Notices by it's kat! 🇵🇸✊ (kathimmel@mstdn.social)

#art #history: imagine being such a gifted author that one of  your most radical & inventive novels was mainly a product of automatic writing? best known, perhaps, for providing the screenplay  that would become alain resnais' 'hiroshima mon amour' - which is not a  bad place to start if you've not yet become acquainted with marguerite duras (born #otd in 1914) - she largely escaped acclaim  outside of france. this is regrettable. (threadish)
#margueriteDuras #literature #illustration #france

it's that 'amelie' time of year for me. whenever i feel the stirrings of spring in my heart & gut, i'm compelled to chuck this on (watch, smile, repeat - maybe accompanied by some pastis) & notice something new.
you definitely don't want to be on the wrong end (is there a right one?) of amelie's stink eye, as was collignon when he was berating lucien.
#art #illustration #amelie #france #cinema #film #montmarte #jeanPierreJeunet #audreyTautou

palestinian filmmaker, yousef hammash, has produced a remarkable document about the onslaught in gaza & its toll on both his loved ones & his beloved land. yes, it will break your heart - but it will open your eyes & renew your vigour to help the palestinian people achieve self-determination.
'this is gaza' is available from today.
#freePalestine #film #gaza #yousefHammash #channel4
https://youtu.be/kHMTD14sUtk

@MediaActivist you're wise & patient - two things i can't count as attributes of my own. :D i suppose one upside is that you learn not to get too attached to email addresses & not to sign up for too much shite.

@MediaActivist @aral relatively recently, i finally de-gmailed (& de-googled) & had heard high praise for proton, so signed up. along comes this. fuck.

come, billionaire apocalypse, come.
#bezos #fuckerberg #musk #pichai #bashTheFash

if you see AI, you block AI.
(art from leo boyd at https://www.leoboyd.com)
#AI #art #illustration #fuckAI

never underestimate the ability of a small group of capitalists to RUIN EVERYTHING.
#capitalism #eatTheRich

i heard someone say that these times are like living in an article from 'the onion'. i think it's more like a 'judge dredd' comic.
#cursedTimeline #dystopia #judgeDredd #theOnion

2025:

- be kind(er)
- free palestine
- go vegan
- stop using AI (unless it's a matter of life or death)
- decolonise the world
- smash the fash
- reduce your plastic consumption with a fucking huge block of organic marseille soap that can be used to clean yourself & your abode
- don't be too hard on yourself

#freePalestine #AI #plastic #veganuary #marseille

#art #history: voici my unabashed gisele pelicot fan art. may her courage reverberate across the globe & create positive changes for women & the oppressed wherever they may be.
she's taught us to stand tall & be unflinching in the face of the bastards of the world.
#giselePelicot #france #feminism #justice #illustration

if you have the means (& i hope that you do), i highly recommend making abstract landscape art to restore emotional equilibrium.
#illustration #landscape #scotland #art #wellbeing #smashTheSystem

#art #history: the magnificent boris karloff (born #otd in 1887) embodied mary shelley's creature as no one else has or ever will. why? because he had a great fondness for the character & it's obvious that he understood the emotional fragility & alienation that lay at the core of shelley's baby. that vulnerability is in his eyes. do you see it?
#frankenstein #borisKarloff #maryShelley #cinema #film #literature #horror #illustration

#til that another nice thing about living in scotland is that scotrail offers free travel to job interviews for people looking for work - & THEN, when a job is secured, a month's worth of travel to get back & forth. that's pretty cool. yay, #scotland!
next, do free public transport for all. :)
#trains #publicTransport #travel
https://www.scotrail.co.uk/commuter/jobcentre-plus-travel-discount-card-scheme

there's nowhere safe in gaza &, yet, some intrepid, kind, seemingly-unstoppable-but-sadly-still-vulnerable mortals are continuing to provide at least one meal a day to those in need. if you have a few quid to spare - or even if all you can do is share this post - for the cruelty-free kitchen project, they'll stretch it as far as they can. thank you!

https://chuffed.org/project/cruelty-free-kitchen

#freePalestine #food #vegan #gaza #ceasefireNow #palestine #food

@MediaActivist ps: it is always a sincere & distinct joy to read your writing, jay.

'no one colonises innocently, that no one colonises with impunity either; that a nation which colonises, that a civilisation which justifies colonisation—and therefore force—is already a sick civilisation, a civilisation which is morally diseased, which irresistibly, progressing from one consequence to another, one denial to another.' - aimé césaire
#freePalestine #gaza #aimeCesaire #socialism

look, i know he’s not gonna shag me...but every year, when 16 october rolls round, i can't help but remember how much i adore him - & that's because one of the world's sharpest wits was more than his champagne-supping gadabout persona reflected. oscar wilde (born #otd in 1854) believed that socialism would spell true liberation for the human species.
#socialism #liberation #oscarWilde #art #illustration #literature #ireland #inktober

#art #history: i should have honoured the memory of kiki de montparnasse (aka: alice prin) on the 2nd of october. trust me, she merits the upkeep of her legacy. if you want to know why, read my thread (below).
#kikiDeMontparnasse #montparnasse #paris #surrealism #artist #muse #illustration #art

**‘[i’m] more than ever convinced of the necessity for social revolution.'**
#art #history: anti-fash author & all round superb goth babe, ethel mannin, was born #otd in 1900. if you fancy a fuller argument about why she's worth your time, see thread below.
#ethelMannin #author #socialist #antifascist #writer #literature #illustration #shrewsburyFC