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She simply glowed (Olorato Mongale did)
She simply glowed (Olorato Mongale did)
she simply glowed
Olorato Mongale did
past tense
she a child of the community
embraced and cared for
by many
passionate about journalism
and the fight against
Gender Based Violence
Olorato Mongale was
she did
she was
past tense
when will all
our war and our wars
be
past tense
(By David Kapp)
(Image Credit: Sofia Weidner / PBS)
Welcome to the age of the tolerated Intolerable
“To regard the lives of those your country is subjugating as being equal to your own would make even one death intolerable.” Owen Jones, 2014 In the past twenty-four hours, the word “intolerable” has figured prominently, a kind of keyword marking this moment. Perhaps what set this off is the joint statement by Canada, France […]
Landmark case: In Australia, Raya Meredith leads class action case against strip-searches
In 2018, at the Splendour in the Grass music festival in Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia, Raya Meredith was strip-searched. Not that it matters, but nothing illegal was found. In 2022, then-27-year-old Raya Meredith filed a class action suit against the police of New South Wales, arguing that the strip-searches conducted at music festivals […]
We will run out (of gas by 2026)
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Michigan’s special hell for women, the Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility, belongs to everyone
I had said I wasn’t gonna write no more poems like this Gil Scott-Heron Michigan has one women’s prison, the Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility in Ypsilanti, and it is a piece of work. On Monday, attorneys representing 20 women filed a $500 million lawsuit, claiming that recorded and recording strip searches constitutes invasion of […]
The cruelty is the pointlessness
To sacrifice God for nothingness—this paradoxical mystery of the ultimate cruelty has been reserved for the rising generation; we all know something thereof already. Friederich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil In a recent interview, a person who recently voted for Trump reflected on the pain and suffering imposed by the current reign of detention […]
In England and Wales, where are the women? Still in prison, still awaiting trial, still under attack
In the United Kingdom, the Prison Reform Trust recently released its report, Resetting the approach to women’s imprisonment, which it describes as follows: “This briefing sets out the latest facts about women in contact with the criminal justice system in England and Wales. It contains statistics on the number of women imprisoned, the characteristics of […]
100 Days of Gomorrah: For Donald Trump and Project 2025
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Democracy got taxed on April 15th: for Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia (2025)
Democracy got taxed on April 15th: for Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia (2025) Democracy got taxed on April 15th; Nobody in the Oval Office flinched. The lawyers weren’t litigious; They simply ignored The Supreme Court. And, the billionaires were the only ones who purchased stocks. Lady Liberty’s lips were painted red; Planes and choppers crashed […]
Sung to the tune of the Theme from M.A.S.H. (Suicide is Painless): With apologies to Alfred E. Neumann and Mad Magazine
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A Good Fucking Start: For James Baldwin and the Contradictions He Was Forced to Live
A Good Fucking Start: For James Baldwin and the Contradictions He Was Forced to Live “I want what you want. I want to be left alone…” This is probably the most powerful thing James Baldwin ever said Because it speaks to an “everyday” Where “nothing much happens”; And, “everything is possible”. It’s 2025, and there […]