Yes, we know. We were a bit late on last month’s photo installment but rest assured, we’re back with a photo for this month’s theme: Censorship.
This theme was inspired by George Orwell’s 1984, a novel set in a dystopic society where citizens were brutally oppressed by their government. This government (known as Big Brother) used the distortion of words to manipulate and control the lives, feelings, and thoughts of the people. Censorship is a daunting concept that reminds many of the freedoms they enjoy. Whether you express yourself through your Tumblr, your personal style, speech, or music- the oppurtunity to communicate freely is something worth protecting and investing in.
Photography Courtesy of Louee Stanback
“There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment. How often, or on what system, the Thought Police plugged in on any individual wire was guesswork. It was even conceivable that they watched everybody all the time. But at any rate they could plug in your wire whenever they wanted to. You had to live—did live, from habit that became instinct—in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, except in darkness, every movement scrutinized.” — 1984, George Orwell
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