Shiloh Selene-Goldlust has a new Flickr challenge for virtual world photographers to illustrate resistance to the misogyny and bigotry unleashed and encouraged by the Trump era.
"A lot of people are scared right now," she tells me, "and I just wanted to encourage a way to express our feelings in a creative way." She created one of her own, inspired by a horrific personal memory which was dredged up shortly after Trump's election:
"My particular photos were inspired by something that happened to me when I was in college." (You can read about it here.) "The recent information that I've read on the President's pick for Secretary of Education says that she won't commit to supporting the guidance that President Obama instituted regarding sexual assaults on campus."
Other creators in the challenge are inspired by their own perspectives: "We're on the brink of a turning point in the United States," writes Tristyn Sutcliffe for her photo above. "Our differences should not be a dividing factor in a country that is a melting pot of cultures and diversity. They should be unifying and celebrated. It's time to fight hatred with love, it's time to win."
It's also time to think about submitting your own image.
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Sorry. I've followed this blog since joining SecondLife in 2007. I bought and read your book. I've found your writing interesting, and an invaluable resource on the history of SL.
This lefty drivel is the end of the line.
Farewell.
Posted by: Maggie Darwin | Friday, January 20, 2017 at 05:59 PM
The American people are really having a number played on them right now. It's not that we are heading into some uncharted horror, we're just doing it without training wheels and a smooth-talking placebo to make us think that everything is just fine. I'm glad people are resisting. Let's just not pretend that one man has this much power. They've been greasing us up for a long time and we're just waking up to the fact that it hurts.
Posted by: Clara Seller | Saturday, January 21, 2017 at 07:23 AM
This Leftie hopes the door does not hit you on the way out, Maggie.
The Darkness has come down. Now we fight.
Posted by: Iggy | Saturday, January 21, 2017 at 06:46 PM
Urmericah Fuck yeah.
Let's make it great again folks. Out with Barry and in with the Don.
Posted by: SanityPlease | Saturday, January 21, 2017 at 07:01 PM
If my eyes could roll any further at the title of this article they might fall out of my head. Oh brother. There's not more hate in the world then there ever was. Trump isn't some Kong he's a president just as Obama was. This over dramatic crap is just painful to listen to all the time. Can ergo back to discussing second life like this blog was supposed to be about? I'm kinda tired of the you don't agree with me you must be evil retorec all the time.
Posted by: Madeline blackbart | Sunday, January 22, 2017 at 11:50 PM
Pops please excuse my typos in typing Gina phone haha.
Posted by: Madeline blackbart | Sunday, January 22, 2017 at 11:51 PM
There is something mentally ill with leftists. They talk about loving everybody, but then they loot, destroy property and attack people that don't agree with them. I am tired of hearing about pussy hats and other crazy pranks. I can find that on a real life site anytime.
Posted by: ChiTown Streeter | Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at 03:52 PM
Whatever keeps SL relevant keeps SL relevant.
I can't help but think you guys were lucky that what the lefties represent did not win the election. The aftermath really made them look ugly.. :o
Posted by: Fred | Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at 04:07 PM