Let's do a thumbnail work-up here, shall we? A home schooled sixteen year old girl in Alabama with Pentecostal parents who really likes chess. Not exactly my idea of a mover and shaker on the internet antiwar scene, but damn, stranger things have happened. Meet Ava Lowery.
You've probably already seen her video WWJD? Warning: It's not for the faint of heart. When it came around I knew that it was a young girl who'd made it, but that doesn't nearly cover the entire story. She's got a substantial collection of well edited videos on her website Peace Takes Courage. And Mother Jones has published an article (where I stole the picture) about her 16th birthday on the steps of the state capitol, where George Wallace gave his very famous segregation speech. I'm a big fan of the birthday concept, too.
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