Salt in the Wound.

Salt in the Wound: An Anthology of Justice, Equality, and Resistance.

Salt in the Wound is out now.

We weren’t trying to make something palatable. We weren’t trying to soothe, distract, or design a zine for coffee tables and corporate hashtags. We made this because it hurt not to.

Salt in the Wound isn’t polite escapism. It’s resistance in print. And while you read, the world burns. Innocent lives vanish.

Here’s the brutal truth behind every flip:

• Every 10 seconds, a child dies from hunger-related causes—over 3 million children a year.
• Nearly 2 million Palestinians—about 93% of Gaza’s population—are facing food insecurity from crisis to catastrophe; roughly 470,000 are in catastrophic hunger alone.
• The FBI reports 18.4% (note ‘reports. The real number will be much larger.) of all U.S. hate-based crime victims were targeted due to sexual orientation, and 4.1% due to gender identity.
• According to UNESCO’s 2025 Global Outlook, 38% of reported discrimination cases were race-based, with 18% involving physical attacks.
• Though only 6.2% of the world’s population, Indigenous peoples account for 18.2% of those living in extreme poverty globally.

That means, without hyperbole, every page you turn bears witness to real lives harmed.

These aren’t handy statistics. They’re futures erased, voices silenced. People, destroyed.

We compiled Salt in the Wound knowing the world isn’t kind. We made it because print is the only resistance we know.

And it is all we have to offer.

We’re so proud (and honestly a bit wrecked) to share this with you.

To our contributors — absolute legends, every one — thank you. Thank you for trusting us with your voices. For writing when the world gave you every reason not to. And, thank you for caring enough to take the time.

This anthology doesn’t exist without you:

KP Rose, Aaron Yost, Oneg Tristan, Ellis_DA, Rue, Heather Hubler, Yulu Ewis, Judey Kalchik, K.B. Silver, Tim Carmichael, Alecia Lewis, J. Delaney-Howe, Lindsey Mary Minarchi, Auriel Wingender, Eve Lee, Jess Logan K, Sarah F. Fuller, Ekene Stanley Muo, Perla Santiago, Dave Marston, and Kenny Penn —

You made this. We’re just the pages that caught it.

Read it. Share it. Print it. Scream it. Salt the wound.

#fucktrump #freepalestine

Love and insurgency,
River & Celia
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