Say Their Names

Writers Resist is honored to share some of the many and diverse creative writings recently inspired by Black Lives Matter, systemic racism, police brutality, U.S. protests, and the gorgeous, global chorus demanding equity and equality for all. This issue includes works by Kitty Anarchy, Despy Boutris, Schyler Butler, Marcy Rae Henry, Dana Kinsey, Christa Miller, Aaron Sandberg, Sarah Sheppeck, Jennifer Shneiderman, and Rebecca Tolin.

We’re grateful to be able to illustrate the writings with images of protests, labor that often puts photojournalists and lay photographers in police crosshairs.

Please join us in celebrating all these works by sharing them wherever you feel safe doing so and—more important—when it isn’t comfortable.

Silence is not an option; resistance is transformative.

We’ll be releasing one piece daily on social media for the next ten days. Follow us to share the posts on Facebook @WritersResist, Instagram @WritersResist, and Twitter @WritersResist.

And subscribe at writersresist.com. It’s free, and words do create change.

With love and persistence,
K-B, Debbie, Sara, and Ying
Writers Resist
Publishing the resistance since 2016

Abortion Stories from Writers Resist

Unlike the statistics above, our stories help humanize the theme of abortion, and this week we are sharing five of them, in poetry and prose, by Mileva Anastasiadou, Andrea England, Vicki Cohen, Heather Mydosh, and Penny Perry.

Like every piece in the issue, each abortion decision is unique and intimate, and it is owned by only one person, the person who is pregnant.

To those who feel confident they know better than the people to whom the decision belongs, we invite you to learn otherwise, and then join us.

Writers Resist is passionate in our support of reproductive justice—and we are in the majority—but we must do more to assure that across the United States abortion is legal, accessible, and safe for all.

The chart is from Pew Research Center.

Writers Resist: Because the Pen Is Mightier

Track the nation’s mass shootings at the Gun Violence Archive—and what a horrible shame that the site exists.

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Writers Resist: The Anthology 2018

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The Women’s March Issue

Having recovered from the rewarding demands of the Women’s March on Washington—and across the nation and around the world—we are just not ready to give up that fabulous feeling. To sustain it a bit longer, in this week’s issue we feature the works of four writers who marched or would have, had death not defied intent.

The issue includes Julie Friesen’s essay, “March Interrupted,” describing her unexpected detour before the march even began from “the center of the world” to the South; Boston march participant Brenda Davis Harsham, whose poem celebrates “America the Beautiful”; and Julie Harthill Clayton and Rachel Federman’s works, offering a multitude of reasons people marched, in prose and poetry respectively.

Maybe their words will enlighten Donald Trump, who seemed befuddled by what he referred to as “protests.” He claims to have watched them, but he may never grasp them—it’s not at all clear what, if anything, he can understand that hasn’t erupted from his own maw or smart phone keyboard.

Perhaps we can simply be grateful for the inspiration he provides. Which brings us to a video offering in the issue, “Nasty Woman,” the poem that captured the heart and soul of the march, performed by its creator, Nina Mariah.

Finally, many thanks to artist Patrick Brown for sharing his most apropos painting, “Sisters,” to launch this week’s issue.

Writers Resist Launches

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Writers Resist, a literary collective born of the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election, publishes creative expressions of resistance by diverse writers and artists. We are dedicated to challenging all things that diminish our nation’s quest for equality, freedom, justice and a healthy planet for all—while having a bit of fun, which is why we publish weekly, not 24/7.

Given our fondness for words, we are including reading suggestions in the form of book covers used as illustration, books that relate to the writings we publish. If you see a book you haven’t read, considering buying it—preferably through an independent bookstore. You can look for your nearest one here. If you’ve written a book you’d like us to use, please contact K-B at writersresist@gmail.com.

We publish weekly (more often when necessary) with the intent that the works will be shared far and wide—in keeping with the Creative Commons guidelines for proper attribution of the author and Writers Resist, non-commercial use, and no derivatives. So share with abandon—just please do acknowledge the author and Writers Resist.

If you write or create visual art, take a gander at our Submissions page.

If you’d like to support our writers and artists with a $10 contribution, mosey over to our Give a sawbuck page.

The Action page is great for armchair activism—not everyone is made for marching on D.C.

And, our featured videos (at the bottom of the Home page) and news and and timely information (on our Facebook page) offer plenty of fodder for creative resistance.

Poke around and let us know what you think. If you like what you see, subscribe to Writers Resist—it’s free!

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Reading Recommendation: Acts of Resistance: Against the Tyranny of the Market by Pierre Bourdieu.

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