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Category Archives: Vignette

Tiny story: I feel most alive when …
Tiny stories / Vignette

Tiny story: I feel most alive when …

Posted on August 5, 2020 by Tamara Pearson

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to be okay humans
Tiny stories / Vignette

to be okay humans

Posted on May 9, 2020 by Tamara Pearson

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The definitions of things
Tiny stories / Vignette

The definitions of things

Posted on June 6, 2019 by Tamara Pearson

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Life’s flame
Tiny stories / Vignette

Life’s flame

Posted on September 4, 2018 by Tamara Pearson

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Tiny story: The advantages of scraps and shards
Tiny stories / Vignette

Tiny story: The advantages of scraps and shards

Posted on July 26, 2018 by Tamara Pearson

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What the world does with its children
Thirdworld / Tiny stories / Vignette

What the world does with its children

Posted on May 2, 2017 by Tamara Pearson

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Injustice / Thirdworld / Vignette / World speaking out

I’m sorry world – Rupi Kaur

Posted on September 24, 2016 by Tamara Pearson

I am sorry this world could not keep you safe.. Continue reading →

Vignette / World speaking out

A hand’s lines – Julio Cortazar

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Tamara Pearson

The following story is a wonderful example of a resistance vignette. I’ve translated it from Spanish. From a letter thrown on the table, a line extracts itself and runs along the pinewood then goes down a leg. If you look closely, you can see the line continue along the hardwood floor, climb the wall, enter … Continue reading →

Story / Vignette / World speaking out / Writing

Writerly magic

Posted on May 15, 2016 by Tamara Pearson

There is a magical relationship between writers that have never met. It has something to do with shared experience and solidarity and a common cause, and what happens when poetic minds join. Toni Morrison captured one such relationship so perfectly, in this tiny story: Two-Minute Seduction I took my heart out and gave it to … Continue reading →

Humanity / Injustice / Tiny stories / Vignette

Numbers:

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Tamara Pearson • Leave a comment

42 was the meaning of life. 43 was death – for the 43 Mexican students forcibly disappeared in one go, and for the 43 people in Venezuela killed during rightwing barricades. 11 (April, 2002) was coups and the will of the Venezuelan people trampled on 13 was overcoming defeat. It was when the Venezuelan people … Continue reading →

Humanity / Story / Tiny stories / Vignette / Writing

Excerpt: The Butterfly Prison

Posted on February 21, 2016 by Tamara Pearson • 1 Comment

The first pages of the Butterfly Prison: Who made the story rules? Once, stories had been an oral tradition, a way to teach. Then they were stolen, canned, and sold. But now and then people tried to reclaim stories. They told them in order to redefine corrupted ideas and to name injustice. They broke the … Continue reading →

Humanity / Story / Tiny stories / Vignette

Letter to a little person

Posted on January 3, 2016 by Tamara Pearson • 1 Comment

To new tiny person, New being, seed of human, bundle of questions with a whole world to get to know, remember to delight in falling over. Babies are wonderful at getting up again. Keep that. Remember that imagination is your strength. Wonder keeps you alive. Ask as many questions as you can, always. Play until … Continue reading →

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Resistance words is run by author and journalist Tamara Pearson. Here you'll find her writing and articles, as well as resistance writing by excluded voices from around the world. The aim is to promote writing and creativity as tools for justice. There are discussions about the book and media industries and writing world, as well as writing exercises for liberation.

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