What If You Were Rubba Dub Dubbing In The Tub When Your House Caught On Fire?

Atena Farghadani is a 28-year-old Iranian artist. She was recently sentenced to 12 years and 9 months in prison for drawing a cartoon.

This cartoon, that she posted on her Facebook page last year, depicts members of the Iranian parliament as animals. It was drawn in protest of new legislature in Iran that will restrict access to contraception and criminalise voluntary sterilisation. Atena’s charges include ‘spreading propaganda against the system’ and ‘insulting members of parliament through paintings’.

Last August, 12 members of the elite Revolutionary Guard came to Atena’s house, blindfolded her and took her to the infamous Evin Prison in Tehran. According to Amnesty International:

“While in prison last year, Atena flattened paper cups to use them as a surface to paint on. When the prison guards realised what she had been doing, they confiscated her paintings and stopped giving her paper cups. When Atena found some cups in the bathroom, she smuggled them into her cell. Soon after, she was beaten by prison guards, when she refused to strip naked for a full body search. Atena says that they knew about her taking the cups because they had installed cameras in the toilet and bathroom facilities – cameras detainees had been told were not operating.”

She was released in November and gave media interviews and posted a video on YouTube detailing her beatings, constant interrogations and humiliating body searches. She was then rearrested possibly in retaliation for speaking out and has been imprisoned ever since. In January, Atena went on a hunger strike to protest the horrible prison conditions. Her health suffered dramatically, and after losing consciousness and suffering a heart attack in February, she was forced to eat again.

The quote used in the comic is taken from the speech Atena gave at her trial. It has been translated into English by the Free Atena Facebook page. You can read the whole thing here.

Time is now against her, she has just two weeks to lodge an appeal. Michael Cavna, comic journalist for The Washington Post, has launched a campaign appealing to artists to help bring awareness to Atena’s case by creating their own artwork in support of Atena and using the hashtag#Draw4Atena. Can a bunch of artists and a hashtag really make a difference and put pressure on the Iranian Government to release Atena? Probably not. But just remember that Atena is currently in prison enduring horrible conditions, and if her appeal isn’t successful, she will be there for another twelve years. FOR DRAWING A CARTOON AND POSTING IT ON FACEBOOK. Don’t we owe it to her to at least try?

Alot worse actually happens out there.. once Being a soldier (which turned me into an activist) showed me..

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Meg here for TUTOR TUESDAY! Just a quick beginning look at colors and some color theory! I’ve had a few recommendation for color palette stuff, so I hope this is a start! Paul has done some on color as well! If you have any recommendations send ‘em in here or my personal! Keep practicing, have fun, and I’ll see you next week!

POV: Wolfwood on a regular basis

Lup and Magnus absolutely love the vibe check meme. They’ve made a game out of it, much to the chagrin of the rest of the crew.

Lucretia goes to get a mug in the kitchen, and Lup pops out of the cupboard and yells “vibe check!” while rearing back to slap. She then realizes who it is, says, “you’re not Magnus”, and tucks back into the cupboard. Meanwhile, Lucretia is shaking and never gets her mug.

Magnus sneaks up behind Lup one evening while she’s on the deck of the ship with Barry. He yells, “vibe check!” and just fuckin destroys her with a pillow, knocking her off her feet. She falls to the deck screaming in laughter, and Barry looks terrified. Lup finally looks up and goes “good one, Magnus. And, yes, Barry, I’ll marry you.” And Magnus just realizes he’s ruined Barry’s proposal and goes “woops.”

Lup is much better at the game that Magnus, since she’s sneakier, but Magnus gets a few good hits in. The first time they started playing, Magnus snuck up behind the twins as they were trying to decide what to cook for dinner. He raised a pillow above Lup’s head, said “vibe—“ and was immediately blow across the room by a powerful punch from Taako’s mage hand. “Don’t fucking touch my sister!” He yelled, and Lup, dying of laughter, had to explain that it’s a game and she’s cool with it. Meanwhile, Mangus is laying on the ground, groaning.

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daily reminder to click a button so you can give free food to a shelter!!

i wonder if my pets have like a proper language and when i try to speak back to them im just speaking jargon

like for example my cat always speaks to me when I come home and i meow back to her and she’ll meow again & even though i don’t think twice about it to her it’s probably a situation where it’s like

her, meowing: “im glad you’re home”

me, meowing back: “tax benefits”

her, meowing: “why do u always do this”

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here’s a suicide hotline for if any of you are in need of immediate support (x)

please take care of yourselves and your friends tonight everyone