Nothing But Red

A few months ago I forwarded to a few friends a speech/blog by Joss Whedon, creator of the popular Firefly series and the movie sequel Serenity. Whedon spoke of his horror of the stoning of a young Middle-Eastern woman, a stoning that was captured by camera-phone and flashed around the world on the Internet. In that speech, Whedon calls for activism, for doing more than tsk-tsking about the horrors in the world. A group of folks have done just that at Nothing But Red. Check it out. Write a story, a poem, an essay; create a work of art and submit it to Nothing But Red. And stand up for women's rights and equality around the world. Read Whedon's speech, of which this is just an excerpt:

Because it’s no longer enough to be a decent person. It’s no longer enough to shake our heads and make concerned grimaces at the news. True enlightened activism is the only thing that can save humanity from itself. I’ve always had a bent towards apocalyptic fiction, and I’m beginning to understand why. I look and I see the earth in flames. Her face was nothing but red.