What Columbus Day Is Actually About – In His Own Horrifying Words

Dominant history is written by the “victors” – so many people in the US think Columbus Day is something to celebrate.

But we need to search no further than Columbus’ own words to find out why this holiday is so disturbing. This comic shows what European colonizers had to say about how colonization works, and it gives us an important perspective on what we really need to know about our nation’s history.

Happy International Day of Solidarity with Indigenous People.

With Love,
The Editors at Everyday Feminism

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Alli was a Contributing Comic Artist for Everyday Feminism from 2015 to 2017. They are the creator of the webcomic PunkPuns and the vocalist of the L.A. queer feminist punk band P.I.T. Alli has a degree in English Literature, which is cheerfully wasted in pop literary criticism discourse on Tumblr.