Exist Otherwise Literary & Art Journal

"alas, the city destroyed and removed this monument of humanity recently."

"this living wall was the back panel of a bus stop shelter. i walked by it several times a week and it was always changing. this detail is only a small part of the shelter, every surface of which was used by local artists, writers, and gangsters, broadcasting their urgent messages to the world."

Black and white photograph of the inside of a bus stop shelter. There are two posters wheat-pasted onto the glass. One is a hand drawing of an African appearing woman holding a machete in one hand and a severed head in the other. In cartoon script are the words, “Off with his head!” The other poster is a typed flyer titled, “Atonement & Enlightenment,” which is advertising a “Q&A with a venurable mastur.” Both posters and the inside of the shelter are covered with a lot of various graffiti, including “Fuck Fascists, Stop Eating Pussy, Kill Democrats, Abolish ICE, and Kill All Nazis.” There are a lot more details, but I hope you get the drift.

#photography by Cleomé Morra

#GhostElephants movie is #ApocalypseNow for... elephants

Fuck the USA fuck Israel

oops, no 2

i wish we could follow hashtags here...

we love this and we love #MarleneMountain

so glad to see her here, thank you

The Politics of No Longer Starving prose by Andrew London

"I always wanted to die young. But I’m still here. The fire is reduced to a smolder, but the ashes don’t blow away. We’re all still here, those of us who still are..."

#prose by Andrew London in #ExistOtherwise #LitJournal

existotherwise.com/the-politics...

some might replace the old translation with the new, but i'm too fond of that version to ever let it go

but i will still read thew new one with relish

(even the footnotes)

Disavowals (Aveux non Avenus) by Claude Cahun Disavowals The translation of the title (original Aveux non Avenus) was the cause of much controversy at the Tate. Some of the editorial board favoured ‘Cancelled Confessions’. The titl…

white is here...

susandemuth.com/translations...

red is here:

sigliopress.com/titles/cance...

#SameSameOnlyDifferent

white cover published in the US in 2007, red cover published the UK in 2024, and in the US in 2025

have read white once through and still peruse it

red is a new translation! by the same translator! #SusanDeMuth

both are on my #DesertIslandBookList

twice the fun

Seventh Period prose by EA Kane

"The sound of a lockdown is much like a firetruck. A firetruck with a focused, robotic voice crunching through the loudspeaker after each deafening siren..."

prose by EA Kane in #ExistOtherwise #LitJournal

existotherwise.com/seventh-peri...

Crows

Antonin Kratochvil

Home | Homeland Security U.S. Department of Homeland Security: With honor and integrity, we will safeguard the American people, our homeland, and our values.

Someone bought the domain Nazis.us and pointed it to the DHS website. #GoodTrouble

They have tried everything they can think of to distract us and prevent the truth from coming out — posting racist memes and even shutting down the House. But we will not stop until all involved are held accountable and the survivors get justice.

Stumble Stone poetry by Anne Whitehouse

"each stone is small, just 10 by 10 cm,
but it carries the full weight of life,
of a family broken, a future stolen,
and a community shattered..."

#poetry by #AnneWhitehouse

existotherwise.com/stumble-stone/

"That master of ceremonies, parsimonious, had only provided one pair of them - o communism!... speed was essential. Rub two flints together, you'll see sparks fly! Dry wood itself (if you know how to set about it) is inflammable."

#ClaudeCahun

2/2

"We say ‘Fire from the Sky’ to simplify things, like telling children they were born in a cabbage. In reality, Sodom blazed up by itself at the amorous contact of its inhabitants with the Angels of the Lord God."

#ClaudeCahun

1/2

Ambivalence

John Stezaker

How to Be a Room prose by Fendy S. Tulodo

"When I was little, I thought my ribs could swing wide, like a gate opening slow. That if I tried hard enough, I could let someone live inside..."

prose by Fendy S. Tulodo in #ExistOtherwise #LitJournal

existotherwise.com/how-to-be-a-...

on surviving poetry by mk zariel

"some days i can't figure out if i'm upset that i'm trans
or just mystified that some people aren't..."

#trans #poetry by @mkzariel.bsky.social

existotherwise.com/on-surviving/

this account will be deleted on January 23 as a show of support for Minneapolis's General Strike

"bsky for everyone"

but not for we

time to leave the newest #NaziBar

awesome. thx for sharing

what is this? (it is liked)

Handmaidens (or, “What’s the Point of Loving Me in Fascist America?”) poetry by Mel Connelly

Mel Connelly (she/her) is a lesbian feminist poet, archivist, and art and book historian whose writing has appeared in Screen Door Review, Poetry South, Sinister Wisdom, and more.

“What’s the Point of Loving Me in Fascist America?”

existotherwise.com/handmaidens-...

A Month of Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore I can’t decide if I’m unlucky for not having heard of this before, or lucky that I found out before it started. I would love to be able to attend in person, but I can’t afford the expense on such shor...

THIS IS A BIG DEAL!

A whole month of #ClaudeCahun and #MarcelMoore events...

existotherwise.com/a-month-of-c...

angry that #ICE Gestapo is not only on Bluesky, but they've been verified. worse is if we block them, our profile becomes known to them as having done so

this is no longer a safe space. not deleting today, but probably will eventually

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