lock tf in. get your ass in mutual aid groups. lend your time to meal services. care for people in the way a vote simply never could. advocate for community gardens and libraries. stop betraying community. you don’t get a sticker or gold star. lock in.
What alarms me, stepping into this new era, is that Americans aren’t in the habit of caring for anyone but themselves, individually, and so we are ill-prepared to do the work that must be done. We are spiritually and emotionally deficient, if the last year hadn’t proven it.
Nous sommes heureux de vous annoncer que notre association devient officiellement la « Société des ami•e•s d’Hélène Bessette ». Nous conservons notre appellation d’origine : Gang du Roman Poétique, en éternel hommage à notre Romancière, car, le saviez-vous ? 🧵⤵️
I have been asked on two different networks and by two different male hosts today whether abortion rights are as important to women as the economy. I can't say it more clearly: reproductive freedom is economic freedom. They are intrinsically intwined, as every woman knows.
« Les femmes n’ont besoin ni de maîtres religieux, ni de maîtres militaires ».
J'étais au rassemblement en soutien à #AhouDaryaei, étudiante iranienne battue et arrêtée par la «police des mœurs» et pour la libération des femmes emprisonnées en Iran.
Femme, Vie, Liberté !
Election night in Paris! Our friends at Ivy Writers have organized an extraordinary event tonight, featuring performances by an all-star lineup of expats, including @chapp010, @AGraceColor, @KristinDSanders and more. Don't miss it! At Delaville Cafe, from 19h30
For my fortieth birthday, I took myself on a solo trip to Venice. Part I of the two-part essay I’ve been writing about the experience is now live on Spiritual Material. (📷 Elisa Maria)
Thank you, @Dalai_Mama_ , for the incredible experience of hearing your work and meeting your artistic universe last night. Your movement through research and poem-making as a continuation of the vast legacy of Black ecologies and literary expressions is completely inspiring.
We are excited to welcome Joy Priest (@Dalai_Mama_) to the Mnemosynes stage on Thursday, October 31st at 19h30 at Rerenga Wines (3 rue de la Fidélité). Hope you can turn out, Paris!
That is the question that is being wept through the tears of Antigone. It is more than a question, for a question doesn't cry, but it is perhaps the origin of all questions. And it is the question of the foreigner -- of the foreign woman.
- Anne Dufourmantelle
“Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Thong” is a poem I published in August via Spiritual Material: Musings from My Second-Hand, Parisian Wardrobe. Here is a recording of it: youtube.com/watch?v=n0jHm7K8…
Thrilled to have ordered my "special edition" signed copy of "Loving Tallulah Bankhead" by the amazing Parisian living poet & translator Carrie Chappell @chapp010
When finding someone who writes unlike any other, I've learned to leap at reading them!
Happy Publication Day to Loving Tallulah Bankhead! I am so grateful to Lauren Patterson, illustrator extraordinaire, for bringing her magic touch & to the beautiful rockstars of @ParisHeretics for all their many confidences in my work. You can order here: carriechappell.com/books!