Buffy Shutt spent most of life marketing Hollywood movies. Toward the end of that phase of her life, she was lucky enough to work for a small film production company that believed a story well-told could change the world. It was a work experience that fed her belief that art can be a catalyst for social action and through art, we can explore and demand social justice. Buffy was nominated for two 2017 Pushcart Awards, and recent work has appeared in Red Fez, Bird’s Thumb, and the Magnolia Review, which gave her their Ink Award and will appear in the June issue of Split Lip.