What We Deserve

[likegeorge]

I found this video on feministing.com, and it really moved me. It's a clip from the 2006 International World Poetry Slam Finals by Sonya "The Drama" Boom Renee. It made me cry. Please watch, and let me know what you think.

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asd

[ben1338605]

i agree, but i think its ironic that a slam poet would be lecturing anyone about propaganda

Re: asd

[likegeorge]

But is slam poetry like that mainstream enough to be considered propaganda?

Re: asd

[ben1338605]

what does propaganda have to do with being mainstream? so if you're not "mainstream," you're allowed to be propagandistic?

Re: asd

[madlovefreefall]

Why do you think slam poetry is propagandistic? Propaganda implies that a group of people with some sort of power, perhaps political, is using somewhat misleading information to promote their cause. My impression of slam poetry is that it is artistically expressing an opinion, and if expressing one's opinion is propaganda, then we're all propagandists. For it to be propaganda, this woman would have to represent a concrete group of people with a publicized cause, and you would have to prove that several of her statements were either false or misleading without proper context, or perhaps just empty rhetoric, like the original "Women Deserve Better." But most of her story was about her feelings based on anecdotal evidence, so I don't see how you could prove that.

[shesmy_maggot]

thanks rebecca, i enjoyed this. (or you know, appreciated it)