sexualized violence & #MeToo – Headline Poetry & Press

01/10/202001/13/2020 by: Hokis, Senior Editor

Roe v. Wade-related | It’s Poetic Justice Until We All Lose Our Eyes, by Hokis

Roe v. Wade-related; patriarch, toxic masculinity by Hokis, Founder & Senior Editor My story is so nearly relevant, I forget and roll my …

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01/10/202001/10/2020 by: Hokis, Senior Editor

Roe v. Wade-related | Reap, by Grix

CW: Roe vs Wade-related content; abortion, sexual assault missed moon he takes what he wants It’s my junior year of high school and …

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01/07/202001/10/2020 by: Kari Flickinger

Hold Them Accountable: The 39 Senators Requesting an Overturn of Roe V. Wade

Image Credit: Kari A. Flickinger The above image is a small prayer and an escalating plea from an angry woman seeking to retain the ownership …

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12/29/201912/18/2019 by: Hokis, Senior Editor

told-to-be-Truth | Editorial

image and inspiration: “The Day Jeffrey Epstein Told Me He Had Dirt on Powerful People,” by James B. Stewart. New York Times, August 12, 2019.

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12/29/201912/28/2019 by: Angela Braru

Two Loaves

Between two loaves diesA toyish tomato sliceThe ketchup couldn’t sufficeSo I was killed thrice. Loud is your empty voiceYou left me with no choiceSo I …

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12/22/201912/18/2019 by: Kristin Garth

No Big Deal

content warning: fire used against a woman to repress reporting of sexual violence No Big Deal for Nusrat Rafi It’s easy for a …

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12/22/201912/18/2019 by: Lori Morgan Flood

Reacted

He said everything reacted to is an inner unexamined landscape. The upward dirt of heat, toe to eye, pushed down truths, raw and damp. Where …

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12/20/2019 by: Hokis, Senior Editor

BOOK NOOK | You Are Not Your Rape, an Anthology

Recently named by Margaret Atwood as a “Top 10 Most Important Books on Women,” this Rhythm & Bones publication benefits RAINN, Women Organized Against Rape (WOAR), and other nonprofit organizations focused on helping victims & survivors of sexual abuse, assault & trauma.

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12/20/201912/27/2019 by: Kari Flickinger

Reconstruct Woman | Erasure w/ sounds

What do we know about her? The woman, coded and used, looked closely to those who lived.

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12/15/201912/15/2019 by: Ziggy Dicks

Spoon

Spoon Past brambles of duck feathers through thin mattress covers four legs nestled together kindling stacked cross-hatched They weaved and writhed as plump hot earthworms …

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12/11/201912/15/2019 by: Hokis, Senior Editor

The Axis is Ours Now

We never asked Him to drain their swamp. As He sorted that truth we altered gravity for Her. We knew just the tilt it …

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11/15/201912/14/2019 by: Hokis, Senior Editor

Weekly Feature | Complex PTSD

Editor’s note: The day we received Taylor Grace’s submission I read “I’m the Comedian Who Just Confronted Harvey Weinstein. Here’s Why I Spoke Up.Survivors of sexual assault shouldn’t have to explain their experiences — or stand in a room with Harvey Weinstein.” The parallels are stunning. Share this pairing of poetry and prose far and wide.

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