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God don't like ugly
Black folks been telling they kids from jump how to act like they had some sense from A, lining us up with righteousness and right action when they even…
Sep 26, 2025 • Stephanie Penn, Light it up
The Mask Falls
The way racism and poverty and the Jim Crow laws of the south, exploitative capitalism and Western ideas/ideals of white supremacy and world dominance…
6 hrs ago • Stephanie Penn, Light it up
Five Little Monkeys
Five little monkeys jumping on the bed!
Feb 9 • Stephanie Penn, Light it up
Hot flashing into fascism
Tearing off my clothes in what feels like hot rage but is essentially my body’s warning that it is slowly turning to faded embers, that the charred, dry…
Feb 2 • Stephanie Penn, Light it up
Winter's chill
Though I am a January baby, born upstate New York, I have not well acclimated to the cold.
Jan 25 • Stephanie Penn, Light it up
The content of my character
We have not been doing this that long.
Jan 23 • Stephanie Penn, Light it up
Squirrels or Monkeys
The squirrels are worse than the monkeys.
Jan 12 • Stephanie Penn, Light it up
Coin toss
One year ago on this day, we learned that our dog, Ivan, had cancer.
Jan 9 • Stephanie Penn, Light it up
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Light it up
Light it up is a newsletter about the evolving connection between living, making art, finding a spiritual center, and healing past traumas. It is about getting real with myself in facing my own shadows and doubts and other musings.
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