MeFi Projects

CNBSeen seeks to reduce the number of profiling of vehicles with burnt out lights by replacing burnt out lights on vehicles for free. This helps 1) Reduce the number of stops which have resulted in confrontations between police and innocent people of color (esp), 2) Reduce the amount of financial hardship on drivers who may find themselves having to pay concurrent fines, and 3) Promote public safety on the road by repairing broken lights. [more inside]
posted by CollectiveMind on Jun 9, 2020 - 1 comment

I've lived in a lot of places, but never one with this many bodies.

True stories from my community. [more inside]
posted by staggering termagant on May 2, 2019 - 3 comments

I wrote about Chicago rapper Famous Dex, fandom, and how we react when it turns out artists we've supported have perpetrated abuse.

There are no graphic descriptions of abuse in the piece, but the piece does discuss sexual assault and link (with warning) to disturbing material. [more inside]
posted by Juliet Banana on Sep 21, 2016 - 0 comments

I wrote up a list of all the mass shootings that had happened in January, February and March of this year, and posted it to Facebook. Each event had a brief write-up from whatever news source I could find. Following the list are a bunch of words about the results of posting the list to Facebook, trends noticed, and a brief bit about what it's like, emotionally, to actually compile that list.
posted by FeatherWatt on Oct 13, 2015 - 2 comments

I recently got harassed in a pretty terrifying way at a punk venue in Austin, Texas. I used my experience as inspiration for a piece that examines why and how harassers are allowed to continue operating within the punk community, as well as how to establish community norms that holds them accountable for their actions. [more inside]
posted by Juliet Banana on Apr 28, 2015 - 3 comments

This is the thought process I go through when I’m considering the creative output of a horrible individual, and the questions I ask myself about whether I can consume the work in good conscience. [more inside]
posted by Juliet Banana on Dec 29, 2014 - 4 comments

In Italian playgrounds a song is chanted that dates back to World War I. This paint on glass animation tells this dark tale of a soldier who returns home from war to find his girlfriend has left him. [more inside]
posted by tessmartin on Jul 14, 2014 - 2 comments