Jessica Kantrowitz
@jfkantrowitz.bsky.social
Author, table draw-er, she/her
Books: The Long Night, Blessings for the Long Night, 365 Days of Peace, Good Morning, Friends, Open Things
Books: The Long Night, Blessings for the Long Night, 365 Days of Peace, Good Morning, Friends, Open Things
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If you're not angry, you're not paying attention. Or are you? Throwback to my 2022 guest post on the Madeleine L'Engle blog.
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Guest Blog Post: If You’re Paying Attention
by Jessica Kantrowitz Well, dear ones, 2022 has been a bit of a year already, hasn’t it? I’m not going to write, here, about all the things that have been going on, in the world, in America, in my own...
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November 13, 2025 at 1:02 AM
If you're not angry, you're not paying attention. Or are you? Throwback to my 2022 guest post on the Madeleine L'Engle blog.
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New post!
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My favorite things
A poem after Wisława Szymborska
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October 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM
New post!
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New post!
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My favorite things
A poem after Wisława Szymborska
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October 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM
New post!
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open.substack.com/pub/jessicak...
A nation that can feed its children
and chooses not to
is not a nation under God.
and chooses not to
is not a nation under God.
October 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
A nation that can feed its children
and chooses not to
is not a nation under God.
and chooses not to
is not a nation under God.
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you did your best at the time. Even if you know better now, that was your best then, and it counts. Give your younger self grace and carry her with you, forgiven, into a better future.
October 25, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you did your best at the time. Even if you know better now, that was your best then, and it counts. Give your younger self grace and carry her with you, forgiven, into a better future.
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This can be a little moment of rest and beauty in your day, if you so choose.
@jfkantrowitz.bsky.social
When you have lived forever in a state of disaster
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@jfkantrowitz.bsky.social
When you have lived forever in a state of disaster
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When you have lived forever in a state of disaster
A poem and short film
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October 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This can be a little moment of rest and beauty in your day, if you so choose.
@jfkantrowitz.bsky.social
When you have lived forever in a state of disaster
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@jfkantrowitz.bsky.social
When you have lived forever in a state of disaster
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New post! In which I try to be funny and end up being super vulnerable about finances...
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A funny thing happened on the way back from the food pantry
On poverty and resources
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October 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
New post! In which I try to be funny and end up being super vulnerable about finances...
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Two poems for seasonal depression
From Blessings for the Long Night
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October 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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My book, 365 Days of Peace, is on sale right now for $11! That’s just 3 cents per day of peace! 🙂
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365 Days of Peace: Benedictions to End Your Day in Gentleness and Hope
365 Days of Peace: Benedictions to End Your Day in Gentleness and Hope [Kantrowitz, Jessica] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. 365 Days of Peace: Benedictions to End Your Day in Gentleness and Hope
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September 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
My book, 365 Days of Peace, is on sale right now for $11! That’s just 3 cents per day of peace! 🙂
www.amazon.com/365-Days-Pea...
www.amazon.com/365-Days-Pea...
My book, 365 Days of Peace, is on sale right now for $11! That’s just 3 cents per day of peace! 🙂
www.amazon.com/365-Days-Pea...
www.amazon.com/365-Days-Pea...
365 Days of Peace: Benedictions to End Your Day in Gentleness and Hope
365 Days of Peace: Benedictions to End Your Day in Gentleness and Hope [Kantrowitz, Jessica] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. 365 Days of Peace: Benedictions to End Your Day in Gentleness and Hope
www.amazon.com
September 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
My book, 365 Days of Peace, is on sale right now for $11! That’s just 3 cents per day of peace! 🙂
www.amazon.com/365-Days-Pea...
www.amazon.com/365-Days-Pea...
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but I believe you’re doing the best you can in some really hard circumstances.
September 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but I believe you’re doing the best you can in some really hard circumstances.
If anyone needs this tonight: You are not alone, and this will not last forever.
September 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
If anyone needs this tonight: You are not alone, and this will not last forever.
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Why we need neurodivergence
by a proudly autistic writer
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September 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Why we need neurodivergence
by a proudly autistic writer
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September 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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“Being neurodivergent in dysfunctional systems isn’t easy. But I don’t believe the answer is to “cure” neurodivergence…I think you, my autistic friends, are the cure.”
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Why we need neurodivergence
by a proudly autistic writer
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September 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
“Being neurodivergent in dysfunctional systems isn’t easy. But I don’t believe the answer is to “cure” neurodivergence…I think you, my autistic friends, are the cure.”
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open.substack.com/pub/jessicak...
“Being neurodivergent in dysfunctional systems isn’t easy. But I don’t believe the answer is to “cure” neurodivergence…I think you, my autistic friends, are the cure.”
open.substack.com/pub/jessicak...
open.substack.com/pub/jessicak...
Why we need neurodivergence
by a proudly autistic writer
open.substack.com
September 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
“Being neurodivergent in dysfunctional systems isn’t easy. But I don’t believe the answer is to “cure” neurodivergence…I think you, my autistic friends, are the cure.”
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open.substack.com/pub/jessicak...
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"I want to stand up for what I believe in. But why do I get the feeling that we are being pushed into the arena to fight each other for someone else’s amusement and our own distraction?"
We feel, we write or speak, but what can we do, how do we love?
I too am groping for an answer.
We feel, we write or speak, but what can we do, how do we love?
I too am groping for an answer.
September 23, 2025 at 2:33 AM
"I want to stand up for what I believe in. But why do I get the feeling that we are being pushed into the arena to fight each other for someone else’s amusement and our own distraction?"
We feel, we write or speak, but what can we do, how do we love?
I too am groping for an answer.
We feel, we write or speak, but what can we do, how do we love?
I too am groping for an answer.
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Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
2021
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
2021
September 16, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
2021
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
2021
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If the tea is hot gossip than the soup should be the nicest, coziest information about a person.
Tell me the soup about someone.
Tell me the soup about someone.
September 4, 2025 at 4:58 AM
If the tea is hot gossip than the soup should be the nicest, coziest information about a person.
Tell me the soup about someone.
Tell me the soup about someone.
Hi friends, Rose is raising support for some really cool opportunities—let’s get her fully funded! More info at the bottom of this post. open.substack.com/pub/agentlel...
when they say "we need your voice"
on disenfranchised ministry from a human trying hard not to flex her oppressions for support
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August 31, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Hi friends, Rose is raising support for some really cool opportunities—let’s get her fully funded! More info at the bottom of this post. open.substack.com/pub/agentlel...