The Future Echoes: A Zine Anthology is an archival project designed to document young people’s thoughts and attitudes about current US political, social, economic, ecological, and cultural issues through a medium popular in art activism – zines.
The views and opinions expressed in the submitted zine pages that follow for The Future Echoes: A Zine Anthology are those of the individual contributors and do not reflect the official stance or views of the ACLU of North Carolina. These zines will serve as a platform for young artists and activists to express their perspectives and lived experiences.
This poem was about both my struggles with medical freedom, and my struggles of not being taken seriously in many aspects of my life.
THIS is what freedom looks like to me; a messy collage of thousands of identities screaming into society- overlapping and collaborating with one another as beautifully and peacefully as the cut-outs do.
Without fair voting and speaking out, personal health and identity are under attack.
When people come together—shaking hands, listening, respecting—we create the kind of freedom that lasts.
To be human is to deserve freedom. It doesn't matter if you're gay, trans disabled or homeless you deserve freedom.
My submission is a collection of phrases written to me, said to me, things I have said or have heard others say.