Leaving Neverland, by Samantha Watson
It’s not that Neverland is so great. It’s just that it holds such a sense of possibility.
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It’s happening now, by Gillian Whittle
It’s happening now
girls are being told they’re stupid, worthless, ugly sluts
women are being shouted at and stalked and beaten
and killed in a red fury of self-righteousness by vicious men with guns
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Imagine 2018: Dreaming a Better Future, by Jennifer Browdy
I fear that what may doom us in the end is the loss of our capacity for creative daydreaming.
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Fire Up Your Immune System! Editor’s column by Jana Laiz
I am sitting here recovering from the worst flu I have ever had and I wonder if my immune system...
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Opposite Colors, by Raquel Partnoy
A new series of paintings, “Opposite Colors,” exposes an Argentina divided by the hatred generated by the forces of neoliberalism.
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Tune In to This, by Grace Rossman
Joy is not the absence of pain
but the willingness to sing anyway.
Call of Beauty by Marya Zilberberg
I type because the words are like water, washing me, seeping into my parched tissues, sprouting more words and sentences and paragraphs. And suddenly I am breathing again, my heart a soothed beast, warm and fuzzy and purring.
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From the Editors: Keep Your Creative Fires Burning!
At Fired Up! we want to know: What do you care about? What makes your heart sing or your blood boil?
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Picketing Home by Ellen Meeropol
“I’ve been fascinated for decades by the question of how we develop our political opinions, and how we transmit what we’ve learned and what we believe to the generations that follow us. The older I get, the less clear it becomes.”
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Towards the Future by Sarah Sutro
…in the winter,
Miles and others
learned
the cold, sere, ice-crusted shore
is too cold to walk on
Read MoreAre You Fired Up?!
We are too! Come join Fired Up! editors Jana Laiz and Jennifer Browdy for a rousing writing workshop dedicated to bringing out your strongest, most passionate voice. Write in any genre, about the people, places or issues you...
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