Post #3095671

2026-06-04 12:09 UTC

https://www.france24.com/en/culture/20260604-french-iranian-author-marjane-satrapi-author-of-persepolis-dies-at-56 I'm sad that Marjane Satrapi has died. I have often come across the quote below. Before reposting it, I wanted to verify it. And I found out it's from a 2005 Salon interview https://www.salon.com/2005/04/24/satrapi_2/ -- during the time I worked at Salon! A neat coincidence for me.

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@brainwane@social.coop 2026-06-04 13:37

via @Ashedryden@xoxo.zone a longer obituary I should have linked previously: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/obituaries/article/2026/06/04/marjane-satrapi-author-of-persepolis-dies-at-56_6754122_15.html

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@rightsprung@c.im 2026-06-04 12:43

@brainwane@social.coop Genius.

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@benroyce@mastodon.social 2026-06-04 12:55

@brainwane@social.coop some of you know of the book(s) and film " #Persepolis" if you don't recall her name, she is the author it's sitting on my bookshelf not far from my gaze #RIP #MarjaneSatrapi 😔 https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/marjane-satrapi-french-iranian-author-persepolis-dies-rcna348422 #Iran

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@musevg@23.social 2026-06-04 13:16

@brainwane@social.coop 😢 RIP

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@bearsong@ravenation.club 2026-06-04 13:24

@brainwane@social.coop I am really sad to hear that Marjane Satrapi has died Persepolis was an amazing work of art.

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@bedifferent@mastodon.social 2026-06-04 13:29

@brainwane@social.coop That's really creepy and it's the truth. This post smacked me in the face with it. One can't look at the rampant racism and violence in our history since Native "Americans" owned this land without knowing it's avarice, lack of any form of compassion or empathy and think we're great or okay as we existed for almost 250 years. The "founding fathers" had tunnels in many places including Philadelphia to hide their slaves. They knew it was wrong and pretended how great they were.

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@jodystillwrites@toot.community 2026-06-04 13:35

@brainwane@social.coop Oh, no! I'm sad to hear this, too. She was a remarkable person and artist.

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@Wintergr33n@lingo.lol 2026-06-04 13:37

@brainwane@social.coop Nailed it. I don't want to be judged as a human based on my government. I don't judge other people based on theirs.

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@Abstract_Eye78@mastodon.social 2026-06-04 13:42

@brainwane@social.coop exactly. I'm all about 💜☮️..and always thought it was so gross that the citizens of country are forced to go and fight eachother because of the anger and hatred the two leaders of those countries feel for eachother...no one forces their friends or even their neighbors to go and fight some stranger for some reason they don't know..I wish the humans who ran the countries had that same intelligence.

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@aizuchi@hachyderm.io 2026-06-04 14:07

@brainwane@social.coop i met her once, when she gave a talk at the university where i worked. She had amazing presence, and a strong hope that Iran would know peace. 💔

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@seufz@troet.cafe 2026-06-04 14:32

@brainwane@social.coop 😢

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@heidi@discuss.systems 2026-06-04 15:22

@brainwane@social.coop I just bought Persepolis a couple weeks ago…

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@redsad@ohai.social 2026-06-04 15:34

@brainwane@social.coop aw that's so sad 🥺

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@bit@ohai.social 2026-06-04 16:08

@brainwane@social.coop I wish this quote was common knowledge. If people better understood the general character of the sort that seeks to climb any ladder of power, the world would a much better place.

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@fartnuggets@jorts.horse 2026-06-04 18:49

@brainwane@social.coop her words are something I read every day as a reminder of who I want to be.

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@Guillotine_Jones@beige.party 2026-06-04 20:34

@brainwane@social.coop Very timely quotation from the recently deceased Marjane Satrapi, Sumani. Thank YOU for sharing it. During her all-too short life, she gave to us from her considerable gifts. The world is significantly diminished by her passing.

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@emma@orbital.horse 2026-06-04 21:03

@brainwane@social.coop she did more for liberation and freedom in Iran than nearly 50 years of sanctions and war by the US. May she rest in power.

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@ChevalierDesMots@mastodon.social 2026-06-04 21:04

@brainwane@social.coop Stop smoking, smoking kills. One LAW+RELIGION for ALL governments are tyrannies. Tell them "Your LAW+RELIGION for you, my LAW+RELIGION for me" to be able to see the real difference.

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@rothko@beige.party 2026-06-04 23:43

@brainwane@social.coop "died of sadness" -- interesting way of putting it.

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@NickSchwanck@aus.social 2026-06-05 04:21

@brainwane@social.coop The cause of her death likely visible in her left hand.

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@oof@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-06-05 05:35

@brainwane@social.coop Those who liked the dark humor of Corman's 1960 Little Shop of Horrors should check out Satrapi's The Voices.

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