https://jenbryant.journoportfolio.comRSS Feed for Jen BryantenWed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.bloodhoneylit.com/cnf/the-danceWe pray – forgive us – that someone else will be chosen last.Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.bloodhoneylit.com/cnf/the-dancehttps://www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/artificial-lightWorking in a call center isn’t exactly your dream career, but it’s also one of the few options in your small hometown for someone with no college degree.Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.sneakerwavemag.org/p/artificial-lighthttps://www.muthamagazine.com/2026/05/on-survival-storytelling-and-saving-your-own-life-an-interview-with-sarah-hanson/Hanson’s book invites readers to understand the human experience behind the statistic.Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://www.muthamagazine.com/2026/05/on-survival-storytelling-and-saving-your-own-life-an-interview-with-sarah-hanson/https://mudseasonreview.com/2026/05/filling-in-the-missing-spaces-an-interview-with-barrett-bowlin/"It’s taken me a long time to realize this, but I think I build my essays up from connections I see between images."Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://mudseasonreview.com/2026/05/filling-in-the-missing-spaces-an-interview-with-barrett-bowlin/https://readingandtraveling.net/following-the-trail/On my way to the airport in the blue-black predawn hours, I set a simple intention for this trip: stay curious.Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://readingandtraveling.net/following-the-trail/https://www.doorisajarmagazine.net/issues/spring-2026The sound of that baby's cry will stay with you as you exit the car, as you twine plastic grocery bags around both wrists, as you heft your son back onto your hip and make your way up the steep apartment steps.Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.doorisajarmagazine.net/issues/spring-2026https://palomamag.substack.com/p/027-mirror-images?open=false#%C2%A7beauty-tips-by-jen-bryantAt nine years old, I’ve flipped through enough beauty magazines in checkout lines and waiting rooms to understand two things: pretty is the most important thing a girl can be, and I’m missing the mark.Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://palomamag.substack.com/p/027-mirror-images?open=false#%C2%A7beauty-tips-by-jen-bryanthttps://www.muthamagazine.com/2026/02/abortion-and-reproductive-justice-a-conversation-with-marlene-gerber-fried-loretta-j-ross/"Reproductive justice is a bridge in a way that choice never could be. Choice just doesn’t make sense to people who don’t have choices in life – people whose lives are shaped more by oppression. Justice does."Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.muthamagazine.com/2026/02/abortion-and-reproductive-justice-a-conversation-with-marlene-gerber-fried-loretta-j-ross/https://matternews.org/community/activists-call-for-nationwide-general-strike-to-protest-ice-columbus-answers/In the wake of increasing state-sanctioned ICE violence – including the killings of Silverio Villegas González in Chicago, Keith Porter Jr. in Los Angeles, and Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis– activists across the country called for a nationwide general strike.Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://matternews.org/community/activists-call-for-nationwide-general-strike-to-protest-ice-columbus-answers/https://merliterary.com/2026/01/13/jen-bryant-lessons/In college, I blend in until the bell rings, when the other students leave to play beer pong and I go home to wait for the school bus.Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://merliterary.com/2026/01/13/jen-bryant-lessons/https://jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/12/18/creative-nonfiction-field-trip-by-jen-bryant/Sitting beside each other feels more like muscle memory than conscious choice.Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/12/18/creative-nonfiction-field-trip-by-jen-bryant/https://thewoolfx.com/the-raptors-by-jen-bryant/Sometimes he curls his nicotine-stained fingers around mine and squeezes until I squirm.Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://thewoolfx.com/the-raptors-by-jen-bryant/https://www.fiveminutelit.com/five-minutes/plus-oneTwo months after the divorce, you attend a wedding with your ex.Thu, 16 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.fiveminutelit.com/five-minutes/plus-onehttps://mudseasonreview.com/2025/10/transforming-pain-into-purpose-an-interview-with-heather-marie-cline/"I’ve read so many stories of other survivors throughout the years – they made me feel seen, gave me hope, and made me feel less alone."Mon, 06 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://mudseasonreview.com/2025/10/transforming-pain-into-purpose-an-interview-with-heather-marie-cline/https://ramonamag.com/2025/09/the-hungry-season-of-growing-up/She made it seem like you didn’t need permission to write about all the messy, beautiful, mundane aspects that make up a life.Sun, 28 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://ramonamag.com/2025/09/the-hungry-season-of-growing-up/https://www.cleavermagazine.com/shelter-by-jennifer-bryant/If I opened the door even a crack, she scrambled over the fence and disappeared.Tue, 23 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.cleavermagazine.com/shelter-by-jennifer-bryant/https://matternews.org/community/three-years-after-the-dobbs-decision-the-fight-to-protect-abortion-access-in-ohio-continues/The landscape of reproductive rights in Ohio has shifted significantly.Wed, 10 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://matternews.org/community/three-years-after-the-dobbs-decision-the-fight-to-protect-abortion-access-in-ohio-continues/https://herstryblg.com/true/2025/9/3/spaceThe superstitious part of me wondered: Is this a sign? Am I making a mistake?Thu, 04 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://herstryblg.com/true/2025/9/3/spacehttps://inaflashlitmag.substack.com/p/issue-8-rebel-girls-by-jen-bryantWhat is this if not a consciousness-raising session, offset only slightly by the consciousness-lowering properties of cheap merlot?Mon, 01 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://inaflashlitmag.substack.com/p/issue-8-rebel-girls-by-jen-bryanthttps://www.muthamagazine.com/2025/08/coercion-control-and-modern-day-maternity-homes-an-interview-with-liberty-losts-t-j-raphael/Since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, the number of maternity homes across the US has increased by 23%, meaning that more people may soon experience what Abbi went through.Tue, 26 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.muthamagazine.com/2025/08/coercion-control-and-modern-day-maternity-homes-an-interview-with-liberty-losts-t-j-raphael/https://www.muthamagazine.com/2025/06/ordinary-love-a-qa-with-marie-rutkoski/It’s a lot easier to see the doors that money opens, and the ways in which it smooths certain things over, when you don’t grow up in that environmentThu, 26 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.muthamagazine.com/2025/06/ordinary-love-a-qa-with-marie-rutkoski/https://www.muthamagazine.com/2025/06/true-happiness-an-interview-with-veena-dinavahi/"Every time I had heard stories of cults or abuse, it had been with this perspective of othering them. What I was hoping to bring to the table was the ability to make the experience relatable."Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://www.muthamagazine.com/2025/06/true-happiness-an-interview-with-veena-dinavahi/https://matternews.org/community/ohio-hunger-relief-organizations-speak-out-against-snap-cuts/For decades, SNAP benefits have been the best line of defense against hunger for millions of Americans. A new bill is poised to obliterate that.Mon, 16 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://matternews.org/community/ohio-hunger-relief-organizations-speak-out-against-snap-cuts/https://matternews.org/community/food-insecurity-on-the-rise-in-columbus/Between widespread economic uncertainty and federal cuts to food bank assistance, more residents than ever run the risk of going hungry.Mon, 19 May 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://matternews.org/community/food-insecurity-on-the-rise-in-columbus/https://matternews.org/community/kaleidoscope-youth-center-offers-young-lgbtq-ohioans-support-community/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJSTc1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHTmtvYmze47MCNWbkGeLKCb-VTbLX4lUyP50b_PvHvrzM81cEq78hnhWEA_aem_ZmXLEAGOidASZdbCVqk5CwWith Republican legislators continuing to pass regressive, anti-LGBTQ+ laws that make the state an increasingly hostile place for queer youth, the work being done by KYC is more important than ever.Thu, 27 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://matternews.org/community/kaleidoscope-youth-center-offers-young-lgbtq-ohioans-support-community/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJSTc1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHTmtvYmze47MCNWbkGeLKCb-VTbLX4lUyP50b_PvHvrzM81cEq78hnhWEA_aem_ZmXLEAGOidASZdbCVqk5Cwhttps://anodynemag.com/product/anodyne-magazine-vol-5/Sometimes the body forgets to keep the score.Sat, 15 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://anodynemag.com/product/anodyne-magazine-vol-5/https://jennyforrester.com/mountain-bluebird-magazine-press/We’d spent nearly two decades building this life together, and now I was slowly dismantling it, one coffee cup at a time.Fri, 07 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://jennyforrester.com/mountain-bluebird-magazine-press/https://www.muthamagazine.com/2025/01/hold-tara-dorabji-interview-1-23/Coming up in movements and social justice work myself, I saw so many women doing the labor, propelling the movements, holding the cultures, tending the family, and so I wanted to bring those stories to the forefront.Thu, 23 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.muthamagazine.com/2025/01/hold-tara-dorabji-interview-1-23/https://mudseasonreview.com/2025/01/legacy-autonomy-and-cutting-ties-an-interview-with-greta-mcgee-by-jen-bryant/If someone only loves you in the form they approve of, is that really love?Tue, 21 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://mudseasonreview.com/2025/01/legacy-autonomy-and-cutting-ties-an-interview-with-greta-mcgee-by-jen-bryant/https://www.thesunmagazine.org/publications/3/editions/2329The line between needs and luxuries blurred, then disappeared.Sun, 01 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.thesunmagazine.org/publications/3/editions/2329