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This is about my some day daughter already stained with insecurity, asking me “Mom, will I be pretty”. And I’ll wipe that question from her mouth like cheap lipstick and say:

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sapphrikah:

“One male poet approached me after a performance and said, “I don’t mean to be rude, but do you ever write about anything other than the struggles of women?” I replied, “I don’t mean to be rude, but take your finger off the trigger and I’ll stop.” After all, who among us ever wanted to speak about these things? What little girl dreams of growing up to write ‘rape poems?’ About violence? About the muffled voices of women worldwide?” -Andrea Gibson

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Andrea Gibson- Swingset

andrewgibby:

Nicole Homer!   “Things Only A Black Mother Can Prepare You For”

Lost Count: A Love Story performed by Nate Marshall & Demetrius Amparan

hellyeahjustlikethat:

— Buddy Wakefield; Hurling Crowbirds at Mockingbars

Rachel Wiley’s”10 Honest Thoughts On Being Loved By A Skinny Boy”

Anis Mogjani - Shake The Dust

Andrea Gibson & Lauren Zuniga perform poem by Mindy Nettifee

with-youin-rockland:

“The Nutritionist” - Andrea Gibson

thinkspeakstress:

hypervocal:

“We don’t mean to offend you by calling you racist.”

Two slam poets with Brave New Voices deliver this fearless indictment of hipster cultural appropriation and all its collateral damage. 

DEAR WHITE HIPSTERS AND OTHER WHITE PEOPLE OF TUMBLR, CLICK PLAY AND LISTEN CLOSELY.

Lol seriously though why does this not have more notes?! I can’t even pick my favorite part. It’s amazing, and flawless, and just… yes.

“Acting like you’re down because you say “fuck the system,” but in the same breathe are quick to gentrify the hell out of my hood.”

“Is that racist? Yes, that is. And we don’t mean to offend you by calling you racist; we know that according to you, we’re all part of the universe. But you have a tendency to treat animals better than humans.”

“We don’t need to hear your feelings about our issues. “To be fair, as a white person—-” “Nononono, shut the FUCK up.””

ivory saviour

“Strength Starts The It Gets Moderately More Tolerable Campaign” - by Marty McConnell (by j0hnpauldavis)