Notices by it's kat! 🍉✊🇱🇧 (kathimmel@mstdn.social), page 3

'o, these kids & rock & roll - this is just sped up rhythm & blues. i've been doing that forever.'
#art #history: sister rosetta tharpe (born #otd in 1915) was simply epic! you should probably go to your favourite video platform & search for her 1964 performance in chorlton-cum-hardy (a vignette of which was featured in the 2001 film, 'amelie', which was when i first became aware of her majesty). it influenced jeff beck & keith richards. enough said. #sisterRosettaTharpe #illustration #music

#art #history: double diaboliques for connoisseurs of french cinema - & particularly simone signoret (born #otd in 1921), who was never afraid of risking her career to stay true to her endeavours in left-wing activism, human rights & social justice. she & her husband, yves montand, often showed solidarity with activists & striking workers by physically turning up to demonstrations to support them. [A SHORT THREAD]
#france #simoneSignoret #solidarity #activism #cinema #illustration

#art #history: in 1939, billie holiday - born eleanora fagan on this day in 1915 - threw a punch with the release of her recording of 'strange fruit' - &, if she'd not persisted, it may not have been released until much later. columbia refused, at first (‘they won’t buy it in the south’), to let billie include it even though it had been a central & permanent pillar of her repertoire during her tenure at cafe society.
#billieHoliday #music #illustration #philadelphia #antiRacism #strangeFruit

'let me fight my monsters.'
#art #history: these words, a plea from teenaged rachel corrie (born #otd in 1979) to her mother. in 2003, she went to #palestine & by the 16th of march, the monsters had killed her.
rachel's death was deemed accidental by an israeli investigation & the soldier who crushed her was exonerated...because of course he was.
brave doesn't touch the sides. read rachel's emails at https://rachelcorriefoundation.org/rachel/emails to fully appreciate her soul.
#rachelCorrie #illustration #ceasefireNow

glasgow showed up for palestine again today. central station knows. #ceasefireNow #glasgow #scotland #freePalestine #boycottIsrael #endApartheid

#art #history: somebody mentioned 'mississippi goddam' &, geography aside, it perfectly expresses my feelings about today's unholy balderdash - which makes it serendipitous that nina simone would have celebrated her 91st #otd.
she needs no drivel from me. you all know how phenomenal she was & what an indelible mark she left upon the world of both music & activism. just put some records on & raise a tipple to eunice kathleen waymon!
#ninaSimone #illustration #music #activism #northCarolina

somebody deliver this to the labour party, please, sharpish.
#banksy #gaza #ceasefire #labour #starmer #art

if anyone can disabuse me of my layperson's view that french farmers are being whiny, myopic little bitches who want to keep abusing animals & the planet instead of being good environmental custodians, i welcome you to do so. #france #farmersProtest #agriculteursEncolere #farmers

'if you can't fly, run. if you can't run, walk. tell them there won't be no resignation. if you can't walk, crawl to the polls & vote your determination. any old way you can make it, baby, you keep on movin' on.'
outstanding #odetta was born #otd in 1930.
#music #civilRights #activist #alabama

as is apparent from my recent posts, i've been feeling utterly hopeless & helpless about what's happening in #palestine. if you have, as well, this interview with omar barghouti (the founder of the #BDS movement) will renew you.
#ceasefireNow #gaza #boycott #divest #sanction #endApartheid #endTheGenocide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dQlFgMhxcI

feels as though all i can do is keep banging on about it - with words & art.
#ceasefireNow #art #illustration #solidarity #freePalestine #endTheGenocide

wishing billionaires & warmongers all the very worst.
#ceasefireNow #eatTheRich #abolishBillionaires #freePalestine #peace #endTheWar

@MediaActivist i love your site, man. it gives me hope - & that ain't easy, i can tell you. <3

@MediaActivist @essjayjay how about just abolish capitalism? does that about sum it up?

@essjayjay @MediaActivist why can't we just have a winter break whereby anyone can take a week's holiday at any point during the season?

@MediaActivist ::insert gif of fistbumping kitten here:: excellent! haven't done it for so long that everyone knows not to bother sending cards to misery guts. :D

i don't do it - but if i did, all i'd want for #christmas is a #freePalestine.
#ceasefireNow

i love #scotland - & i don't care who knows it. moving here was the second best decision (after going #vegan) that i've ever made.

@MediaActivist i'll need to check out that post on your website.
hey, i was just grateful for your kind boost; so extra gratitude for mentioning my work to, well, anyone. :)

@MediaActivist that would be grand, but what they're doing is still a net positive.