Writing is an act of resistance
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The Dream Children of Addison Mitchell McConnell III
By Michael Henson What are the dreamsThat await the sleep of Mitch McConnell?Do children enter with their hungers?Do they sit at the side of the road of dreamwith their empty bowlsand their wide curious eyes?I believe they wait each day in their hidden placesalong the congressional corridors,hidden in the pedestals of the heroic torsosor in…
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Suffrage or Suffer
By Kristin Fouquet Artist’s StatementIn a world seduced by artificial intelligence, I assemble my collages more traditionally. I use my original printed photographs on archival paper with pigment ink, cut them, glue them on foam board, and embellish them with gold paint. Kristin Fouquet is a photographer, collage maker, and writer in lovely New Orleans.…
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Welcome to Writers Resist the Summer 2024 Issue
It’s summer and all kinds of things are in bloom—beautiful and ugly—but we’re happy you’re here. We’re moved by the courage of those who give voice to their righteous struggles. We’re determined to continue to be able to challenge the inequitable and untenable. We’re hopeful climate leaders will be followed. We’re particularly grateful to Dorothy…
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God in Hiding
By Kayla Blau Our five-year-old fingers plucked mancala beads, wove white flower crowns, blew dandelion seed wishes. Our Barbies knew no god. Our families spoke nothing of politics. Sleepovers at hers were cardamom and allspice, steaming lamb nestled under mounds of rice, fried eggplant, labneh and cucumber. Sleepovers at mine, sustained by cardboard box…
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In Florida
By Anna Lucia Deloia a school principal confiscates the dictionary. When a student tries to look up the meaning of ontology (n.), she is informed that she doesn’t exist. In Massachusetts, the police storm a classroom to apprehend a graphic novel. They bury it in it the woods behind the station, because ideas aren’t…
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Trans Joy: A Selfie in Five Parts
Poetry, transgender rights, gender identity, self-harm, LGBTQ rights, Dameien Nathaniel, gender assignment, transitioningBy Dameien Nathaniel 1. 2007 and I have gotten my first flip phone. We are hanging out after the after school art club, and Alyssa has just informed me that this cell phone can take photos. You just have to open it, access the camera, hold the phone at arm’s length, and do your…
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Make a Splash
By Ell Cee Artist statement As a queer person and artist, I’ve been struggling with the constant legislative attacks against the queer community echoing across America. So what’s at the heart of my piece, Make A Splash? Honestly? This is me looking into the eyes of homophobic politicians, homophobic people, and those who just sit neutrally…
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Miss Suzie Had a Baby, She Named Him Tiny Tim
pollution, organizing for change, collaboration, reproductive rights, Poetry, Laura Grace Weldon, women’s rightsBy Laura Grace Weldon Outrage drives me outside, a choice a woman can still make. I clamber close to our muddy creek collecting trash caught in fallen branches. I empty water from a Stroh’s bottle and battered jug of Cheer detergent. Pull out blue plastic bags and an honest-to-God wire hanger. Untangle a multicolored…
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2020
By Zhihua Wang 1 It’s October now, I am still listening to the song “Beautiful Springtime.” It seems the spring of 2020 never came. 2 The moon must love my daughter’s window more as it often has songs flying out of it. 3 I am in love with my bed now. Every time I…