https://padlet.com/mjcragan/p6iqisbz18mh en-us 2019-04-11 12:46:18 UTC 2023-06-22 04:38:33 UTC hello@padlet.com mjcragan https://padlet.com/mjcragan/p6iqisbz18mh/wish/350742020 This photo is powerful because it's scary to think about the intersectionality of having AIDS and being incarcerated. I can imagine that nobody wanted to help a convict with AIDS.]]> 2019-04-11 12:51:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mjcragan/p6iqisbz18mh/wish/350742020 mjcragan https://padlet.com/mjcragan/p6iqisbz18mh/wish/350743530 This picture, although powerful and very meaningful, is kind of gross simply because of the imagery and wording that they use. Scumbags are a slang term for used condoms, and it is also an attack on the Catholic church.]]> 2019-04-11 12:54:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mjcragan/p6iqisbz18mh/wish/350743530 mjcragan https://padlet.com/mjcragan/p6iqisbz18mh/wish/350744662 This picture is a more broad issue but was made for the time of the Act Up movement. I will never forget visiting the UN in New York City, which had a running total of US military spending per day and being amazed at what this value was. This image puts the number into perspective.]]> 2019-04-11 12:57:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mjcragan/p6iqisbz18mh/wish/350744662 mjcragan https://padlet.com/mjcragan/p6iqisbz18mh/wish/350747342 Art was so fundamental to this movement because the images are made out of anger and fear, and those emotions are really conveyed in the images and word choice used in the art. I think that Act Up activists used art because their art grabs the attention of people who see it. It makes it very easy to see that there are people who are mad, and it took the stigma out of AIDS. ]]> 2019-04-11 13:02:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mjcragan/p6iqisbz18mh/wish/350747342 mjcragan https://padlet.com/mjcragan/p6iqisbz18mh/wish/350749725 I love this photo so much because, as the article says, this girl looks like such a powerful person who knows exactly what she's doing. She also looks like she's won whatever she was fighting for. It's hard to put into words what her facial expression conveys but its very easy to understand.]]> 2019-04-11 13:08:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mjcragan/p6iqisbz18mh/wish/350749725 mjcragan https://padlet.com/mjcragan/p6iqisbz18mh/wish/350751663 The signs of the Trump rally have been so fascinating to see. It's amazing because children got involved, not really knowing the extent of sexism which exists in the world, but nonetheless made handmade signs that are inspirational. It reminded me of a NYT article of Women's marches around the world in 2017.]]> 2019-04-11 13:12:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mjcragan/p6iqisbz18mh/wish/350751663 mjcragan https://padlet.com/mjcragan/p6iqisbz18mh/wish/350753733 Anger was powerful in this movement because the gay community was fearful and also mad about how they were/are treated. To be told that AIDS is "the cure" to people of your sexuality is outrageous. The anger came from the members of the gay community watching their friends die while they fear for their own lives. It came from people who felt betrayed by their own country. It came from years of pent-up anger after being called "faggot' day after day. This article was beautiful in the sense that it was someone's raw emotions, with no sugar coating.

]]> 2019-04-11 13:16:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mjcragan/p6iqisbz18mh/wish/350753733 mjcragan https://padlet.com/mjcragan/p6iqisbz18mh/wish/350921048 The word 'queer' in particular was so important to the movement because it gave the gay, lesbian, and trans community a collective identity. ]]> 2019-04-11 18:30:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mjcragan/p6iqisbz18mh/wish/350921048 mjcragan https://padlet.com/mjcragan/p6iqisbz18mh/wish/350922249 This picture is powerful because it seems almost desperate. It makes me sad to see people pleading for help while this country turned a blind eye. ]]> 2019-04-11 18:33:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mjcragan/p6iqisbz18mh/wish/350922249