annehathaway: I am traveling and don’t have anything orange to wear but I still wanted to be a part of today.
Today I #wearorange to remember all those who have died, especially in schools, churches and movie theatres- spaces in which I grew up feeling safe but where the current generation cannot.
I wear orange because, as per @ newsweek, more children have been killed by guns since Sandy Hook than U.S. soldiers in combat since 9/11.
I know Hollywood plays a part in the glamorization of guns, and that is something I am dealing with in recognition that change begins from within.
I would humbly like to remind everyone that movies are not real life, and the people who can’t tell the different are exactly the people adequate mental health screening would help prevent from getting a gun.
I also want to thank all the responsible gun owners who do not feel threatened by the call for common sense gun laws. We need your voices more than ever.
@ everytown
Peace- and policy change- xx
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The thoughts come marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah
The thoughts come marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah,
The thoughts come marching one by one,
They're beginning to lose their initial fun
And I watch them marching on, and around, echoing in my brain
The thoughts come marching two by two
I start to get a bit confused
And I watch them marching on, and around, echoing in my brain
The thoughts come marching three by three
Some of them don't sound like me
And I watch them marching on, and around, echoing in my brain
The thoughts come marching four by four
They're getting harder to ignore
And I watch them marchint on, and around, echoing in my brain
The thoughts come marching five by five
Telling me not to stay alive
And I watch them marching on, and around, echoing in my brain
The thoughts come marching six by six
A few of them marching double-quick
And I watch them marching on, and around, echoing in my brain
The thoughts come marching seven by seven
They say I'll never be forgiven
And I watch them marching on, and around, echoing in my brain
The thoughts come marching eight by eight
My efforts have all come too late
And I watch them marching on, and around, echoing in my brain
The thoughts come marching nine by nine
I've can't retrieve months of lost time
And I watch them marching on, and around, echoing in my brain
The thoughts come marching ten by ten
I'll never be myself again
And I watch them marching on, and around, echoing in my brain
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poetry outlets that support a free palestine
after finding out that the poetry foundation/POETRY magazine pulled a piece that discussed anti-zionism because they "don't want to pick a side" during the current genocide, i decided to put together a list of online outlets who are explicitly in solidarity with palestine where you can read (english-language) poetry, including, except where otherwise stated, by palestinian poets!
my criteria for this is not simply that they have published palestinian poets or pro-palestine statements in the past; i only chose outlets that, since october 7, 2023, have done one of the following:
published a solidarity statement against israeli occupation & genocide
signed onto the open letter for writers against the war on gaza and/or the open letter boycotting the poetry foundation
published content that is explicitly pro-palestine or anti-zionist, including poetry that explicitly deals with israeli occupation & genocide
shared posts that are pro-palestine on their social media accounts
fyi this is undoubtedly a very small sample. also some of these sites primarily feature nonfiction or short stories, but they do all publish poetry.
outlets that focus entirely on palestinian or SWANA (southwest asia and north africa) literature
we are not numbers, a palestinian youth-led project to write about palestinian lives
arab lit, a magazine for arabic literature in translation that is run by a crowd-funded collective
sumuo, an arab magazine, platform, and community (they appear to have a forthcoming palestine special print issue edited by leena aboutaleb and zaina alsous)
mizna, a platform for contemporary SWANA (southwest asian & north africa) lit, film, and art
the markaz review, a literary arts publication and cultural institution that curates content and programs on the greater middle east and communities in diaspora
online magazines who have published special issues of all palestinian writers (and all of them publish palestinian poets in their regular issues too)
fiyah literary magazine in december 2021, edited by nadia shammas and summer farah (if you have $6 usd to spare, proceeds from the e-book go to medical aid for palestinians)
strange horizons in march 2021, edited by rasha abdulhadi
the baffler in june 2021, curated by poet/translators fady joudah & lena khalaf tuffaha
the markaz review has two palestine-specific issues, on gaza and on palestinians in israel, currently free to download
literary hub featured palestinian poets in 2018 for the anniversary of the 1948 nakba
adi magazine, who have shifted their current (october 2023) issue to be all palestinian writers
outlets that generally seem to be pro-palestine/publish pro-palestine pieces and palestinian poetry
protean magazine (here's their solidarity statement)
poetry online (offering no-fee submissions to palestinian writers)
sundog lit (offering no-fee submissions to palestinian writers through december 1, 2023)
guernica magazine (here's a twitter thread of palestinian poetry they've published) guernica ended up publishing a zionist piece so fuck them too
split this rock (here's their solidarity statement)
the margins by the asian-american writers' workshop
the offing magazine
rusted radishes
voicemail poems
jewish currents
the drift magazine
asymptote
the poetry project
ctrl + v journal
the funambulist magazine
n+1 magazine (signed onto the open letter and they have many pro-palestine articles, but i'm not sure if they have published palestinian poets specifically)
hammer & hope (signed onto the letter but they are a new magazine only on their second issue and don't appear to have published any palestinian poets yet)
if you know others, please add them on!
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