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Enough is Enough

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Take what you need.
Learn what you can.
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This is a photo of the Empire State Building going dark to honor the people who died in a mass shooting. But it wasn’t taken tonight. I remember seeing it and saving it after another mass shooting several months ago. I cannot tell you which mass shooting it was, because there have been so many of them since. There have been 252 mass shootings in the US this year, to be exact. Although according to my google search, that statistic was posted 17 hours ago, so it might have already increased. After the mass shooting in New Zealand, they passed gun control laws six days later. But today I am hearing so many Americans blame mental illness. Well, there are mental health problems in other countries and none of them have as many mass shootings as we do. There are also tons of women with mental health issues and I don’t see any of them going on mass shooting sprees. I heard people are blaming video games. Well, Japan plays more video games than anyone and they don’t have a mass shooting problem. They don’t have nearly as many guns though 🤷🏻‍♀️ The NYTimes just released a study that said only Yemen has a higher rate of mass shootings than the US. Yemen has the world’s 2nd-highest rate of gun ownership after the U.S, so go figure. The problem seems obvious. How do we fix it? Well, the House passed gun control legislation that requires background checks on all gun sales and supports Red Flag laws which seize guns from those who pose a real threat of violence, which sounds like a good start. Unfortunately, this bill has been sitting in the Senate for over 200 days, blocked by Mitch McConnell who is preventing it from going to a vote. Is it really that easy for our government to work against the safety of its own people? If you’d like to email your Senator to demand this bill go to a vote, I put the link to a form from @everytown in my bio. My heart breaks for everyone in El Paso, every one in Dayton, every student who has to sit through active shooter drills, every person who just wants to go to a concert, a restaurant, a store, a garlic festival without fear of getting gunned down by a radicalized male white supremacist. I am so sad and scared for our country 💔

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My first article with a major online publication. My first paid writing gig. I have zero chill about it. I wish, of course, that it was under different circumstances. However, I’m honored to be able to give voice to this important topic. I hope that if I can accomplish one thing as a survivor of gun violence, it would be to to use my experience to help others who are joining our unfortunate club. I hope that my article helps you to better pray for survivors of gun violence. I also hope it reminds you that prayers should not be merely a response we tweet out or offer in a vague way, but can be a path to recognize the deep, ongoing pain of gun violence, trauma, and the evil that perpetuates them. As always, link is in profile.

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My message to the president on gun violence.

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“In the current times of hate filled speech, I was looking for ideas to do a positive design and I saw a picture of New Zealand‘s Prime Minister hugging a Muslim woman after the shooting there. The way their bodies were shaped looked like a heart. I used it as the inspiration.” — @jvycreations . . . Love one anOTHERS prints and tees by Jake Van Yahres are available at CAN. Supporting civil justice @the_dream_corps 🇺🇸 . . . #loveoneanother #enoughisenough #guncontrolnow #elpasoshooting #daytonshooting #christchurchshooting #endgunviolence #logodesignersclub #politicalartwork #designforgood #politicalchange #tshirtshopping @amominsfdemands @momsdemandorlando @momsdemand_tx #gunviolence #nrawomen #gunsense #gunshowloopholetour #creativeactionnetwork

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It may or may not be obvious that my favorite social medial platform is Instagram.

I have a wide variety of accounts I follow – because we are all very diverse individuals with a range of interests. I follow #bookstagram, influencers, comics, politicians, news outlets, writers, business coaches, and people who live in cities I love to or want to visit.

Regularly, for my mental health, I go through my list of accounts I am following to weed out any that regularly make me roll my eyes, make me irrationally irritated, or whatever.

Here are some of the accounts I’ve added [relatively] recently that have a positive impact on my feed.

In the category of
makes me smile and
brightens my day,
I have:

Cartoon Connie

Three Under the Rain

Poorly Drawn Lines

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space snake

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Bonnie Pang Art

Hubman & Chubgirl

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We had no expectations when we started this comic, we did it for fun to share our lives. Chubgirl drew in a notebook and scanned her drawings. Little by little we improved the comics: drawing digitally, adding color, and the picture at the end. We first did it for ourselves, but to our surprise- suddenly we grew to 330,000 followers. We couldn't have done it without you: every like, comment, story share, and Patreon pledge helps us get closer to making this full time so we can continue sharing the story of Hubman and Chubgirl. Thank you, thank you, thank you ♥️ Tag someone who should start reading our comics ♥️ . Follow @hubman.chubgirl for more comics! . This comic is brought to you by our Patrons, including our VIP Patrons @miaaawin @jockekocke and @maowinn !! To support our comic and get some cute rewards, click the link in our bio, for as little as $2 per month you can help keep these comics going! . Artist and Chubgirl: @peccapeccapecca . Hubman: @chrischantor . #comicstrip #webtoons #webcomics #funnycomics #instacomics #instacomic #comicsofinstagram #funnycomic #comicstrips #dailycomic #webcomicseries #cutecouples #funnycouples #webcomicsofinstagram #webcomic #webcomicartist #digitalcomics #couplegoals💑 #couplegoals❤ #couplelove #instacouple #couplesgoals #cutecouples #mytruelove #ourlove #ourlovestory #stillinlove #loveyoumore #iloveyouforever

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4am Shower

Foxes in Love

And in the category of
jaw-dropping amazing artists,
I have:

Kiwingy

Ester Conceicao

Roy Trinh

Salomey Draws

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“Catherine Earnshaw, may you not rest, as long as I am living!” A short departure from Peter Pan developments to obsess over Wuthering Heights characters I have just discovered** & that I truly hate with the same passion that they engage to love one another and thereby destroy everything misfortunate enough to come in contact with them.. ⛈🌑🥀 . **Yes, I know, someone from Yorkshire of all places who hasn’t actually read Wuthering Heights (until now)🙊 I sorta feel cheated that we never got to read this in school? But I picked this up on a whim at the library and I’m hooked 🤷🏾‍♀️ Starting this obsessive series with another homage to the brilliant @sairasays bc her character designs for this unhappy famo are spot on 😬 ✨ . . . . . . #digitalsketchbook #illustrationdaily #illo #illustrated #illustrationnow #dailyillustration #sketchbookpro #procreateart #wutheringheights #classicliterature #kidslitart #childrensillustration #digitalsketchbook #character_design #characterart #girlsinanimation #draweveryday

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