feminist poetry

[lotesse]

The campus Take Back the Night rally was Saturday night. And I fell in love with another poet. Our keynote speaker was spoken word poet Alix Olson, and oh my god, this woman is amazing. Beautiful. It felt surprisingly good, surprisingly important, to hear an adult stand up and say the things that we say all the time. It was something that I didn't know I needed, but when it happened I felt like crying.

Her website is www.alixolson.com, and several recordings of her work are available for download. Listen to this woman, her work is utterly amazing.

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[slashfairy.livejournal.com]

M.. thank you!
We shall not, we shall not be moved..

I would that all my age-peers spoke up, but that they do not, I'm grateful to Alix for reaching out to you.

http://www.bowerypoetry.com/wordstreet/spokenrevolution.htm
I don't always promote not buying, but as it happens I'm uploading all 46 tracks. want 'em?
I've got http://www.smithsonianglobalsound.org/searchresults.aspx?sPhrase=rainbow%20quest&sType=all and can upload those for you if you like... since I see you like Mr. Seeger as well.

[lotesse]

Sure I do! I'll always take good stuff, and Pete is one of my oldest loves. My family keeps the old songs, and each child learns them before anything else.

[slashfairy.livejournal.com]

mm perfect. do you know Abiyoyo then? he used to sing us to sleep with that when he came out to sing in LA.

I'll put the links up when I get back from algebra... three, four hours. Keep your eyes open.

[lotesse]

yeah, I do. There's an adorable photoset in my kitchen of my father reading it to my sister when she was about three...she starts out with her hand over her mouth and ends up with her hands covering her eyes. She was a cute little thing--pity about that growing-up business :)

[slashfairy.livejournal.com]

^.~ not always. I'm grown-up now... -grins naughtily- but yeah, those inbetween years are... an effort, especially for siblings (looks at pictures of my own sister and smiles-

[emei.livejournal.com]

Oh, Spoken Word poetry! That's just awesome. I listened to the things on her website, and yeah, it was good. :)
But Spoken Word is always better live, I think. It's a really intense experience.

[lotesse]

And this was *after dark*! And *outside*! Even better.

[slashfairy.livejournal.com]

and here you go
http://slashfairy.livejournal.com/129587.html
<3

[lotesse]

*love*!