This is our #MondayMotivation and also our every day motivation that fuels our work. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Join us 🖤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Quote from @reaapuri’s recent @tedx talk.
Reposting @Theescapistswebseries this beautiful photo of @taranajaneen •⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ In her powerful @ted talk, she shares with us:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ “Those who came before us didn’t win every fight. But they didn’t let it kill their vision. It fueled it. So I can’t stop. And I’m asking you not to stop either. We owe future generations a world free of sexual violence. I believe we can build that world. Do you?”⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Design by @oyetanya 🖤
This #WCW is dedicated to every womxn & gender non-binary boo who dares to step into their authentic self. Your spark has lit a bright wild fire for so many around you. 🖤 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Quote from @alexjbledsoe’s panel discussion on diversity in media at @goodby_silverstein
On Mondays we remind you to team up with your favorite girl-gang and make that movie, write that book, do that thing you’ve been wanting to do. On Wednesdays we take down the cisheteropatriarchy. 🍬
We had so much fun producing the latest MLab Episode inspired by the #Spiderverse! Thank you @mbadika @glovercenter for trusting us to bring your vision to life. We’re so proud to partner with you + your mission to make tech education accessible to POC & lower income communities. • VIDEO LINK IN BIO • P.S: Don’t we look like the fiercest Spidey-Squad you’ve ever seen? 🖤🕸🕷
Did HBO do Sandra Bland’s story justice? @forbes and Shanon Lee spoke to our very own @alexjbledsoe about the new @hbo documentary ‘Say Her Name: The Life & Death of Sandra Bland’ and the question of white filmmakers telling black stories. ••• Click the link in our bio to see what Alex and four other black women filmmakers have to say about the documentary. @nualacabral @ahhtonia @backtonaturaldoc @fitzpatrickjoyce 🖤
#TBT to a still of @Hawanemusic from our upcoming documentary @standingabovetheclouds directed by @jalena.kl ••• Have you seen Hawane’s new music video also directed by Jalena? Link in bio 🖤
Shouts Out to our #WCW Crystal Thomas ••• Crystal works in ad & marketing and has been a true champion for bringing diversity behind the scenes and in front of screens to advertising. Thank you for the support you have given voices like ours this year. We see you and we love you! 🖤
•TRANS IS BEAUTIFUL•⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #Repost @thechosenlyfe⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ “Today on #TDOR I want to recirculate this piece I wrote a few years back right after my top surgery. I am here today because of the strength of #GenderNonConforming ancestors who complicated gender amidst a very dangerous hatred. I think of all the Latinx #Transgender people who didn’t make it. I especially think of all the trans people we’ve lost this year alone. Today on Transgender Day of Remembrance I also want to honor the young, tormented children in all of us #GenderVariant and #GenderFluid folks who didn’t get a childhood free to play, explore and experiment with gendered roles, toys and clothing. I sit on the shoulders of #SylviaRivera, #JessieHernandez and #GwenAraujo. I live freer because my trans siblings couldn’t. #TransgenderIsBeautiful” ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ • Art by @lexx_valdez •
Moon•day Motivation 🖤 We as a culture are so conditioned to only share our successes on this platform. But what you don’t see is that for every acceptance to a festival or project, there are also rejections. Lots of them! So if you’re facing a hard rejections or 2 or 10, know that we experience it too and it’s part of the process. Don’t stop. Keep pushing. Keep failing. Because that consistency will eventually bloom into success 🖤
Holding space for our very own @reaapuri as she takes the TedX stage this afternoon to talk about: When Womxn Of Color Thrive ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ You got this sis✨✊🏽
#TBT • Co-founder @alexjbledsoe bringing all the #BLACKGIRLMAGIC ✨⚡️
Our #WCW is @standingabovetheclouds producer extraordinairé @ambiespino • Amber is an independent producer & stage manager, and she’s been killing it on the @sundanceorg team for the past 3 years. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Thank you sis, for all the amazing work you do🌹
Notes from co-founder @alexjbledsoe upcoming documentary #OAKLEAD ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ cc @oaklead
Did you know the average person who menstruates has their period for 2,2535 days of their life? And that 37 U.S states have a sales tax on period products?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Our sis @jalena.kl is following menstrual-equity activist @nadyaokamoto’s journey to change that in her upcoming documentary #PERIODGIRL
This #femalefilmmakerfriday we’re spotlighting sis @skylareconomy. Her documentary @fitefilm (From Incarceration To Education) follows four formerly incarcerated students at UC Berkeley and their path to higher education and success. Skylar has been holding screenings + conversations in prisons & youth detention facilities around the U.S, and working to change not only the narrative but also the cycle. Learn more @ fitefilm.com
Today is the National Day of Mourning to honor Indigenous ancestors lost in the 1637 genocide, when hundreds of Peqot peoples were massacred. Whether you’re spending today with your loved ones or on your own, let’s remember to give thanks and honor the Indigenous ancestors of this land 🌹 Today and every day. Art by @iliana.illustration
For anyone in the LA area, Breaktide’s very own @reaapuri is going to be up on the TedX stage in 10 days! The event theme is “Listen To Her” and we cannot wait to listen to these powerful speakers. The clock is counting down, so if you haven’t already got your tickets, go to our link in bio🖤
It’s official! We’re so proud to announce that our very own @jalena.kl is partnering with Stick Figure Productions to create PERIOD GIRL the feature! . This year @nadyaokamoto will embark on a gap year from Harvard and a journey to scale up her organization, personal life, and platform. PERIOD GIRL gives audiences an intimate look into the life of a girlboss, and explores a culture of young activist social media influencers using their platforms to financially sustain themselves and advocate for their causes. A note from Jalena: “Thank you Stick Figure for not only saying you want to see more diverse voices but actually putting your institutional power behind my vision. @stickfigureproductions produced STEP and has an Oscar nom, Sundance special jury prize, and multiple Emmy’s. WE LEVELING UP BABY!”
Happy birthday to our Scorpio sister @alexjbledsoe who is not only our director-producer extraordinaire but also a multidisciplinary creator that always thinks with/out/side the boxes. A huge congratulations as you screen your work-in-progress documentary OAKLEAD today in Baltimore City at the (Anti)Blackness in the American Metropolis Symposium. We’re so excited for what the year ahead holds for you. It’s such an honor to be your partners in breaking tides and creating waves. Love, Reaa & Jalena