By Daniell Cohen Get out of bed Brush teeth Get dressed Breathe Apply for citizenship Confront your male friend for claiming your sexuality is “a waste” because you fit his “ideal partner criteria” Confront a cisgender white woman in class about why “we can’t just accept that we have different opinions,” Reply with “what do you [...]
By Susan Arthur Susan Arthur is a photographer, sculptor and writer, with an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She hides out in the very blue wilds of Massachusetts. Her work is shown nationally, and she’s a member of the artist co-op Brickbottom Artists Association, in Somerville, Massachusetts. On art as a form of resistance [...]
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 the [...]
By 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 in [...]
Through African-American Eyes By Conney D. Williams I didn't sit down to write all of this, but here I am. The election seems like a dream, but I'm not one of those caught off guard. I don't see it as such a surprise. As an African American, this is the normal America I've seen my [...]
