Some Desperate Glory

by Emily Tesh

Since language and identity are closely intertwined in human culture, a society seeking to eradicate individual cultural identities and histories in favor of a fictitious pan-Terran “cause” must begin by robbing its people of their languages.

A peace brought about with the threat of violence is only a war in waiting.

Just because she knew where she’d come from and what she was didn’t mean she was safe from it.