If I Had Three Wishes

The first came easily -- for Mani's health to be 100% restored. The others, though, I thought long and hard about as I drove south through farmland and evening light.

Tonight There Is Grief

I am feeling this so acutely tonight, the utter pain in the world, and also the love, the deep love for humanity and the deep repulsion from humanity, too — how can these both be true?

Jena SchwartzNovember 26, 2018immigration, deportation, politics, resistance, cancer, death, dementia, grief, loveComment

Instead of Disappearing

These are just a few of the many reasons a “black out” to make a statement is so problematic….

ResistanceJena SchwartzSeptember 30, 2018women, feminism, humanity, resistance, politics, women's rights, rape, assault, misogyny, facebook, believe women, me too, #metoo, iceland, labor strikeComment

Why I Don’t Feel Proud of America

Yes, there has been social and economic progress. But you don’t have to look hard or far to see the cracks in this perspective. It’s a distinctly white perspective, and one that rests on tremendous privilege.

Poetry, Politics, and Privilege

I am a bundle of fear and rage and love and confusion. I went for a run this morning, and I looked at each person’s face I passed by. A delivery guy. An older gentleman walking his dog. A woman with a briefcase waiting for the light. A man smoking a cigarette on a bench. A child watching in awe as the firetruck backed out of the station, holding his grandfather’s hand. I ached.

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