About
FictionThatMatters.org is a critical forum for stories about human rights.
The United Nations defines human rights as the ‘equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family’. But they are more than that. They are what we think they are in our daily lives, too. That includes what we read, what we listen to, and what we talk about.
No one likes a preachy diatribe in fictionalized form. We shouldn’t have to lower our literary standards for human rights stories. That’s why our rating system gives equal weight towards reviewing the artistic merit of creative works and the treatment of human rights issues. The belief is that there does not need to be a compromise between artistic quality and human rights. The two can make each other stronger.
What are human rights?
Why is it so hard to write well about them?
What will it take to make people care?
Fictionthatmatters.org hopes to take these questions seriously and, with your help, to explore answers that will enhance the role that human rights play in our lives.
Contact us at info@dejiridoo.com.
Lead photo by Anna Louédec, taken in Dakar, Senegal. © 2008
