History is full of people who just didn't

'No' by Anne Boyer

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/featured-blogger/77342/no

@CiaraNi Brilliant!
@gerrymcgovern Agreed! Her piece struck me so much that I had to reread it straight away, slower.
@CiaraNi my own modest offering: https://nope.business
Nope Business | Get your nopes here

@emma That is excellent
@CiaraNi it is silly and also deadly serious and I actually use it ha!
@emma It is eminently useful!
@CiaraNi surfacing this bit for people who don’t click through πŸ™‚

@CiaraNi

True words!

Thanks Anne Boyer.
And thank you for posting them.

@arya Seconded - thanks Anne Boyer for such striking insights and observations and words.
@CiaraNi wow. Just wow.
@LJ Agreed. That was my reaction too. Just wow.

@CiaraNi to all the white people who enthusiastically support this in the comments: this does not go for the most privileged.

We (specifically!) are required to speak up in the face of mountains of injustice in the current world. We are conditioned to stay silent instead. This silence is violence.

@CiaraNi nothing beats a direct unequivocal 'no' 😎
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vxfB3X0Unk
Looking For Eric - "No!"

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