Writing is an act of resistance
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First 100 Days: We the People Who March
By Yun Wei We walk because that is all to be done all our bodies can do when so much has been done to us. We walk because it’s not done: the work of hands pressed against stone and monuments, the work that hands must do when there are no more parts to assemble, just…
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First 100 Days: Protest Poem in Two Acts
By Zigi Lowenberg I. saturday, january 21, 2017 she’s got the whole world… holding Mom’s hand, their fists raised in West Palm breeze while her stepdaughter and grandsons march in Hawai’i her cousins throng Fifth Avenue as her Oakland tribe rings Lake Merritt. only later she learns, another big lie floats, his number bloats…
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First 100 Days: Sanctuary
By Jennifer Hernandez Border fence divides barbs catch rip prevent free range prevent migration of wildlife of many lives gaps allow glimpses of el otro lado amber waves blue blue skies gauzy clouds floating elusive storms brew on the horizon Jennifer Hernandez lives in Minnesota, where she works with immigrant youth and writes poetry,…
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First 100 Days: Power by Adrienne Rich
By Tarra Stevenson Living in a white fog of patriarchy/phallocentrism/misogyny Today a class of teenage girls radiant discussed the power of Marie Curie her sacrifice to birth knowledge even in the face of her own death. A radio- active superwoman. Today a vice-president eliminated possibility potential denying their rights denying her fights and the teenage…
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First 100 Days: March of the Millennials and Grandmas
By Candy Schulman Editor’s note: Trump’s inauguration initiated a series of public demonstrations that have continued throughout his first 100 days—including, challenging his refusal to release his taxes, in support of science and the environment, in defiance of his bigoted attempts to limit immigration and, as this essay reminds us, to make clear the power of women…
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First 100 Days: Wiretap Tweets—Defined
By Charles W. Brice Terrible (tĕr′ə-bəl): n. A salutation. Syn.: dear, my dear, hi, hello Just (jŭst): n. & v. A statement of absolute truth. Ex: Just found out that Obama had my “wires tapped.” Found Out (found out): tr.v. To receive an incontrovertible revelation of indisputable fact from a minor entertainment personage on…
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Going Limp
By Ruth Nolan It was your favorite story, the one you most loved to tell me, from the days when you were the star of your high school football team, MVP, you’d say: It’s important to go limp after throwing a pass because you know you’re going to get hit and that way you’re less…
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And Then He Moved On
By William Aime On his first day, his boss gave him a pair of t-shirts. She asked his size, which was extra-large, but she only had large or medium. She gave him two larges and told him that she’d give him the right size when more shirts came in. He wore the shirts once…
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Uprising
By Janey Skinner Pink pointed ears popped up everywhere. Skeins in pocket, women knit as they marched, constructing together the greatest pussy hat of all, its oval opening frilled in coral, cinnamon and crimson yarns, too soft and too strong to tear. Some say the Golem emerged from that hat, a bud of damp…