#Statues

Whores of Yore

WhoresofYore

Inspired by this post and ongoing global statue issues, here is a thread of unusual, sexy, & downright inappropriate statues from around the world. Please add your own in the

venetianblonde

venetianblonde

Hi, I was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, #RVA, the daughter of a Civil War historian. Some thoughts about Monument Avenue: A Thread.These are my favorite statues: Arthur Ashe

Mahoneposting

Mahoneposting

#WhiteStrikeIn 2017 I defaced a couple of buildings with Swastikas and posters. I was 19 at the time, and I was sentenced to 23 years and $10,000 of restitution. I

Seth Cotlar

SethCotlar

The conservative freak out about the 1619 Project (of which Cotton is just the latest example) is not about history. It's about memory; about what parts of the nation's past

Erin L. Thompson

artcrimeprof

The @metmuseum's new installation, "Crossroads," is a master class in using your looted antiquities to justify keeping your looted antiquities. A short thread. The exhibit "examine[s] the idea of cultural

한소희

hansohxe

ㅤㅤㅤ Task from Madame Kyung 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗡𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿: 1 ㅤㅤㅤ 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐑ㅤㅤㅤThis thread is not related to the real Han Sohee, and is intended for the needs

Scott Woods

scottwoodssays

If it were up to me, all conversations about racism would happen only after concrete changes. No more meetings, no more discussions, no more Zooms, no more committees, no more

Aamer Anwar🎗✊🏽#BlackLivesMatter

AamerAnwar

As details emerge of #ParkInn with a police officer critically injured & 5 others still in hospital -the true picture is of dehumanising & humiliation of vulnerable, frightened asylum seekers

Jawad

Jawaad_Jaawed

Racism, which also includes cultural and religious bigotry, is probably the most irrational yet sticky human trend history has ever witnessed. Hitler was obviously short and kinda brown with no

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chiekcals

thread my fav childhood pics of me !!! (a lot of these r food related lmao) me in london more london eating candy with chopsticks in london photoshoot in my

The Elder Memes

TheElderMemes

My #ESO housing project is nearly complete-- a Tribunal compound under siege by the Sixth House.Take a tour! (thread) To the right of the entrance is the ancestral tomb. Started

Aaron Paquette

aaronpaquette

Historical figures in North American history who intentionally created conditions of child abuse & child murder are not the people we should venerate or build monuments for.History is complex. Values

Benoit Vaillot

BenoitVaillot

Pourquoi y a-t-il si peu de monuments publics en France commémorant des figures anti-esclavagistes ou célébrant le rôle joué par les Français d'outre-mer dans l’histoire ? Est-ce que la République

PEI Museum

PEIMuseum

Did you know Black slavery existed on this Island for nearly 100 years? Today we’re sharing the story of PEI’s history with slavery in recognition of Emancipation Day – which

Tyler M. Tully

TylerMTully

My ancestors fought alongside Andrew Jackson before he became president. They didn’t know that Jackson & his business partner Gen. John Coffee had been illegally engaged in secretive Native land

Angela Mayfield

pinkrocktopus

Anyway. I’m Angela Mayfield. I’m tired of tater tot legislators who care more about the health and welfare of Confederate statues, than Black mothers and babies.My mother, @BrendaForCocoa, follows me