Some people think poetry should be political. Others argue that all poetry is inherently political because the very act of inscribing our agency, especially when we identify as marginalized or intersectional, is a political act. […]
The Revolution (Relaunch)
A creative resurgence of the official publication of the National Woman Suffrage Association.
Why the Canyon is Grand
Eve was a lesbianwho loved Mary with a passionthat cracked the world. God was so jealoushe ground them downto oblivion. The tears of Mother Earthcarved furrowsin her cheeks. Now their bodiesbleed a red river that […]
It’s Not . . .
It’s not living on the street,shut out from shelter.It’s not hunger—satiety deniedon desert days of need. It’s self-suspicion,doubts dogging every action,feeling responsible for a ruptured family; watching a mother’s partitioned minddemolish childhood hopes, thenunraveling knitted […]
Self-Defense
I’ve been letting the tiny snakesrattle around my brain,until one is unleashedlike a tongue,eliciting some wound you’drather forget,elucidating the long and windyoutcome of memory gone extinct. What if we let ourselves become animals?What if we […]
Unfair
It doesn’t come with ease. They tell you that“life isn’t fair” with gusto,with pleasing remorse.They tell you that nothing will change. Are you at ease? Do you feel me? I feel the chatterand short intakes […]
SHE CALLED ME HER BOY
here’s how things are named:a) like they areb) like we want them to be. I was born with a namewoven into my intestines.mother said she hadn’t noticed.father doesn’t knowbecause he was never there. mother once […]
The Modern Dancer & mental health Advocate of the Women’s Liberation Movement
At the inception of 2021, I’d like to celebrate a feminist who I’ve recently re-discovered, one who I’m committed to resurrecting. That’s not to say that I don’t admire the usual suspects of 2020. After […]
The Compass Collection
In the middle of 2019, in order to bolster my spirits and my faith in humanity, I was reading about effective, proactive women when I came across a quote by Pia Klemp that prompted this […]
When art, queerness, and chronic illness intersect: An interview with Bri Noonan
Bri Noonan noticed a gap in research, specifically on people who were queer, were making art, and were also chronically ill. As a person who lives in the intersection of all three, Bri (whose pronouns […]
Therapeutic Poetry: Creative (Pro)Activism in 21st Century Self-Care
Simply put, therapeutic poetry is a personal, communal, and creative celebration of our human vulnerability. More specifically, therapeutic poetry is born out of the act of reflection and involves inscribing traumatic events or hardships on […]
The Revolution (Relaunch) 