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Election Day

Election Day

Claire Fox
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Election Day was originally published online at Daily Gramma on November 8th, 2016. This chapbook version is published in an edition of 500, in collaboration with Publication Studio. Printed with Risograph by Cold Cube Press, hand-sewn. 8 x 5 inches. 9pp.

All proceeds from Election Day will be donated to the ACLU.

"It goes without saying that we do not share the same language as our president-elect, Donald Trump. Actually, we do need to say it. Every bigoted Trump statement entitles, emboldens, and even enlists people to use sexist, homophobic, and racist rhetoric. It legitimizes hate speech, and those that engage in it need not feel absolved because it’s been sanctioned. One can openly threaten and harass minorities—our president does! One can assault women—our president does!

This poem, Election Day, stands in direct opposition to this language. Published on November 8th by Gramma Poetry, this poem was collaboratively written as a representation of collected ethics, outrage, solidarity, empowerment. And now, after the dichotomous election result, it reflects back as testament to our enduring courage and unified articulation in the face of political exigencies. To “grab myself by the pussy” destabilizes the dangerous rhetoric put forth by Trump. It is willfully contumacious. Its authority is not legitimized by Trump, its legitimized by all the women who wrote it and all of us who read it.

As we move forward together, we need to know that what we say matters. We need to find better ways to hear each other. Words are important, and I’m proud that this poem exists today to speak for me, to speak for her, and for all of us.

Thank you to Gramma Poetry for publishing Election Day, editor Lillian Ruth Nickerson, and its contributors: Sarah Jean Alexander, Cedar Brant, Frances Chiem , Brittany Dennison, Claire Fox, Emily Kendal Frey, Christine Shan Shan Hou, Katherine Indermaur, Denise Jarrott, Rachel Jensen, Sam Kilometer, Becca Klaver, Sophia Le Fraga, Liz Mehl, Amber Nelson, Lillian Ruth Nickerson, Chessy Normile, A.M. O’Malley, Michelle Peñaloza, Hajara Quinn, Kim Selling, Sara Sutter, Stacey Tran, Lu Yim, CL Young, and Maged Zaher."

Patricia No, November 9th, 2016
Language
English
Pages
9
Format
Chapbook
Publisher
Gramma Poetry
Release
November 08, 2016

Election Day

Claire Fox
4.7/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
Election Day was originally published online at Daily Gramma on November 8th, 2016. This chapbook version is published in an edition of 500, in collaboration with Publication Studio. Printed with Risograph by Cold Cube Press, hand-sewn. 8 x 5 inches. 9pp.

All proceeds from Election Day will be donated to the ACLU.

"It goes without saying that we do not share the same language as our president-elect, Donald Trump. Actually, we do need to say it. Every bigoted Trump statement entitles, emboldens, and even enlists people to use sexist, homophobic, and racist rhetoric. It legitimizes hate speech, and those that engage in it need not feel absolved because it’s been sanctioned. One can openly threaten and harass minorities—our president does! One can assault women—our president does!

This poem, Election Day, stands in direct opposition to this language. Published on November 8th by Gramma Poetry, this poem was collaboratively written as a representation of collected ethics, outrage, solidarity, empowerment. And now, after the dichotomous election result, it reflects back as testament to our enduring courage and unified articulation in the face of political exigencies. To “grab myself by the pussy” destabilizes the dangerous rhetoric put forth by Trump. It is willfully contumacious. Its authority is not legitimized by Trump, its legitimized by all the women who wrote it and all of us who read it.

As we move forward together, we need to know that what we say matters. We need to find better ways to hear each other. Words are important, and I’m proud that this poem exists today to speak for me, to speak for her, and for all of us.

Thank you to Gramma Poetry for publishing Election Day, editor Lillian Ruth Nickerson, and its contributors: Sarah Jean Alexander, Cedar Brant, Frances Chiem , Brittany Dennison, Claire Fox, Emily Kendal Frey, Christine Shan Shan Hou, Katherine Indermaur, Denise Jarrott, Rachel Jensen, Sam Kilometer, Becca Klaver, Sophia Le Fraga, Liz Mehl, Amber Nelson, Lillian Ruth Nickerson, Chessy Normile, A.M. O’Malley, Michelle Peñaloza, Hajara Quinn, Kim Selling, Sara Sutter, Stacey Tran, Lu Yim, CL Young, and Maged Zaher."

Patricia No, November 9th, 2016
Language
English
Pages
9
Format
Chapbook
Publisher
Gramma Poetry
Release
November 08, 2016

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