{"id":2914,"date":"2025-09-12T10:21:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T14:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/on-the-line\/volume-17-issue-1-copy\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T14:17:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T18:17:53","slug":"volume-17-issue-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/on-the-line\/volume-17-issue-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Volume 17, Number 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Volume 17, Number 1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Feature 1: Reading of &#8220;Rise Up&#8221;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Rise Up&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kSp1eGWrc14?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The video above is a moving performance of the poem &#8220;Rise Up&#8221; which is published in Volume 17, Number 1. When asked about the meaning behind her work, Dr. Zoe Spencer had this to say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In this critical era of violent patriarchal and sexist domination, that clashes more oppressively at the intersections of race, class, and sexual orientation, women&#8217;s voices are being aggressively silenced\u2014be it on the floors of Congress, the halls of the academy, or on the front lines in &#8220;these streetz.&#8221;&nbsp;Yet, despite the imminent threats against our bodies, the acts of state sponsored violence and repression, or the very visual displays of our deaths that command the spectator&#8217;s gaze\u2014we refuse to stop speaking and fighting\u2014standing and dying\u2014for this.&nbsp; Despite attempts to neutralize us\u2014our resilience continues to prove\u2014&#8221;and still, We Rise.&#8221;&nbsp; So, in the darkest moments, we must be fearless\u2014by finding comfort in the knowing that the boot of the oppressor can&#8217;t hold us, because even at our lowest points, we will <em>always<\/em> find a way to\u2014Rise Up!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:52px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/read.dukeupress.edu\/meridians\/article\/17\/1\/205\/135614\/Rise-Up\">here<\/a> to view the full text of Spencer&#8217;s poem and to explore all of the works featured in Volume 17, Number 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-space-between is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-b2891da8 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/on-the-line\/\">Back to &#8220;On the Line&#8221;<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/meridians\/on-the-line\/volume-17-issue-2\/\">Next<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volume 17, Number 1 Feature 1: Reading of &#8220;Rise Up&#8221; The video above is a moving performance of the poem &#8220;Rise Up&#8221; which is published in Volume 17, Number 1. 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