Writing is an act of resistance
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Floating
Penny Perry poet, Kate Harding poet, Santa Monica Disposal & Salvage, Garden Oak Press, reproductive justice, Poetry, abortionBy Penny Perry Mother couldn’t have known what to do. She was only twenty-five, drove her big sister, Leona, six weeks pregnant, to the doctor’s in LA. Leona squinted at California bungalows, backyards with orange trees. She thought about her husband home worrying, her baby daughter waiting for her. She told my mother about…
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A Poem by Rae Rose
The Other Day I Peed on a Stick and when I peed on the stick I knew my blood was like poison. When I turned 18, I had just started my medication, I peed on a stick, called a number from the phone book to see if I could afford an abortion without anyone knowing.…
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Almost Visible
By Laura Gail Grohe When you see me, if you see me, I am your worst fears found form. “Pardon me sir, but could I have a dollar for food?” You rush by me studying your cuticles so you don’t have to see me. “Excuse me miss, do you have any spare change?” When…
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Writers Resist Launches
Acts of Resistance by Pierre Bourdieu, writing is an act of resistance, Art is an act of resistance, Writers Resist news[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”no” equal_height_columns=”no” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” background_position=”center center” background_repeat=”no-repeat” fade=”no” background_parallax=”none” parallax_speed=”0.3″ video_aspect_ratio=”16:9″ video_loop=”yes” video_mute=”yes” overlay_opacity=”0.5″ border_style=”solid”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ layout=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” border_position=”all” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility” center_content=”no” last=”no” min_height=”” hover_type=”none” link=””][fusion_text] Writers Resist, a literary collective born of the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election, publishes creative…
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Beware a Kinder, Gentler American Fascism
By David L. Ulin Originally published by LitHub, November 16, 2016; used with permission of the author. Let me begin with an admission: I don’t know how to write about this. I’ve been trying since Wednesday morning, day after the election, when I awakened with what felt like the worst hangover in the universe—and without…
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Male Bias
By Katherine D. Perry Waiting five years to adopt a daughter, I had time to carefully consider the impact of male bias on foreign shores, where, when you can only have one, girls are left on the steps of schools and libraries, and if they survive, they might be sent away, to western countries, where…
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Was it foolish to think so?
By Sara Marchant My husband’s birthday is November eighth. He takes the day off. We drive to Idyllwild for lunch. It is a windy day so we have the patio to ourselves until an elderly white lady with an elderly dog joins us. She greets the waiter by name and he greets the cranky old…
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The President-Elect Speaks
abortion poetry, The Story of Jane, Made in Detroit, Poetry, Marge Piercy, President-Elect Trump, reproductive rights, back alley abortionBy Marge Piercy “You can always go to another state” to have your abortion just so long as you’re rich, have a nanny to watch your kids, can take off from your job, have a ride available or your own car, aren’t living at home or needing to hide the procedure. Yes affluent women…
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Twenty Ways to Protect Our Democracy
Professor Timothy Snyder, Black Earth The Holocaust as History and Warning, Bloodlands Europe Between Hitler and Stalin, EssayBy Timothy Snyder Americans are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience. Now is a good time to do so. Here are twenty lessons from the twentieth century, adapted to the circumstances of today. Do not obey…