The groundbreaking documentary 15 Minutes of Shame, from executive producers Monica Lewinsky and Max Joseph, takes an in-depth look at the public shaming epidemic in our culture and explores our collective need to destroy one another.
Premieres October 7, 2021 on HBO Max.
The gif set is one of Tumblr’s most renowned native flora. Its essential orderly cellular structure, each gif divided from the other by a neat strip of white space, is unmistakable.
Prior to the emergence of the gif set, Tumblr users were restricted to one image per post. Hard to imagine now!
Once unbound, creativity reached an apex. Able to capture fleeting moments and showcase them in alignment, the linear strictures of digital video were broken down. Gif-makers built a craft out of beautifying and arranging their instances of choice.
This is a prime example of Tumblr’s unique and irreplaceable ecology. Where else can one access the nearly limitless possibilities a gif set provides?
Images in motion propagate widely without any limits in many many places, but only on Tumblr are they able to all be viewed at once, in full. This simultaneity-simulacrum, silent but evocative—I believe it to be a pillar of Tumblr’s continued survival.
WHO THEY ARE:
Release The Pressure is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving heart health for Black women through education and preventative action.
WHAT WE DID:
❤️🩹 On March 03 and March 31, 2021, Release the Pressure ran LOUDR campaigns with Creatrs art to raise awareness about Black women's high blood pressure and the impact it has on the black community. The campaign’s goal was to get 300,000 Release the Pressure pledges to learn more about heart health by 2022. Two banners were created in honor of Women’s History Month that amplifies the image of self-care for black women. Engaging with the arts can be an act of self-care, self-love, and therapy for black communities. This campaign accomplished the following:
Tapped into the arts through storytelling to produce energizing conversation, content, and engagement around preventive heart health actions in a smart, informative and relatable way focused on self-care & art.
Increased Release The Pressure pledges (btw have you taken the pledge? ).
Engaged with trusted messengers (Black Women artists) to build the Release The Pressure brand through their online community – their “squads.”
Image made by a Tumblr Creatr (Christa David)
Image made by a Tumblr Creatr (@macaroon22)
P.S. Check out @releasethepressure's Tumblr blog
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I am a Black artist with an African background with a passion for storytelling and bringing ideas to life. In practice, I am an illustrator, concept artist, visual artist, designer, and above all—a storyteller.
Do you ever teach — Yes (on social media)
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Actress, model, and Taekwondo champion Tenika Davis stars as Petra Small in Netflix’s first original comic book series, Jupiter’s Legacy. Tenika began her career as one of the finalists on the first season of Canada’s Next Top Model before signing with Ford Models. She played a lead role in the indie hit, Jumping the Broom, with other credits including Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings, Degrassi: The Next Generation, Lost Girl, and Skins. Tenika lives in Ontario with her two cats, Maximillian and Symeon, and loves to travel, watch movies, read, study astrology, and paddle surf in her spare time.
Petra fights fiercely to protect the people she loves. That is something I was able to identify with. When I was growing up, all I wanted was to make my parents proud. I knew Fitz and Petra's family story all too well; as a child, my parents got divorced because of an extramarital affair. I remember thinking that their divorce was somehow my fault, and if I could do something to make them proud, it would bring my family back together. Petra is a classic overachiever. What drives her is the need for her father's love and approval. She wants a family and is able to find that dynamic through The Sampsons, who she considers family to her and Fitz.
During filming the big fight Supervillian fight scene, it was 3:30 am, and we had 30mins left after a 14 hour day, and only enough time for a few takes to get the shot. Everyone was feeling the pressure. I was the last person to go, and when they called action, I felt a fire erupt in me; I screamed and ran straight for the target throwing those punches as fast as I could. I broke through mental and physical limits that day and surprised myself with what I was capable of doing.
They may forgive but never forget. Cancerians hold on to things forever.
Everything is a process, and nothing great happens on your own. You will only be as great as your team and the people you surround yourself with. To make your dreams come true, it takes hard work, discipline, faith, and belief in yourself. These are the things that will keep you going in the face of adversity.
There is a scene between Fitz and Petra at the Union of Justice. It's so touching because of the loving family dynamic. It's simple, a father seeing his daughter's struggle and saying exactly what she needs to hear to continue fighting. I think people will be affected by and see themselves in the beauty of that moment.
Bishop TD Jakes was one of the first producers I worked with within my career. While filming Jumping the Broom, he gave the cast a few of his books. I didn't even know he was a pastor at the time. I read them all. I was so inspired by his story of how he built his church from scratch with no money. I knew that if he could do that, I could do the same thing with my career. He inspired me to never give up, keep pressing forward, and to this day is still one of my greatest mentors.
Think the thought, and your eyes will tell the story.
My moon sign is Aquarius; I enjoy spending time with myself, building my own future, and strive to become better with the power of my own will. I've always enjoyed setting my own standards and breaking through them. My rising sign is Pisces; there is a vulnerable child-like innocence and curiosity I've learned to love and appreciate about myself. It's true I can be and do most things I put my mind to. My mother actually named me 'Tenika' because she believed I would be a perfect 10.
I'm a junkie for real-life success stories. Right now, I'm tuned into The Tony Robbins Podcast on Spotify. Not only is his story inspiring, but every person he has on the podcast has achieved excellence in their respective field. I've become obsessed with learning out how. Success leaves clues.
I want to learn every aspect of producing television & film and continue to learn how to use the medium to help create meaningful and impactful stories. As well as learn how to sword fight...
Thanks for taking the time, Tenika! Jupiter's Legacy is now streaming on Netflix. Photos courtesy of Netflix.
This holiday season, celebrate the greatest love story of all time. Get tickets now to experience Steven Spielberg’s #WestSideStory. Only in theaters in December 10.