"Respect Our Existence or Expect Our Resistance" is a 2017 Scars Publications' cc&d magazine (v272 - the 24 year-anniversary issue) poetry and short story book by assorted writers and artists. "Children, Churches and Daddies" (AKA cc&d, subtitle "the UN-religious, NON-family oriented literary and art magazine) has been printed in many forms since it's inception in 1993, but since 2014 cc&d has been released every other month (with bonus issues) as a 6"x9" perfect-bound paperback book, with not only it's usual ISSN# (print ISSN# 1068-5154, Internet ISSN# 1555-1555), but also an ISBN#. With ISBN#s for issue/book releases, all issues now carry a title to accompany the new format, reflecting the writing inside the book and the cover design. Writers and artists in this book include ayaz daryl nielsen, Brady Peterson, Brian Looney, Carl Papa Palmer, CEE, Charles Hayes, D. C. Weiser, Dan Fitzgerald, Donal Mahoney, Drew Marshall, Eric Obame, Erren Kelly, Greg G. Zaino, J. Quinn Brisben, Jack Moody, John Lowther , John Sweet, Kelley Jean White MD, Linda M. Crate, Marc Livanos, Marlo Swagemeier, Michael Ceraolo, Mike Jones, Natasha Hooper, Oz Hardwick, Patrick Fealey, Richard King Perkins II, Robert Ronnow, Thom Woodruff and Xanadu, and art by David J. Thompson, David Russell, Edward Michael O'Durr Supranowicz, Francois le Roux, Kyle Hemmings, Rose E. Grier, Uzeyir Lokman Cayci and Westley Heine.