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.
