I Love This Edit.

I love this edit.

This version is other worldly.... There’s just something about her voice. You can feel the emotion as she sings. 

Dear Naya,

Wherever you are, I hope you are shining down on us. I pray for your family and friends. Thank you for inspiring a generation, thank you for helping me to accept who I am. Back in 2009, I was eight years old; and for someone who never really watch the show throughout its original run. I’m glad that I knew about Santana Lopez and Brittany Pierce and their romance. It was probably the first depiction of young lgbt+ stories that I ever saw, that was portrayed in such a positive light. Thank you for paving the way for more inclusive stories that wasn’t just hetrosexual. Thank you, for being a part of my childhood, your legacy won’t be forgotten.

Sincerely

A grateful fan 

I might not be American, but I read it to better educate myself on how the police work in America.

“I was a police officer for nearly ten years and I was a bastard. We all were.

“This essay has been kicking around in my head for years now and I’ve never felt confident enough to write it. It’s a time in my life I’m ashamed of. It’s a time that I hurt people and, through inaction, allowed others to be hurt. It’s a time that I acted as a violent agent of capitalism and white supremacy. Under the guise of public safety, I personally ruined people’s lives but in so doing, made the public no safer… so did the family members and close friends of mine who also bore the badge alongside me.

“But enough is enough.

“The reforms aren’t working. Incrementalism isn’t happening. Unarmed Black, indigenous, and people of color are being killed by cops in the streets and the police are savagely attacking the people protesting these murders.

“American policing is a thick blue tumor strangling the life from our communities and if you don’t believe it when the poor and the marginalized say it, if you don’t believe it when you see cops across the country shooting journalists with less-lethal bullets and caustic chemicals, maybe you’ll believe it when you hear it straight from the pig’s mouth.”

Read the full article here.

Via medium.com

How many closeted, confused and struggling girls had been saved by this line? This scene?

Today, Naya Rivera’s body had been found on Lake Piru. Ten years ago, I was a senior struggling with my sexuality when I came across Glee. Santana Lopez was the first lesbian and poc woman I have seen on TV. Her struggles and growth on the show gave me the strength and knowledge that it’s okay, it’s okay to feel scared but ultimately— it’s okay to be yourself.

I know Naya Rivera is not defined by her portrayal in Glee but that is her LEGACY. A character she had helped come to life to anchor LGBTQ+ teens back then. This is a heartache that I will probably never get over, you took a piece of my heart with you, Naya.

I love you so much and thank you for showering this world with your sunshine for thirty three years.

I’m gonna miss you for the rest of my life.

Rest easy, beautiful.

From the wise shield director and the guy with a awesome lightsaber.