places ive been
because our North is their South!!
european cartographers like mercator standardized the north-up orientation during the 16th century height of colonial expansion. These maps were designed by and for european kkkolonial powers. they exaggerate the
size of wealthy northern nations and
diminishes the Global South to
make empire seem like a natural
order.
i reject imperial tradition,
and i recognize that
resistance flows from the south.