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The strongest argument I can think of for satire and parody is that despots and authoritarian regimes of all stripes hate it so.
Tony Eprile, from an essay in Scoundrel Time, as featured in “Writers, Editors Resist” in the May/June issue of Poets & Writers Magazine (2017)
Fear binds people together. And fear disperses them. Courage inspires communities: the courage of an example — for courage is as contagious as fear.
Susan Sontag, born on this day in 1933, on moral courage and the power of principled resistance to injustice.
“I urge you to be as impudent as you dare. BE BOLD, BE BOLD, BE BOLD.”—Susan Sontag
Art by David Mack
Photos from our Writers Resist event in Racine, Wisconsin (January 15, 2017)
1. Black Lives Matter / Writers Resist 2. KevoG 3. Brent Mitchell 4. Carly-Anne Ravnikar 5. Manar Mohammad 6. Jessie Lynn McMains (photo by Dove Paige Anthony) 7. Dove Paige Anthony 8. Jeff Noise 9. Stephen Kalmar II
via @raincitypoetryslam
My American Dream [Part 1]
Dear America, You can have back the fence And the manicured lawn, The driveway, garage, The land it's all on. You can have back the wedding, The marriage, the spouse, The 2.5 kids In the 3-bedroom house. You can have back the couch And the big TV screen, The latest, the greatest Appliance, machine. The glasses of milk And the sliced deli meats, The curtains, the carpets, The high thread count sheets. I don't need your extras, The watches, the rings, The closets, the junk drawers, The things upon things. You can take back the job With its 8-to-5 day, With its handcuffs of promise, Its 401K. And the island vacations, The shopping regimes, Your Hollywood stars and Your marketing schemes. I have bigger dreams...
[To be continued]
The Twentieth Day
T for Trumped up T for terror T for torture T for trampled rights T for traumatized minorities T for trouble looming on the horizon T for tightening of the noose T for trolls unloosed T for tanks and terrified toddlers T for Tom, Dick & Harry grabbing our pussies T for terrified Transgenders T for teenagers bullied by emboldened bigots T for time, time, time see what’s become of us T for the twentieth day of two thousand and seventeen
© Sophia Naz
A Public Service Announcement: Writers Resist w/ Words & Art
January 15, 2017
https://www.facebook.com/events/1617711608534139/
