• Menu
  • Skip to left header navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary navigation

The Activism Joy Studio

Self-Care & Inspiration to Recharge Your Revolution

Header Left

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Home
  • About
  • Self-Care
  • Inspiration
    • People
    • Poetry
    • Art
    • Dance
    • Music
    • Laughter
  • Home
  • About
  • Self-Care
  • Inspiration
    • People
    • Poetry
    • Art
    • Dance
    • Music
    • Laughter

Poetry

Two Boys in Superman T-shirts in front of a graffiti mural, and the article title Why Art and Activism are Best Friends

Why Art and Activism are BFFs

Mac and Cheese. Peas and Carrots. Bread and Butter. Art and Activism. Some things just go together, don't they? Why is that? Have you ever noticed that wherever you see an activist movement at its …

Why Art and Activism are BFFsRead More

Category: Art, Dance, Music, Poetry, Self-CareTag: activism, Art, balance, canary in the coal mine, Dance, Glennon Doyle, Music, Self-Care, writing

Music to Move the World: Bread and Roses

This Wednesday was May 1st, also known as May Day, also known as International Worker's Day. In honor of the occasion, let's make this Friday's Music to Move the World "Bread and Roses." Where …

Music to Move the World: Bread and RosesRead More

Category: Art, Music, PoetryTag: Bread and Roses, International Workers' Day, May Day, Music to Move the World, Radcliffe Pitches

Jeanette LeBlanc – When a Woman Tells You She’s Been Violated

This stunning poem was published at The Elephant Journal. It should be passed from person to person forever unto eternity. May it help you heal, may it help us support those around us, may it help us …

Jeanette LeBlanc – When a Woman Tells You She’s Been ViolatedRead More

Category: PoetryTag: MeToo, recovery, Self-Care, Sexual Violence

“We Need All of Us” by Isabel Faith Abbott

There are days that I want to do something for this world so much that it hurts. Problem is, lately there are days that I have no idea how I'm supposed to do that, exactly. There's this feeling deep …

“We Need All of Us” by Isabel Faith AbbottRead More

Category: Inspiration, Poetry, Self-CareTag: Isabel Faith Abbott, self-love

“Islamophobia” by Rudy Francisco, Natasha Hooper, and Amen Ra

Wow. "Salaam alaikum... May peace be with you.... Do you get it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qf9onCjdUA …

“Islamophobia” by Rudy Francisco, Natasha Hooper, and Amen RaRead More

Category: PoetryTag: 2016 Poetry Slam Finals, Amen Ra, islamophobia, Natasha Hooper, Rudy Francisco

“To be of use” by Marge Piercy | Poetry Foundation

The people I love the best jump into work head first without dallying in the shallows and swim off with sure strokes almost out of sight. They seem to become natives of that element, the black sleek …

“To be of use” by Marge Piercy | Poetry FoundationRead More

Category: PoetryTag: dedication, Marge Piercy, work

“Hella Black” by Mahogany L. Browne

Poetry has always been a great way to shout your politics because the personal is political, and the political is personal. But this. Wow. So commandingly powerful. This is that …

“Hella Black” by Mahogany L. BrowneRead More

Category: PoetryTag: Black, blacklivesmatter, Mahogany L. Browne

“I want to apologize to all the women i have called pretty” by rupi kaur

For International Women's Day: Like this? Check out her book of poetry Bread & Honey, a radical read to straighten your spine and lift your soul, or check out more of her poetry on her FB …

“I want to apologize to all the women i have called pretty” by rupi kaurRead More

Category: PoetryTag: beauty, reslience, Rupi Kaur, women

A Poem so that the Weight of this Country does not Crush You – Yosimar Reyes

A Poem so that the Weight of this Country does not Crush You – Yosimar Reyes Somedays you may wake up sad somedays you may wake up frustrated somedays you may wake up tired somedays you may wonder if …

A Poem so that the Weight of this Country does not Crush You – Yosimar ReyesRead More

Category: PoetryTag: Chicanx, immigration, Latinx, Yosimar Reyes

“I, Too” by Langston Hughes

I, Too BY LANGSTON HUGHES I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. Tomorrow, I’ll be at …

“I, Too” by Langston HughesRead More

Category: PoetryTag: America, intersectional, Langston Hughes

  • Go to page 1
  • Go to page 2
  • Go to Next Page »
  • About
  • Contact
  • All Rights Reserved
  • Privacy Policy

Site Footer

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
  • Twitter

Copyright © 2023 The Activism Joy Studio · All Rights Reserved · Powered by Mai Theme