Jess Lee

@jesslee.bsky.social

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Human rights attorney working for equity in education and the workplace. Black, Muslim, feminist, disabled, queer, golden ear. The one who always makes it weird. (Formerly JessLeeEsq)

White and pink peonies on a kitchen counter

Kevin McAllister and his mom face each other holding hands and smiling warmly

The day a poet is murdered by ICE

Is a school day like every other
in the first week of the year.
Time isn't real but still
it's January, and scientists say
we're gaining about sixty seconds
of sunlight even as the sun sets
I wake up and feel closer to death
than the day before. I am a mother,
so I wait for my daughter at the bottom
of the stairs and I hold her hand
when crossing the street and when
we stop at the corner I run my fingers
over her ponytail like it's my own hair.
She says there's a cloud in the sky
that looks like a heart but I can't see
what she sees. I am a mother
so when she is hungry I feed her
and when she asks me how to spell wolves
I explain how some nouns transform
in the plural. Man is men and tooth is teeth
and person who is murdered becomes people.

By hannah eve levy.

Small, smiling snowperson on a bench

Author smiling with a green rake

Photo of empty stage at Trump's PR stunt in front of US military leaders. View includes the backs of people's heads.

photo of smiling mom hugging two kids. Text says families over billionaires, paid leave for all.

Hand holding a gooey smore made with a peep

Photo of Rathaus-Glockenspiel in Munich, decked out with rainbow flags, and a sunny blue sky

Photo of a bottle of Elder's Revenge hot sauce, with a forest in the background

The author smiling with a bottle of Clearly Canadian peach sparkling water.

Gray Tesla owner with no disabled tags blocking THREE disabled parking spots.

Luigi Mangione smiling, not wearing a shirt, on a hike

Jess smiling at the camera while wearing a flannel robe