Lou Barrett - Writer

Tonight! See you there!

We will also be sharing the story on IG live right here. You can make donations to the gofundme link in the bio.

STORYTELLING FOR SOLIDARITY
✨ Tuesday, August 19 | 6:30 PM
📍 m. Henry – 5707 N. Clark St, Chicago, IL 60660

Link in bio!

Join us for an evening of powerful, personal stories that celebrate the courage it takes to take matters into your own hands. Through laughter, reflection, and truth-telling, we’ll explore what it means to choose action over apathy, voice over silence, and hope over helplessness. 💥

This event is not just about storytelling—it’s about shaping a future through solidarity.

We’re gathering in honor of Anas Abu Deeb, who was killed with his mother and sister Jana in an airstrike on their home in Bani Suheila on July 24. H

💔 All proceeds from the night will support Anas’ surviving brothers, Moazz and Moamen, through the GoFundMe campaign.

📲 Donate here: https://bit.ly/showupforanas

🗓 RSVP here: https://bit.ly/showuprsvp

🎤 Featured Storytellers:

— Kim L Hunt (She/Her)
— Lou Burrows (They/He)
— Rainn (She/They)
— Lou Barrett (She/They)

💛 Let’s show up—for Anas’ family, for each other, and for the future we believe in.

***rVoices

STORYTELLING FOR SOLIDARITY
✨ Monday, August 19 | 6:30 PM
📍 m. Henry – 5707 N. Clark St, Chicago, IL 60660

Link in bio!

Join us for an evening of powerful, personal stories that celebrate the courage it takes to take matters into your own hands. Through laughter, reflection, and truth-telling, we’ll explore what it means to choose action over apathy, voice over silence, and hope over helplessness. 💥

This event is not just about storytelling—it’s about shaping a future through solidarity.

We’re gathering in honor of Anas Abu Deeb, who was killed with his mother and sister Jana in an airstrike on their home in Bani Suheila on July 24. H

💔 All proceeds from the night will support Anas’ surviving brothers, Moazz and Moamen, through the GoFundMe campaign.

📲 Donate here: https://bit.ly/showupforanas

🗓 RSVP here: https://bit.ly/showuprsvp

🎤 Featured Storytellers:

— Kim L Hunt (She/Her)
— Lou Burrows (They/He)
— Rainn (She/They)
— Lou Barrett (She/They)

💛 Let’s show up—for Anas’ family, for each other, and for the future we believe in.

***rVoices

2024 for was a pretty good year!

🤰🏻I decided to pursue solo motherhood by choice, and Project Baby Barrett is well underway. If things work out as planned, I’ll be pregnant late 2025
👩🏻‍💻got a new fully remote job I’m really excited about to help support Project Baby Barrett
💁🏻‍♀️this meant I got to quit the job I loathed that had me crying at least weekly
🙅🏻‍♀️took a much needed break from dating, and got closer to me
📣 Became a mother fu***ng cheerleader, throwing people in the air like hulk or something
📚read 30 books
📖signed PPP’s newest author
👩🏻‍💼kept working on my business and figuring out how to take it to the next level
🇨🇴kept learning Spanish
✈️travelled a bunch, including to a couple new places
🧘🏻‍♀️joined a meditation group

And continued doing my best at being someone I’m proud of ❤️ cheers to 2025

I made a Substack called Preheat!

I’ll be sharing essays and audio on my journey toward single motherhood by choice as well as some unrelated essays every so often since I am multifaceted 💁🏻‍♀️

Most Preheat posts will be free, at least for now. I will paywall block some work if it feels too vulnerable or risqué. Like one coming in a couple weeks that shows a side of myself I’m not so proud of.

Link in bio! Thanks for reading and sharing 😊🍼

July was restorative ☀️

We’re back in December with a phone new graphic!

Are you a writer like myself who barely ever writes cuz you have a job or a job and a publishing company and feelings so where is the time?

Me too! In an attempt to both write more and build more community in Chicago, I started these informal writing meetups.

Followed by dinner if/when people want so that we can talk each other’s ears off after sitting silently next to each other for hours clacking away.

Why Saturdays, you might ask? I don’t drink and don’t go out! Plus I got a day job. This is when I have the energy and time to write, and I imagine other 9-5er creatives like me would like something to do on a Saturday night that isn’t alcohol centered.

Bring your laptop, bring your notebook, bring your ideas! See you in December👩🏻‍💻