the FBI (more specifically, j edgar hoover) had a good go at ruining her because **she supported civil rights, indigenous peoples & the black panther party**. they planted vicious stories in 
newspapers & sought to slander her.
ultimately, they succeeded. by 1979, she’d had enough & went out on her own terms. alongside her work in ‘lilith’, ‘la ligne de demarcation’, ‘pendulum’ & ‘bonjour tristesse’, i hope the world remembers her very kind heart & fierce soul.

she was just another midwest, corn-fed starlet without any real substance, right? nope - & **she’s never really had the credit she merits** - for enduring.
for her emotional strength against abusive partners, both professional & amorous.
for her talent & for her compassion. 
jean wanted a just world, so i'll do my bit to ensure that nobody forgets that. she joined the NAACP when she was 13 &, when she made her money, jean gave it to organisations that were fighting for equality.

#art #history: whenever i question what a government is capable of perpetrating in the service of self-preservation, i remind myself of what the FBI did to jean seberg (born #otd in 1938). for the things he did to her, to fred hampton & to the black panther party: fuck j edgar hoover forever.
[more about jean below these sketches in her memory]