Happy to have a new flash nonfiction piece in issue #27 of Paloma Magazine. Thanks for reading! π
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Writer, runner, stray cat whisperer. Midwestern transplant with Southern roots. Words in The Sun, Ms., BUST, Cleaver, JMWW, Matter News, & more. 2025 Ucross Fellow. Senior editor @muthamagazine, book reviewer @publisherswkly, & CNF reader @mudseasonreview.
Happy to have a new flash nonfiction piece in issue #27 of Paloma Magazine. Thanks for reading! π
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βReproductive justice is a bridge in a way that choice never could be.β
New at MUTHA: Jen Bryant in conversation with authors, activists, and thought leaders Marlene Gerber Fried and Loretta J. Ross.
#reproductivejustice #interviews #books
on the lookout for a new labor columnist. feel free to message me or drop a comment if you know of any local writers who might be a good fit.
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The free press died so capitalism can keep living and growing and consuming itself.
These folks never thought they would make money in journalism, they are dismantling a vital service that threatens their money and power.
So excited to have a new piece in Issue 38! Canβt wait to see it in print.
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βMany of our rights have been won through peaceful disobedience, working-class struggle, and people demanding an end by withholding their labor,β Pham said.
New from Jen Bryant.
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Related: Allowing federal agents to make arrests at the courthouse without judicial warrants or a court order is an affront to justice.
A new op-ed from Liliana Baiman of 614 ICE Watch and Defend and Recruit.
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Hard same. The mind reels.
29.01.2026 13:22 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0it is a wild sickness to try and find evidence or reason for why someone's life should have value to the state. When lives are ended by cops in the street the defence is always that they were peaceful and law abiding, as if the opposite would mean they somehow deserved what bullets claimed them.
29.01.2026 13:13 β π 116 π 28 π¬ 1 π 1they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.
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ICE increased its numbers in Columbus again. If you can give to CRIS, they are making sure people can stay out of harmβs way with food and resource drop off.
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βAt twenty-four, Iβm the youngest parent in my sonβs first-grade class and the oldest student in my Sociology 201 lectureβ¦β
Thrilled to have a new piece up at @merliterary.bsky.social today! β¬οΈ
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writing is so funny because you think wow I hope people read this thing I made but also oh no what if people read it
14.01.2026 16:48 β π 112 π 17 π¬ 3 π 2This is powerful. Please give it a read.
14.01.2026 18:40 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you to all the writers who made the #Bully and #Trouble issues so sparkly, including @jen-bryant.bsky.social, @shivpreet.bsky.social, @moomoocamus.bsky.social, @marjorietesser.bsky.social, @dawnsteffler.bsky.social, @yallaalia.bsky.social, @tomljanovic.bsky.social...
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Issue 80 of Mud Season Review is here! Featuring art by Roger Camp, poetry by Julie Shulman, fiction by Sally Cunningham, and creative nonfiction by Emily Alice Katz.
πΈ: "Light Music 19" by Roger Camp.
ICE is making its way through Columbus. CRIS (Community Refugee and Immigration Services) is giving gift cards to families to keep them home and fed.
If you want to join in giving, here is the link to the specific area and team handling it: crisohio.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/c...
Thank you, Thomas!
18.12.2025 19:38 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thrilled to have a new essay up at JMWW today. Please give it a read if you like stories about love and friendship and growing up. β¨
18.12.2025 17:10 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Great piece! We meant to get tickets for this and totally forgotβ¦womp womp.
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βDo I research pre-K options? Or places to flee?β
New from KC Councilor.
#comics #graphicmemoir #transfamilies
ICYMI Enjoy some thoughtful, possibly fist-pumping #creativenonfiction from @jen-bryant.bsky.social and Judith Shapiro in the #Trouble issue, out now.
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"Sometimes he curls his nicotine-stained fingers around mine and squeezes until I squirm."
Time to root for the raptors in new #creativenonfiction from @jen-bryant.bsky.social in our #Trouble issue, out now.
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@hmcline.bsky.social thank you! π
24.11.2025 14:26 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@thorntonforreal.bsky.social thank you! π
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My little essay was nominated for a Pushcart Prize! π Thank you, HerStry!
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So excited to have a new CNF piece up at @thewoolfofficial.bsky.social! π
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