Erica Mena

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How to Make A Difference

July 17, 2016 by Erica Mena

Yesterday the poet and artist Taylor Steele (who I’m fortunate enough to virtually know, and smart enough to admire fiercely) posted something that was like a fucking wake-up call. She pointed out, in a Facebook post inspired by Jayson Smith and Jayy Dodd, that the work of just surviving this world in a black body, much less thriving in it, creating, performing, and educating is immense, and almost always uncompensated. Because black people are subjected to unending violence, and then expected to […]

Categories: Art • Tags: activism, black lives matter, blm, fundblackfutures

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Resting after drafting my new work for sale posts. Patrons get first dibs tomorrow, then email newsletter, then on Instagram. Sign up for any at acyborgkitty.com
IT'S ALWAYS SUNSET IN THIS PLACE, 2021. French knots hand embroidered on antique photograph of Punkaharju, Finland. One of the new (k)not work pieces that will be for sale this week.
New work about to be dropped for sale this week. First to my @patreon patrons, then to my email newsletter (link in bio), then here on Instagram. Work from this new w@nder series, and some new (k)not work pieces too.
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