In April 2007, a group of men pulled seventeen-year old Du'a Khalil Aswad into a mob. They proceeded to stone and beat her to death, a supposed "honor" killing for allegedly falling in love with a man of a different faith. Several camera phones recorded the entire incident from the front row, and videos later surfaced online.
One month later, popular filmmaker Joss Whedon expressed his despair and outrage at the misogyny in all cultures on a fan-run blog. "Because it's no longer enough to be a decent person," he wrote. "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 apocalypitic fiction, and I'm beginning to understand why. I look and I see the earth in flames.
"Her face was nothing but red."
The arts anthology Nothing But Red was conceived as a way to raise both awareness of the issues he spoke of, as well as money for the charity Equality Now. Poetry, prose, and visual art comprise this unique collection.
Edited by:
Skyla Dawn Cameron
Full list of contributors:
Ann Aguirre
Mechele Armstrong
Judy Bagshaw
David Baker
Anne Barringer
Kimberly Bea
Hanne Blank
CL Bledsoe
Melinda Blount
Jill Boland
Kerry Budd
Elaine Corvidae
Kevin Craig
Maggie Dougherty
Leigh Dragoon
Catherine Egan
Sasha Elliott
Dana Evans
Elizabeth Frank
Stephanie Gayle
Valentina Gnup
Gila Green
Liza Hamilton
Reina Hardy
Janna Hastings
Stacey Hill
Jody Houser
Tom Hulley
Barbara Hunt
Abha Iyengar
Dale Jacobson
Lee Kendall
Julie Klumb
Laure Lackey
Guy Lancaster
Nora Landry
Rae Lindley
Virginia Lore
Bobbi Lurie
Jennifer Macaire
Mehrin Masud-Elias
Ellen McCord
Virginia McRae
MG
m. jules
Nick Monteleone
Scott Neigh
Gill O'Halloran
MK Proietta
WJ Ray
Alex Remy
J.E. Remy
Clare Roach
Sonia Rupcic
Lilith Saintcrow
Jasmine Santos
Wayne Scheer
Lisa Schleipfer
Leah Schnelbach
Ellen Sheeley
Lynn Tait
Angela Todd
Jessica Tudor
Ruth Walker
Joss Whedon
Lise Whidden
Peter Wong
Andrena Zawinski
Language
English
Pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Lulu Press
Release
July 10, 2008
ISBN
1435733665
ISBN 13
9781435733664
Nothing But Red: The Anthology Inspired by the Death of Du'a Khalil
In April 2007, a group of men pulled seventeen-year old Du'a Khalil Aswad into a mob. They proceeded to stone and beat her to death, a supposed "honor" killing for allegedly falling in love with a man of a different faith. Several camera phones recorded the entire incident from the front row, and videos later surfaced online.
One month later, popular filmmaker Joss Whedon expressed his despair and outrage at the misogyny in all cultures on a fan-run blog. "Because it's no longer enough to be a decent person," he wrote. "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 apocalypitic fiction, and I'm beginning to understand why. I look and I see the earth in flames.
"Her face was nothing but red."
The arts anthology Nothing But Red was conceived as a way to raise both awareness of the issues he spoke of, as well as money for the charity Equality Now. Poetry, prose, and visual art comprise this unique collection.
Edited by:
Skyla Dawn Cameron
Full list of contributors:
Ann Aguirre
Mechele Armstrong
Judy Bagshaw
David Baker
Anne Barringer
Kimberly Bea
Hanne Blank
CL Bledsoe
Melinda Blount
Jill Boland
Kerry Budd
Elaine Corvidae
Kevin Craig
Maggie Dougherty
Leigh Dragoon
Catherine Egan
Sasha Elliott
Dana Evans
Elizabeth Frank
Stephanie Gayle
Valentina Gnup
Gila Green
Liza Hamilton
Reina Hardy
Janna Hastings
Stacey Hill
Jody Houser
Tom Hulley
Barbara Hunt
Abha Iyengar
Dale Jacobson
Lee Kendall
Julie Klumb
Laure Lackey
Guy Lancaster
Nora Landry
Rae Lindley
Virginia Lore
Bobbi Lurie
Jennifer Macaire
Mehrin Masud-Elias
Ellen McCord
Virginia McRae
MG
m. jules
Nick Monteleone
Scott Neigh
Gill O'Halloran
MK Proietta
WJ Ray
Alex Remy
J.E. Remy
Clare Roach
Sonia Rupcic
Lilith Saintcrow
Jasmine Santos
Wayne Scheer
Lisa Schleipfer
Leah Schnelbach
Ellen Sheeley
Lynn Tait
Angela Todd
Jessica Tudor
Ruth Walker
Joss Whedon
Lise Whidden
Peter Wong
Andrena Zawinski