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 standards for human rights stories. I believe 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 create good stories 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 me at olukotun AT gmail.com.
Lead photo Portuguese Boy, Portuguese Man by Kelly Newsome, taken in Lisbon, Portugal. © 2009
Visit Kelly’s work at Kellysgoneagain.com.
