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You Can’t Stop This Fatty From Embracing Self-LoveBy Ghia Vitale I refuse to stop embracing self-love just because it makes others uncomfortable. Loving myself has changed my life so much, I won’t engage in self-hatred or self-loathing just because that’s what society thinks that’s how fat people like me should feel. Warning: This article talks about graphic self-harm ideation and actions I engaged in while I was struggling with an ED.
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Justice & Responsibility: The Plight of the Immigrants from Central America By Mark D. Walker “Migrant Caravans,” made up of large groups of children and adults from the Northern Triangle of Central America, heading to our border to seek safety and a better life is problematic, both for those coming and for those waiting for their arrival in the U.S. The influx of undocumented immigrants has reached a ten-year high, with 66,450 entering recently, according to the Customs and Border Patrol. The existing frenzied political debate and the false narratives it often generates make it difficult, if not impossible, to turn this crisis into an opportunity to better appreciate why so many continue to seek refuge here and to understand our own role, and that of our government, in sorting out the situation, responding in a humanitarian way to those coming and creating some viable solutions to our immigration policies going forward.
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Dr. Manicure, Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Paint My Nails
By Melina Bee
A couple years ago, my workplace had an intern, let’s call her Summer, who only lasted a week at the agency but impacted my life forever. She got me really into nails, ultimately teaching me how to love my hands and perceive my entire being in a new light.
See, I've never really liked my hands. They are ridiculously small, even for a person of my petite stature. My fingers have always seemed short and stubby. I hoped to be reborn with the hands of a mannerist portrait. It turns out I just needed to rebrand myself. The Breadcrumbs widget will appear here on the published site.
Breaking Out at 61 Local
By The Editors
Quail Bell Magazine founder Christine Sloan Stoddard read the words of Caroline Ashby, an incarcerated writer, at the Sept. 23rd, 2019 edition of Big Words, Etc. at 61 Local in Brooklyn, NY. This edition of Big Words, Etc. was done in collaboration with PEN America and The Poetry Project for the series "Break Out: a movement." The above video shows an excerpt from the reading.
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Listening With A PencilBy The Editors We celebrated our founder Christine Sloan Stoddard's new book, Desert Fox by the Sea, at Quimby's Bookstore in New York City last night. Christine invited folks to grab a mini notepad from a basket that went around, so they could draw or write anything that caught their fancy during the reading. Her husband, David Fuchs, used the opportunity to do sketches of the readers. Here they are in all their pencil glory!
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When Archives Meet Art and ContestsBy Ghia Vitale REMIX is a contest that showcases archive-inspired art and literary submissions. Check out this exclusive interview with Sonya Coleman, the coordinator of REMIX.
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A Grotesque, Three-Headed MarionetteBy Christoper Sloce Politicians lie. Politicians lie because all professions lie, as a series of conspiracies against the laity.
So under that understanding, what do we call a lie, then? Is a statistically convenient talking point a lie? |
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