SoiferI VtP Annotation: Fire Landfill!

The image conveys the fact that when it comes to toxicity and governance, citizens are often responsibilized for catestrophic and dangerous situations, whether as part of slow or sudden violence. Toxicity also appears to enable social ties between groups of people, whether between the school and the U.S. Army, or the child and the Just Moms group. Each are attempting in their own ways to address the toxicity of place, but ultimately the majority of the responsibility falls on the people with the least power and resources. In addition, it shows that toxicity is gendered as women become the ones to shoulder much of the responsibility for navigating the data and establishing proof of the nature of danger they and the children are facing.