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Ciaphas Cain
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February 12, 2019
"When Watson asked Fairfax why he did it, Smith says he responded: "I knew that because of what happened to you last year, you'd be too afraid to say anything."
"Mr. Fairfax actually used the prior rape of his 'friend' against her when he chose to rape her in a premeditated way," Smith said."
Lt. Gov Fairfax stays strong in the face of accusations
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/12/politics/fairfax-accuser-duke-basketball-player/index.html"When Watson asked Fairfax why he did it, Smith says he responded: "I knew that because of what happened to you last year, you'd be too afraid to say anything."
"Mr. Fairfax actually used the prior rape of his 'friend' against her when he chose to rape her in a premeditated way," Smith said."
December 29, 2018
Disgusted By Trump, These Teens Are Turning Instagram Political
https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5c0eab1ee4b0edf5a3a77008Alejandra Sosa wakes up at 5:30 a.m. to get to school. She spends an hour on homework after her classes finish, then heads to a fast food joint, where she works until 9 p.m. After her shift, she stays up late doing the rest of her schoolwork.
But in between all that, the Washington state high school senior runs an Instagram page with nearly 100,000 followers. Sosas account, @intersectional.femme which she launched after the results of the 2016 presidential election left her feeling devastated features politically charged memes, screenshots of tweets and quotes from famous activists.
Nobody at my school wanted to form a club with me, she said. So I decided to go online. Sosa, 18, met another teen through Instagram who now helps her run the account.
She posts about three things per day, and each gets thousands of likes and hundreds of comments. Many appear on Instagrams Explore page to help users discover new content.
Cassidy Ward, an 18-year-old high school senior from Missouri, started @Activistbitches for the same reason. It now has a following of over 35,000, and the account page names nine other people who help her run it.
I was just really upset with the election and what happened surrounding it, Ward said. I just kind of wanted a place to let out all of my political anger.
One interesting aspect of these accounts is that theyre only on Instagram. Building an Instagram audience from scratch can be tough because the platform doesnt have a built-in repost feature like Facebook and Twitter do. Those social media sites have also traditionally been known for turning activist, argumentative and political, whereas Instagram has been seen as a more positive and artsy. But thats changing.
With [Donald] Trump becoming president, young people became more politically active, Ward said. And so, Instagram is becoming more active.
Sosa said she doesnt even use her Facebook or Twitter accounts.
Twitter is kind of confusing, and Facebook I dont use because my parents do, she said.
The accounts started by Sosa and Ward arent just echo chambers for young liberals. Sosa said her most controversial posts are also her most popular ones, and comment threads can bring young Trump backers into conversation with the biggest cheerleaders for Democratic Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
There are good reasons not to let them in, one person wrote under a recent @intersectional.femme post about the migrant caravans. The comment sparked a full-fledged debate over the merits of immigration, legal or otherwise.
Both young women said they have also had trolls comment on their accounts, which is typical on social media especially accounts focused on politics. But they said they can essentially ignore the negativity.
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Id say we receive a lot more love than we do trolls, Ward said.
I know I look like a teen who is just always online and doesnt do anything else besides stay in her room and go on social media. I work six days a week. I pay rent where I live. Alejandra Sosa
Being a teenage political instagrammer has also been a bit of a money-making endeavor for Sosa.
I know I look like a teen who is just always online and doesnt do anything else besides stay in her room and go on social media, she said. I work six days a week. I pay rent where I live.
And @intersectional.femme helps foot some of those bills. Sosa has partnered with a few starting up feminist brands for occasional sponsored content; she charges them $50 per post in her feed and $20 per Instagram Story post.
Its a bit of an unexpected turn for a project she originally started to express her political frustrations and invite others to do the same.
My goal was never to have it blow up, Sosa said. I wanted to get a group of people to talk and motivate each other.
And it seems others are certainly motivated. Sosa said starting a political Instagram has led some of her friends and followers to do the same.
I get a lot of messages, saying, Hey, you inspired me to make an account, she said.
December 15, 2018
Allie X is definitely in my top 5 bands you've never heard of
Allie X - Paper Love
Allie X is definitely in my top 5 bands you've never heard of
December 8, 2018
Poe - Hey Pretty
December 8, 2018
Lola Blanc - The Magic
December 8, 2018
I wanna be like Mike
I will never forget the day a porn star took the mic and told the most powerful man in the world that he was lousy in bed.
It was a day of many different feelings.
December 7, 2018
This!
put something on the ballot that will inspire progressives and progressives will be inspired to vote
December 6, 2018
Hype
Good! I have a good feeling about this.
Michael Avenatti is very good at getting himself on television. Sometimes you need a hype man.
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