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2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam - Melania Luisa "Melania-Luisa"
Melania-Luisa Marte is a first generation American. She was born and raised in the Lower East Side of New York City. Her multi-cultured upbringing inspires her to write about navigating the world as a native Spanish speaker of Afro-Dominican descent. She is also a member of the 2017 Dallas Poetry Slam Team currently ranking 5th in the nation. She has performed, featured, and competed in cities across the country. Marte represented Dallas in the 2017 Women of The World Poetry Slam Competition. She is currently working as a Yoga and Wellness Teaching Artist and Creative Workshop Facilitator with the Dallas Poetry Slam. Marte's poetry explores many subjects including her Afro-latina roots and culture, intersectional feminism, and self-love.
www.melanialuisa.com
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Відео

2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam - Mia S. Willis "Joke"
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Mia S. Willis is a 22 year old artist and adventurer. She represented East Carolina University as a competing poet at the College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational during all four years of her undergraduate career. Mia was also a member of The Marquis Slam, a North Carolina-based collective which ranked in the top 20 teams in the nation at the 2017 National Poetry Slam. Mia also released a visual...
2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam - Mercedez Holtry "I Bloomed a Resistance"
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Mercedez Holtry, (Albuquerque, New Mexico) is a slam poet, writer, student, mentor, and Chicana feminist who focuses on bringing out her roots, experiences and lessons learned through her poetry in hopes that they embrace her…
2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam - Imani Cezanne
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Born and raised in San Diego, CA, Imani Cezanne is a passionate poet, workshop facilitator, community organizer and slam coach. She just recently returned home from taking 2nd place at the Women of the World Poetry Slam in Austin, Texas. In the past four years Imani Cezanne has been on four National Poetry Slam teams (San Diego (2), Oakland and Da Poetry Lounge), three of which placed in the to...
2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam - Glori B "Tenderness"
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Glori B (Gloria C. Adams) is a poet, filmmaker, and educator living in the outskirts of Austin, TX. She is a graduate of St. Edward's University and currently serves as Secretary of Austin Poetry Slam. beingglori.wordpress.com/
2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam - FreeQuency "Dear White People"
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Mwende “FreeQuency” Katwiwa is a 26 year old Kenyan, Immigrant, Queer Womyn speaker and performer. A 2017 TEDWomen speaker and ranked 3rd at the 2015 Individual World Poetry Slam, FreeQuency is an internationally touring author, host, youth-worker, social-justice lecturer, teaching artist and workshop leader who has spent her life at the intersection of arts, education and activism. An award-wi...
2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam - Ashley Lumpkin "Inheritance"
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Ashley Lumpkin is a Georgia-raised, Carolina-based writer, editor, actor, and educator. She is the author of three chapbooks, {} At First Sight, Second Glance, and Terrorism and Other Topics for Tea, and one full-length collection,#AshleyLumpkin. Above all else, Ashley considers herself a teacher, poet, and changer of fates. She is a lover of mathematics and language. She loves you too. ashleyl...
2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam - RADI "DYE"
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RADI is a poet representing Jersey City Poetry Slam.
2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam - Jaxmyn "White Feminism"
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Jaxmyn is a poet representing Eclectic Truth Poetry Slam in Baton Rouge, La.
2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam - Ariana Brown "Myself, First"
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Ariana Brown is a Black Mexican American poet, performer, and workshop facilitator who tours college campuses, poetry slams, and local organizations to speak about Blackness in a Mexican American context, mental health, spirituality, womanhood, and healing. www.arianabrown.com/
2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam - Chrysanthemum Tran
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Chrysanthemum Tran is a queer & transgender Vietnamese American poet, performer & teaching artist based in Providence, RI. www.chrysanthemumtran.com/
2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam - iCon "Unborn Black Lives Matter"
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By definition, an “icon” is usually a symbol or an image that stands for or represents something other than itself. As an artist, SHA'CONDRIA "iCON" SIBLEY stands for and represents for those who are oftentimes marginalized and whose voices are silenced in today’s society. iCon is a nationally-acclaimed championship poet/spoken word artist/actress/teaching artist. As a founding member of Team S...
2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam - Erin Claridy
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Erin Claridy is an educator and performance poet from Miami, FL who currently resides in Atlanta, GA. She was a finalist in the 2014 Women of the World Poetry Slam as well as 2018.
2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam - FreeQuency "Say Her Name"
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Mwende “FreeQuency” Katwiwa is a 26 year old Kenyan, Immigrant, Queer Womyn speaker and performer. A 2017 TEDWomen speaker and ranked 3rd at the 2015 Individual World Poetry Slam, FreeQuency is an internationally touring author, host, youth-worker, social-justice lecturer, teaching artist and workshop leader who has spent her life at the intersection of arts, education and activism. An award-wi...
2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam - Ashley Lumpkin "Covenant"
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Ashley Lumpkin is a Georgia-raised, Carolina-based writer, editor, actor, and educator. She is the author of three chapbooks, {} At First Sight, Second Glance, and Terrorism and Other Topics for Tea, and one full-length collection,#AshleyLumpkin. Above all else, Ashley considers herself a teacher, poet, and changer of fates. She is a lover of mathematics and language. She loves you too. ashleyl...
2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam - Glori B "Mouthful of Bees"
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2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam - Glori B "Mouthful of Bees"
2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam - Mia S Willis "Mini-Fridge"
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2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam - Mia S Willis "Mini-Fridge"
2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam - Muna Abdulahi "Explaining Depression to a Refugee"
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2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam - Muna Abdulahi "Explaining Depression to a Refugee"
2018 WOWps - Muna Abdulahi "The Unwritten Letter from My Immigrant Parent (after Alex Luu)"
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2018 WOWps - Muna Abdulahi "The Unwritten Letter from My Immigrant Parent (after Alex Luu)"
2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam - RADI "Almonds"
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2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam - RADI "Almonds"
2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam - Meccamorphosis "Penny Dreadfuls"
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2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam - Meccamorphosis "Penny Dreadfuls"
2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam - Melania Luisa "Mad"
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2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam - Melania Luisa "Mad"
2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam - Mia S Willis "Sandcastles"
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2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam - Mia S Willis "Sandcastles"
2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam - iCon "In My Skin"
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2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam - iCon "In My Skin"
2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam - RADI "Homewrecker"
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2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam - RADI "Homewrecker"
2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam - iCon "Born Funny"
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2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam - iCon "Born Funny"
2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam - FreeQuency "The Gospel of Colonization"
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2018 Women of the World Poetry Slam - FreeQuency "The Gospel of Colonization"
What Is Poetry Slam?
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What Is Poetry Slam?
National Poetry Slam 2017 Semi-Finals - St Louis - (round 4)
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National Poetry Slam 2017 Semi-Finals - St Louis - (round 4)
National Poetry Slam 2017 Semi-Finals - Bowery (round 4)
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National Poetry Slam 2017 Semi-Finals - Bowery (round 4)

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @awkweirdsole
    @awkweirdsole День тому

    I love this.

  • @piperyork7933
    @piperyork7933 3 дні тому

    Okay the first check was: Kyla Jenée Lacey with a piece called white privilege and the 2nd chic was: FreeQuency Let's support these young women. When they teach Edgar Poe we teach these 2 for starters.

  • @PrinceEmerald420
    @PrinceEmerald420 4 дні тому

    Leshawna yelling about Totwl Drama

  • @ElisePreston-n9g
    @ElisePreston-n9g 8 днів тому

    Natasha say thank u

  • @lloydmore3053
    @lloydmore3053 11 днів тому

    Wow .., that was powerful!🙌🏽💯💫

  • @gborowme
    @gborowme 13 днів тому

    Wow . I am 🪝

  • @gborowme
    @gborowme 13 днів тому

    Wow

  • @JUSTME4125
    @JUSTME4125 13 днів тому

    😢

  • @andayimushenye9839
    @andayimushenye9839 15 днів тому

    Her perfect delivery is off the chain. Her truth is painful. Her voice is attention grabbing. The best poem I have heard.

  • @lisasmith716
    @lisasmith716 28 днів тому

    🫰🏾🫰🏾🫰🏾🫰🏾

  • @lpstvroxy4955
    @lpstvroxy4955 Місяць тому

    I Love this❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @ashiacameron
    @ashiacameron Місяць тому

    In tears pissed tf off goddess.. ... Sincerely Intellectually a mad Black woman.... June 2024... ✌🏾🤞🏾✊🏾✊🏾👑👑❤️👑👑

  • @AminTheMystic
    @AminTheMystic Місяць тому

    Everything is everyone else’s fault. Victim hood is strong with this one.

    • @hnycrsps2658
      @hnycrsps2658 12 днів тому

      it’s slam poetry. are you lost??😂😂

    • @AminTheMystic
      @AminTheMystic 12 днів тому

      @@hnycrsps2658 where does it say slam poetry is about blacks talking themselves up as perpetual victims?

  • @blackbird4950
    @blackbird4950 Місяць тому

    Snapping my fingers like hell right now yesssssssssssssss queen yessssssssssss

  • @rubynguyen7847
    @rubynguyen7847 Місяць тому

    literal chills.

  • @naeababyy3075
    @naeababyy3075 Місяць тому

    amazing!!!❤

  • @JackieLarose
    @JackieLarose Місяць тому

    I’m upset too, sister preach my strong black sister

  • @KamaileElderts
    @KamaileElderts Місяць тому

    Wow, this gave me immense chills

  • @desireebrownstory
    @desireebrownstory 2 місяці тому

    This is so amazing I wish I would have been seen this? Where is she today? Is she still alive and free?

  • @mrew7345
    @mrew7345 2 місяці тому

    Facts on facts!!!! SWISH!!!!

  • @jemiyawills7208
    @jemiyawills7208 2 місяці тому

    STILLLLL INLOVEEEEE WITH THIS POEM❤

  • @jemiyawills7208
    @jemiyawills7208 2 місяці тому

    I had this in my poetry playlist years now. My brother was killed 5 years ago💔💔 this hits different now . He was only 15

  • @ciphermitarai
    @ciphermitarai 2 місяці тому

    This is incredible. I had a friend link me to this and this is the best slam poetry I’ve ever seen.

  • @vijaykadam2484
    @vijaykadam2484 2 місяці тому

    2:41 she aint gotta worry about rape tho 😂😂

  • @blh2365
    @blh2365 2 місяці тому

    "I'm mad" that this poem resonated so loudly, it has me shedding tears at work.

  • @cliffkaiburton
    @cliffkaiburton 2 місяці тому

    Amen.

  • @deanodelpleash
    @deanodelpleash 2 місяці тому

    Who's watching this in 2024? 8 years in and still sooo good!!

  • @jenniferharris61
    @jenniferharris61 3 місяці тому

    YES!!!

  • @Victor-qm2ul
    @Victor-qm2ul 3 місяці тому

    Thank you for the amazing gift of words if I could meet you I would bow down and wipe my hair with your feet finally something that's not just a song with just as magnificently the equivalent of words creating the context of communication and you nailed it on the head the nails in the head of the cough and a really creation and I'm a little tipsy right now getting ready to have that I found found you and me and your words speak my truth and it's amazing how to do what you hear what you've heard and what you listen to can go through you please and these words are my truth what I've lived through I smile through eyes that have tears behind them beating and broken but still alive to say thank you and it's not even enough but say thank you thank you thank you.. . Natasha shawnique

  • @gaye_alisir
    @gaye_alisir 3 місяці тому

    I googled angry black woman expecting memes but I found this deep enlightening video. Pure art, rthymn and knowledge.

  • @andywilson4370
    @andywilson4370 3 місяці тому

    Everytime I'm angry at the world, I view this woman's opinion on the world. She pours emotion into every line, lovely :)

  • @queenla
    @queenla 3 місяці тому

    I connect with this poem on so many levels. Why is it so f*cking hard to be a Black woman in America?

  • @JachinDitle
    @JachinDitle 3 місяці тому

    This is my favorite poem ever, I come here every year to remind myself of what a good poem looks like😭

  • @HatersG0nHate
    @HatersG0nHate 3 місяці тому

    I thought you needed to go on safari to see a real live hippo

  • @tenishagordon5253
    @tenishagordon5253 3 місяці тому

    🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

  • @irieimaun7787
    @irieimaun7787 3 місяці тому

    I used to love this poem back when I was a girl. Now that I’m a woman, I find myself being mad everyday at every damn thing. My people, other people, the education system, politics, etc. Like I’m irritated and tired.

  • @CamilleDiPatri-yi6hh
    @CamilleDiPatri-yi6hh 4 місяці тому

    This is genuinely one of the most empowering pieces of writing that I have ever listened to. I watched this for my African American and Diaspora Studies course this semester and I keep coming back to it. Chills every single time.

  • @Imperial_Guard777
    @Imperial_Guard777 4 місяці тому

    No one cares

  • @user-mf2eh2tc1z
    @user-mf2eh2tc1z 4 місяці тому

    This is soooo good!! Shes so talented!

  • @greggsimmons5136
    @greggsimmons5136 4 місяці тому

    3 minutes ahead will never get back. Wasting her time and breath

  • @COACHFSTATON
    @COACHFSTATON 4 місяці тому

    She is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @shantanukotekar7968
    @shantanukotekar7968 4 місяці тому

    Bruh you look like a man

  • @eggsandwich2598
    @eggsandwich2598 5 місяців тому

    If slam poetry didn’t exist the world would be so much better holy shit this shit is gay 😂

  • @colinpatterson728
    @colinpatterson728 5 місяців тому

    Yes me like dat.

  • @FlockOfYahweh
    @FlockOfYahweh 5 місяців тому

    LOL THE VICTIM MINDSET MY GOODNESS YOUR ON STAGE AND PULLED A MILLION VIEWS WHERE ARE YOU A VICTIM AT 😂😂

    • @user-qg4sf4ei7j
      @user-qg4sf4ei7j 5 місяців тому

      Im glad for your innocence that you only see cupcakes and rainbows. Continue being yourself, if you don't see the problem then you don't gotta know, live your life.

    • @FlockOfYahweh
      @FlockOfYahweh 5 місяців тому

      @@user-qg4sf4ei7j look, dont wana fight, but please get a grip on reality. You don’t see the problem that y’all have become so entitled and prideful ya think every woman around the world has it just as good as yall. Some women are happier then yall angry BW and wish they could live how you live.

    • @hnycrsps2658
      @hnycrsps2658 12 днів тому

      this is slam poetry…do you know what that is? The scope of it? are you lost?

  • @Thesecretlanguageofpoetry
    @Thesecretlanguageofpoetry 5 місяців тому

    your voice is so powerful and i can feel the intensity while listening and feel your pain! keep striving

  • @dobbsy87
    @dobbsy87 5 місяців тому

    Wow, this is an amazing poem. It’s so unbelievably brilliant that I cannot even see a negative comment. Bravo.

  • @johnathanabrams8434
    @johnathanabrams8434 6 місяців тому

    Someone should pay for her plane ticket to Liberia

  • @kayla3669
    @kayla3669 6 місяців тому

    I got chills listening to this

  • @imthebossmermaid3648
    @imthebossmermaid3648 6 місяців тому

    "I'm mad at Black men for reasons I don't even have time to list."