#Wynn Bruce

[hungerandthirst]

in the wake of aaron bushnell’s self immolation, i’ve been reflecting on an article i read several years ago about wynn bruce, a man who set himself on fire on the steps of the Supreme Court building on earth day 2022 to bring attention to the climate crisis. this is an excerpt from “witness to a fire” by jay caspian kang, published in the new york times on april 28, 2022:

It’s hard to get comfortable with such violence. Wynn Bruce’s act of protest feels senseless because his death will not change the way legislators, corporations and individuals go about their polluting lives. There is a silent calculation among witnesses that accompanies any act of civil disobedience, even those we may agree with on principle: What is the point? This is standard fare for how many people think about protests, violent or not. We tend to pathologize the activists and imagine that they must be animated by the pettiness and greed that motivates us. In many cases, they are.

But self-immolation forces the witnesses, whether in person or through the news, to confront an intensity of conviction that goes well beyond what they may think is possible. In this way, self-immolators like Thich Quang Duc become almost inhuman, even holy. At the same time, the act establishes an entirely personal connection because the real question at hand isn’t really, “Why did he do that?” Rather, the self-immolator is asking you — with all the intimidation and self-righteousness a person can muster — “Why don’t you care even half as much as I do?”

I am still horrified by self-immolation, but I also believe that we should resist the urge to write it off as the last act of the mentally ill and the desperate. Nor should we simply frame each incidence with some made-up measure of how much effect it has had on the world. The discomfort we feel over this practice and our sincere desire to see it end should not preclude us from taking it seriously as an act of protest. We should hope this practice ends, but we also shouldn’t just look away.

Wynn Bruce lit himself on fire on Earth Day 2022 because he believed it might inspire people to work against climate change. There is not any more or less meaning we need to take away from it.

[strayarte]

On Earth Day, April 22, Climate Activist Wynn Bruce self-immolated in front of the Supreme Court building in Washington DC.

I saw little coverage in relation to this act. I don’t think it’s right to stifle the selfless action of an individual consumed by concern for the planet; especially as it was his last act on this earth.

I have been working on these pieces since I heard about the incident, and I really didn’t want to release them until I was truly satisfied, as I wanted to do as much justice as possible to the issue.

Art makes ugly issues easier to digest. It can serve as a subtle reminder without forcing the viewer to see the violence of the issue head on.

I hope the message Wynn Bruce was trying to convey spread to the right people. I hope it wasn’t in vain.

[kaaiiine]

Because it makes sense why instead of fixing the planet with climate change and global warming, they decided "Let's make problems amongst ourselves and take away woman's right to abortion". A scientist, Wynn Bruce, set himself on fire to bring attention to global warning, but the people who have power to change it ignored and changed the point of focus.

Make it make sense.

[maddybthorne]

Wynn Bruce, a 50yr old activist lit himself on fire on the steps of the Supreme Court in Washington DC in protest of the inaction towards climate change.

If this is overlooked, idk what will get people to realize that THIS IS A PROBLEM. And we need to fix it.

[our-dumbass-of-sorrows]

DON'T FORGET WE ARE BURNING

DON'T FORGET WYNN BRUCE

[birdoutofdodge]

A moment of recognition and respect for the final actions of Wynn Bruce, who died on April 23, after immolating himself in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as an act of protest against the climate crisis.

He is at least the second environmental activist to take such a course of action in four years, the previous individual being David Buckel who died in NYC.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/04/26/wynn-bruce-fire-supreme-court-climate-activist/

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/28/nyregion/david-buckel-fire-prospect-park-fossil-fuels.html?partner=slack&smid=sl-share

[deathsmallcaps]

I’m currently playing a rpg where I’m a disgraced almost-phD archivist turned lighthouse keeper/tree cultist.

Someone stole my thesis and then made it look like I tried to steal theirs, so I ran away in chame and live in a lighthouse half the year.

The other half of the year I’m off. And I can see cherry trees bloom from my little Rocky outcrop island, but since I can’t leave my post except for dire emergencies, I never get to walk among them, because my shift ends after all the blossoms fall off. So I get a little obsessed in lieu of taking revenge.

I named her Wynn Bruce because I wanted her to be a butch looking lady with a similar build to the Batman from Batman the Animated Series. Her code name is Cereza, which is just Spanish for cherry :)

[thefightingdragon]

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMLnpVk5A/

@strayarte

[carriagelamp]

I’m legally obligated to try to read at least a few queer lit choices in June, so here’s what I’ve got! Not a lot of Full On Novels because this has been a crazy month, but I got lucky with some really cute ones

Bad Boys Happy Home v1

This was a yaoi that, so far at least, was significantly more domestic than anticipated. Akamatsu has been getting into fights with a man he met on his way home at a local park as a way of blowing off steam, even if he hasn’t managed to beat him once yet. However, eventually Akamatsu learns that the other man, Seven, is homeless and has been living at the park — rather than risk his sparring partner getting displaced, he invites Seven to come stay at his apartment until he gets his feet under him…

Bad Guys v1

Well, they finally put a movie out so I finally bit the bullet and read the first book of this series. I read it in French but there’s hardly enough text to make any difference. I can see why kids enjoy it, it’s fun and silly and the art is very accessible. It really holds zero interest to me though, it’s really more of a picture book like Elephant and Piggie than a graphic novel.

Demon Slayer v1-2

Another book I got talked into reading by children. I thought it looked like agonizingly generic shonen, another Naruto knock off or something similar, so I was surprised by how much I actually enjoyed it so far. The art is really appealing, it reminds me of old-school 90s Inuyasha art? Kinda? It’s about a boy whose family is slaughtered by demons while he’s away, and who returns to find his younger sister, the only survivor, turned into a demon  herself. Together they band together to find a way for her to be cured, as he fights to become a demon slayer who can protect the both of them, and she fights her new, violent nature. I love sibling stories, honestly.

Dragon Girls v1-2

Jeez. I am 90% sure this was Scholastic’s attempt to capitalize on Wings of Fire with a younger audience and a budget of two dimes to get it done. It’s about a group of three girls who find out that they can travel to a magical forest where they’re dragons that are tasked with protecting the forest and the tree queen from an evil shadow. I don’t think anyone can enjoy this unless they’re actively a seven year old girl, and even then I have my doubts. It’s generic to the point of ennui and the art is so bad that even I could have drawn the dragons better.

Earwig and the Witch

The final novella that Diana Wynne Jones ever wrote. After what a botch Ghibli did of the movie version, I’ve been avoiding it, but finally decided to give it a chance. It was actually pretty enjoyable, it very much had a quirky Dahl vibe to it. Earwig, a young orphan who is good at getting her way, is adopted by a witch who intends to use her as labour. Earwig, however, isn’t about to take that lying down and teams up with the witch’s familiar to find a way to once again control this odd situation.

Girl Friends complete collection v1

A cute enough little yuri romance. Not as good as something like Failed Princesses, in my opinion, this one felt much more… tranquil, I suppose? It was sweet but didn’t have a lot of plot happening. Still, if you feel like a very gentle sapphic romance, it’s not a bad one to breeze through.

In Deeper Waters

Gay Little Mermaid! Hell yeah! Pirates! High sea adventures! Magic! This was lots of fun! It took me a little bit to turn my brain off enough to enjoy it at the beginning, but once I realized out this really is meant to just be a queer fairytale I was able to stop overanalysing and just enjoy the ride. Very fun, summer read, scratched an itch I was having after Our Flag Means Death.

Jackass!

This was something. Not as bad as I expected, a childhood friends to unexpected lovers sort of story, and definitely a story that knew its kink and ran with it. Side romance was, simply put, vile though and was rather hard to ignore to get through the rest of the book. Almost enjoyable. There’s better queer manga to read, this made me think more of the trash I read as a desperate teen in the aughts.

Kase-san and Morning Glories v1-3

Now this sapphic romance was absolutely 100% the best thing I’ve read this weekend. It was incredibly cute, and the art is so charming. It’s about “slow pace” Yamada, a quiet girl on the greenery committee, developing a crush on Kase, the school track star, and the very blushy cute romance the two of them fall into.

Lily To The Rescue // Two Little Piggies

Last year I had read A Dog’s Way Home by Cameron and really enjoyed it, so I was excited to see that he had some children’s novels written in a similar style. This is a chapter book series about rescue dog Lily who now lives with her girl and helps at the family’s animal rescue centre. In these books she helps find, protect, play with, and support various animals that are found and brought to the centre. It’s just charming, with some of the loveliest art.

This Wonderful Season With You

Another really cute one, despite the comically generic title that I keep forgetting. This manga is about ex-baseball star Shirataki who ends up being talked into joining the programming club by short, shy, nerdy Enoki. While the other club “nerds” are intimidated by Shirataki, Enoki admires him and the two form an unlikely friendship which grows from there…

Witch Week

Another Diana Wynne Jones book because I was in the mood. This is one of my favourites of hers and I reread it every few years. Witch Week takes place in a world where magic is illegal, at a boarding school for “witch orphans” (the children of witches who have been burnt at the stake) and other “undesirables”. It’s a rather dull, unpleasant life in the school, until one day a note is found in one of the books that a teacher is grade, accusing someone in the class of being a witch. This is a serious accusation, and everyone seems to be trying to get to the bottom of it, as more and more magic seems to be cropping up.

[erstwhile-punk-guerito]

[fourorfivemovements]

Films Watched in 2022:

85. Pardon My Sarong (1942) - Dir. Erle C. Kenton

[mannazandwyrd]

Further to a post I made the other day:

Shot https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/15/david-buckel-lawyer-climate-change-protest

Chaser

[queen-skara]

Been thinking about Wynn a lot recently, given how bad everything’s gotten. It’s important not to forget him.

[luxebeat]

Wynn Las Vegas Al Fresco and Late Night Culinary Options

With the weather warming up, Wynn Las Vegas recently kicked off their outdoor dining season showcasing their state-of-the-art multi-sensory show at the ‘Lake of Dreams’ and new after hours food and beverage venues. Wynn and Encore Las Vegas consist of two luxury hotel towers with a total of 4,748 spacious hotel rooms, suites and villas. The resort features 20 signature dining experiences and 14…

[millennialsinmotionmag]

Six months ago, on Earth Day, April 22nd, climate activist Wynn Alan Bruce self-immolated himself in front of the Supreme Court building. His death inspired me to create a design in honor of his sacrifice.

Read more about the story behind this design, Wynn Alan Bruce, and how I am using this design to honor him.

[thesmilingcatscorner]

Wynn Alan Bruce – ‘Don’t Go Unnoticed…’

Six months ago, on Earth Day, April 22nd, climate activist Wynn Alan Bruce self-immolated himself in front of the Supreme Court building. His death inspired me to create a design in honor of his sacrifice.

Read more about the story behind this design, Wynn Alan Bruce, and how I am using this design to honor him further at:

https://mimmag.com/wynn-alan-bruce-dont-go-unnoticed/