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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.

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027. MIRROR IMAGES. rhyme and rhythm.

Happy to have a new flash nonfiction piece in issue #27 of Paloma Magazine. Thanks for reading! πŸ”—

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β€œReproductive justice is a bridge in a way that choice never could be.”

New at MUTHA: Jen Bryant in conversation with authors, activists, and thought leaders Marlene Gerber Fried and Loretta J. Ross.

#reproductivejustice #interviews #books

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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.

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So excited to have a new piece in Issue 38! Can’t wait to see it in print.

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Activists call for nationwide general strike to protest ICE, Columbus answers – Matter News In addition to the general strike, a protest will take place at 3 p.m. today (Friday, Jan. 30) at the Ohio Statehouse.

β€œMany of our rights have been won through peaceful disobedience, working-class struggle, and people demanding an end by withholding their labor,” Pham said.

New from Jen Bryant.

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Opinion: Get ICE out of the Franklin County Municipal Courthouse – Matter News Allowing federal agents to make arrests at the courthouse without judicial warrants or a court order is an affront to justice.

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.

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it 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.

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they'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 harm’s way with food and resource drop off.

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Jen Bryant - Lessons - MER - Mom Egg Review Jen Bryant Lessons Β  My son hunches over a math worksheet, brow furrowed in concentration. He solves an addition problem quickly, then reconsiders, doubling back. I watch as he erases carefully, then ...

β€œAt twenty-four, I’m the youngest parent in my son’s first-grade class and the oldest student in my Sociology 201 lecture…”

Thrilled to have a new piece up at @merliterary.bsky.social today! ⬇️

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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

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This is powerful. Please give it a read.

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Thank 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.

πŸ“Έ: "Light Music 19" by Roger Camp.

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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...

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Thank you, Thomas!

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Thrilled 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. ✨

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Great piece! We meant to get tickets for this and totally forgot…womp womp.

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β€œDo I research pre-K options? Or places to flee?”

New from KC Councilor.

#comics #graphicmemoir #transfamilies

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Submissions Now Open! JMWW is open for creative nonfiction, blended & beyond (hybrid), and fiction submissions through December 15th.

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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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Congrats! πŸŽ‰

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The Raptors by Jen Bryant | The Woolf .

"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! πŸ’•

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@thorntonforreal.bsky.social thank you! πŸ’œ

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My little essay was nominated for a Pushcart Prize! πŸ’ž Thank you, HerStry!

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So excited to have a new CNF piece up at @thewoolfofficial.bsky.social! πŸ”—

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