Writing is an act of resistance
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Why we march
By Rachel Federman We march because we want to send a message to refugees, to Muslims, to members of the LGBTQ and African American communities, to recent immigrants and to all women, but especially young girls. The message is this: We stand with them and we will fight alongside them. Because we believe in…
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#NastyWoman by Nina Mariah
Performed by Ashley Judd at the Women’s March on Washington, here “Nasty Woman” is performed by the poet who authored it, Nina Donovan, who writers under the name Nina Mariah.
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Alternate Facts by Tim O’Brien
Image, Tim O’Brien illustrator, Kellyanne Conway, euphemism for lying, George Orwell 1984, alternative facts, Satire“The Little Golden Book of Alternate Facts” by Tim O’Brien builds upon the classic Little Golden Books to create a satyrical response to Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway’s euphemism “alternative facts.” She spoke the term on Meet the Press, Sunday 22 January 2017, when referencing false statements made by new White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer about…
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Funhouse
By Dick Eiden A pity such a sparkling world fell into our clumsy hands, soiled with petroleum and blood, slippery as a swindler leaving town at night past rows of homes for sale, scrawny trees tied to stakes on the boulevard. A pity our shoes were untied, our feet not planted, we didn’t look up…
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Bedtime Stories from Donald Trump
By Deanne Stillman “Who has read The Art of the Deal in this room?” Donald Trump last year at a Liberty University rally. “Everybody. I always say, a deep, deep second to The Bible.” Long before Trump requested a show of hands, there was someone who proclaimed her admiration for the book in an online forum. This was…
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Digital Dust
By Pattie Palmer-Baker The agent sifts digital dust, not like stardust sprinkled on profound black, instead gray-brown specks leaking out of ATM machines, trickling from laptops, dribbling out of phones. He shapes the particles into a digital fingerprint, blots out truth messy with color, paints the grooves black and white. When the wind blows through…
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INDIVISIBLE: A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda
A note from Writers Resist about The Indivisible Guide: Donald Trump’s election has motivated a lot of people in a lot of ways, revealing their smarts, their generosity and their passion for making the United States a safe and nurturing home for all people. One of the more pragmatic responses is Indivisible: A Practical Guide for…
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The Netherlands welcomes Trump in his own words
Video, Sunday With Lubach, Arjen Lubach, The Netherlands welcomes Trump in his own words, Zondag met LubachFrom Sunday with Lubach “From this day forward, it’s going to be only America first! America first!” –Donald J. Trump inauguration speech
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Kindred, a poem by Dave Parsons
Blindness will only make him see better. Broken bones will sharpen his wit. –Karl Shapiro On 9-11, we were 1st stunned into numb dazes—I remember the same—in the early sixties and there are the many other days … personal to each of us … that stick like bad cooking to our dead-pan minds, they are…