22 Female + POC Authors Respond to #Election2016 on Twitter

The news that Donald Trump is going to be–deep breath here–the next POTUS is shocking and pretty terrifying. The literary community has responded with expressions of fear and discouragement, tenacity and defiance, humor and even hope. Here are the reactions of some of our favorite POC and female authors: https://twitter.com/sabaatahir/status/796215505103110144

#MorningAfter: pic.twitter.com/SkOP3UWWW7

— Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (@cdivakaruni) November 9, 2016

I am an immigrant. I am the child of immigrants. And I have loved this country. I love it still. But today is hard. Today is so very hard.

— Nicola updates (@NicolaYoon) November 9, 2016

https://twitter.com/heidiheilig/status/796388558663774208 https://twitter.com/alexanderchee/status/796356582191861760

F**k Trump.

— Maureen Johnson (@maureenjohnson) November 9, 2016

I've written An Open Letter to Donald Trump and Mike Pence, and here is all I have to say with heart and brain. https://t.co/XB5mgdJOBq

— Lyndsay Faye (@LyndsayFaye) November 9, 2016

https://twitter.com/dopequeenpheebs/status/796388516615847936

"It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness." -Eleanor Roosevelt pic.twitter.com/82FMw1cvq5

— shonda rhimes (@shondarhimes) November 9, 2016

https://twitter.com/pronounced_ing/status/796376229574307840

Anyone got a single Canadian friend

— Mara Wilson (@MaraWilson) November 9, 2016

https://twitter.com/justinaireland/status/796359453201367040

It looks like we're gonna need that legal weed.

— Peggy Orenstein (@peggyorenstein) November 9, 2016

So many countries today have women leaders – from Taiwan to Bangladesh and others – and yet in 2016, US preferred a racist, misogynist man

— Mona Eltahawy (@monaeltahawy) November 9, 2016

We stand together. We stick up for the vulnerable. We challenge bigots. We don't let hate speech become normalised. We hold the line. https://t.co/ro9AkRSc9Q

— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) November 9, 2016

https://twitter.com/JessicaValenti/status/796367323678375936 https://twitter.com/rgay/status/796247949030387712 https://twitter.com/AmyTan/status/796242675406016512 https://twitter.com/malindalo/status/796420372832911362 https://twitter.com/nkjemisin/status/796330202691407872 https://twitter.com/megcabot/status/796450933412655104

We are not afraid. We were born to do this.

— Glennon Doyle (@GlennonDoyle) November 9, 2016

Carry on, warriors.