GEN
Published in

GEN

Why This Moment Feels Different

What marks these protests is their longevity and camaraderie

In the last week, I have been party to a dozen or so eye flushes. It’s a simple act, using a water bottle to clear someone’s eyes of chemical irritants after they’ve been tear-gassed. The volume of eye flushes signals, for me, a rapid development in protesting — I performed only two eye flushes all of last…

--

--

Get the Medium app

A button that says 'Download on the App Store', and if clicked it will lead you to the iOS App store
A button that says 'Get it on, Google Play', and if clicked it will lead you to the Google Play store
Mia Santiago

Organizer, writer, and creative nonfiction MFA candidate based in Columbus, OH.