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A Prayer for this Sunday

Lyn Hawks · February 12, 2017 · Leave a Comment

Yesterday I marched with people whose heads had just been bowed in prayer. Who said Amen to the words of an imam, and a pastor, and a rabbi. We marched peacefully for love and justice. We own the words freedom, America, and patriot like anyone else. God, too. God is … [Read more...] about A Prayer for this Sunday

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: #moralmarch, action, activism, faith, fear, love, Moral March, patriotism

What It Means to Stay Awake

Lyn Hawks · January 26, 2017 · Leave a Comment

What It Means to Stay Awake As a white girl riding on a whole lot of privilege, I sometimes come late to the party of awareness. I get some curiosity, learn something, then try to join the mission. One that might not be mine and may have been a Movement long before I decided … [Read more...] about What It Means to Stay Awake

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: #StayWoke, activism, activism, civil rights, racism, The Women's March, white privilege, whiteness, Women's March

Why I Will March

Lyn Hawks · January 16, 2017 · 5 Comments

Diane Nash and C.T. Vivian lead a demonstration in Nashville. Credit: The Nashville Tennessean.

“Sometimes you have to find a way to get in the way…or get in trouble…good trouble…necessary trouble.”—John Lewis “Tell me why you are marching,” a friend said. My heart is full of so many reasons. Crafting a poster is hard. I have carried these reasons with me for a … [Read more...] about Why I Will March

Filed Under: Reflections Tagged With: #WhyWeMarch, #WomensMarch, #WomensMarchonWashington, action, activism, civil rights, community, Diane Nash, Dr. King, Dr. Martin Luther King, John Lewis

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It’s so wild to read this developing news when I It’s so wild to read this developing news when I knew in my gut back in 2012 and 2013 that something toxic this way comes… In other words, the relatively new obsession back then with phones was not only toxic to teen mental health, but also dramatically altered my conversations and daily interactions. I remember being made fun of because I didn’t have an iPhone in 2016. In my most recent young adult novel, Minerva struggles to keep up with social media, and feels horribly inadequate looking at the way some peers use it. She feels horrified at the bullying, but she can’t look away. She feels conflicted because someone who wants to be a journalist needs to pay attention to social media, right? Something’s gotta change, but how? IRL this author has begun leaving the phone in other rooms so that it can be forgotten. I am trying to invoke some kind of mantra that says, “It’s OK to not be connected all the time. It’s OK to not be on emergency alert just because an emergency *could* happen or news might be breaking. It’s OK to not be hip, or in the know, or constantly available, or the recently evolved/expected version of a ‘good’ person who should respond in a nanosecond to all possible crises.” And I wonder why I’m more anxious than I was before I had a “smart phone”? I’ve turned off notifications. I look at social media less. I am happier.💜💖💜
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I love a good journalism movie. I love it especial I love a good journalism movie. I love it especially when female journalists are the focus. Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey ought to be household names. I also thought that these three words from this Slate review–“persistence, persuasion, and pleading”– really do sum up the job of a journalist, trying to get the story, build trust, and out the truth. Now I need to read the book!
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2013. @ nervesofsteel is set in that time, when ce 2013. @ nervesofsteel is set in that time, when cell phones went from maybes to mandatory in teen life. Ezra Klein’s most recent podcast delves into the research about the effects on teen girls’ mental health from social media and constant online engagement. My book tells a story that begins on Instagram and ends on Twitter. 
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