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welcome to [ s a y t h a t ! ]
here, i'll be collecting the things getting me through this wild time we call our present,
including but not limited to:
commentary
flash poetry
thing to peep on the web
personal updates
positive vibes.
while in some-ways similar to my previous newsletter attempts, the ease & simplicity of this form should prove more sustainable. i appreciate you continuing on supporting my work!
the heart of why i am beginning this work is part of larger, more intentional, practice of documenting survival in this time. while many have aggregated lists of the various atrocities our current Administration has enacted, there is resistance in codifying the ways we navigate such horror. we need joy as much as we need anger right now. we need hope as much as we need unrest.
anyway, this should be a (bi)weekly jump off, probably for Friday afternoons, but that may change. thank you, again for supporting me & please enjoy!
-jayy dodd
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what's going on rn?
the queen Bey is pregnant with twins via Zachary Campbell
the media doesn't really know how to cover Trump's Administration via VOX
what have i been listening to?
A Seat A The Table (Chopped & Screwed) by Houston's own DJ Auditory
what have i been watching?
the latest video from Missy Elliot, legendary mother of the House of Misdemeanor
a refresher less on "How To Snap" from Marlon Riggs 1989 film Tongues Untied
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writing prompts:
choose a word that is both an adjective & a noun // write a two poems meditating on both definitions // combine them
write a lie you tell yourself or one you wish you could tell or what you stopped telling.
answer the questions: will the flowers grow with blood?
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what have i been doing recently?
got the author copies of Mannish Tongues (available for pre-order), cried about it.
also did an interview about the release on Entropy
did an erasure of the fake inaugural poem on Lithub
went viral with a tweet about Michelle Bachmann
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