Just a note for those who submitted to Immoral Influence Publication’s charity anthology MIDNIGHT CROSSROADS: We are closed now to submissions and are working our way through them.
A liminal space in myth and legend, The Crossroads are where spirits are contacted in many cultural beliefs. Full of life and dark secrets, it is a place where one can lose or gain control in new ways.
This anthology for reproductive freedom contains stories where deals take place across many possible borders, both physical and mental. Stories that inhabit that midnight hour of uncertainty and transition. Where journeys are interrupted, and characters stand on the precipice.
This anthology is inclusive of many cultures, perspectives, and orientations. It features stories in which difficult choices must be made and hard bargains struck. Many of the stories feature female or female-presenting characters stuck between a rock and a hard place, silenced and unable to choose their own fates, and the creativity with which the character manages to defeat the binary of choice and regain their own bodily autonomy.
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About GRR! The beneficiary of the Midnight Crossroads Anthology
GRR! was founded by women who grew up in the 50s, 60s, and early 70s when women in this country had little or no access to birth control. Abortion was illegal, and women were dying after unsafe abortions. We know grandmothers have great power. So we decided to act. Angry, we formed a group called Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights, nicknamed GRR!
We are grandmothers in the traditional sense, and also elders of all identities who are committed to grandmothering a more just society into being for present and future generations.
Storytelling Drives Culture Change
GRR! is home to the only national storytelling program for elders who had abortions during the pre-Roe years and beyond. In 2023, we expanded the archive to include stories about a wide range of reproductive experiences, including adoption. Amid vicious attacks on abortion rights & access, it is crucial for elders to share insights from our experiences while moving in alignment with current demands for abortion and reproductive justice. GRR! storytellers make public what we were told to keep secret. In doing so, we affirm the dignity & autonomy of younger generations, as well as our younger selves.
Reproductive . Options . Exist
GRR!’s ROE Campaign exposes the deceitful tactics and lies anti-abortion centers (AACs) promote and reveals their true agenda to end abortion access. Leveraging the status of grandmothers and elders as sources of truth and safety, GRR! confronts AACs for the public health crises they create, while supporting younger generations in accessing accurate information when seeking sexual and reproductive health care free of shame, coercion, and misinformation.