. Hogg expressed outrage over what he described was a lack of awareness by the party in the months before the election. Hogg said that at a brunch during the August Democratic National Convention in Chicago, he asked why the party wasn't doing more to reach out to young men. "I got messages from different consultants saying, 'Here you go, saying this stupid stuff again.' As if they know what young people are thinking, when it's emblematic of the broader problem at hand for the Democratic Party, where we would rather choose to live in a consultant-curated fictional reality," Hogg said.

[...] Hogg's announcement is the latest in recent activity around new DNC leadership, since current DNC Chair Jaime Harrison announced he was stepping down. The party itself is reeling after losing the White House to Trump despite outspending him and boasting of superior organizational strength in the weeks leading up to the election.

David Hogg, who was brought into the spotlight in the aftermath of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, FL, will launch a bid for the DNC Vice-Chair.

[jazsparklez]

Hey everyone, I’ve been away from tumblr for a really long time and have decided I will not be posting anything on here very often however I will still be active and replying to any messages you would like to send me :) I’m a member of the TCC and would be super happy to talk about it with anybody who is also interested <3

[thequeenofsastiel]

Please reblog I'm very curious

[actual-sleeping-beauty]

i would love to never see that gifset of carlos with the guns again. sorry like. perhaps i am simply too traumatized by the gun violence that has haunted my literal entire existence on this earth but. no.

[filosofablogger]

HOW. MANY. MORE. ???????????

Painting on iconic rock at Michigan State University https://www.gunviolencearchive.org You ask when I’m going to stop writing about guns and gun violence?  When somebody finally DOES SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!!

[trench]

School shooting video game isn't what you think

For the past two and a half decades, edgelords have made video games in their mother’s basement about school shootings. In 2007, some troll made a flash game that was hosted on Newgrounds about the shootings at Virginia Tech. That game was mostly made for the attention, and the game’s creator tried extorting money from the internet to take it down. Then in 2013, that same troll made another…

[tfbsattic]

6 years ago, on this day, THAT ASH WEDNESDAY, a shooter massacred 14 students and 3 faculty members of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL. May St. Valentine pray for the heavenly repose of those souls.

A blessed Valentine’s Day in heaven to them all.

[politicsnc]

It's not just the guns. It's the Republicans.

On Monday, my community saw the results of Republicans’ dystopian view of the world. Around 1pm, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill issued an alert, telling all students to shelter in place. An armed and dangerous man was on campus. Within minutes, the town was shutdown. Law enforcement from across the region flooded onto campus. News video showed officers in bulletproof vests moving…