Andrea Gibson is a slam poet from Colorado (well Maine originally) and she is really big on social justice and equity. If you havent heard of her, consider youself entitled, and watch some vids:
This one is my favorite:
This one is where my tattoo came from:
this one deals with gender performance and conformity:
this one deals with hate:
this one deals with love:
so, the ones i have chosen to show you here deal with the GLBT community, but this is just a very small portion of what she writes on, so if you liked any or all of these, i encourage you to look into her more. She came to RIC in the fall thanks to the Rainbow Alliance, and she will be at Smith College this thursday night with Athens Boys Choir :)
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Andrea Gibson....is amazing
Posted by Eva at 5:37 PM
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Love slam poetry. Her work is excellent. Have you ever checked out Sage Francis or B. Dolan? They're some of my favorite slam poets/artists. I learned last year that Providence actually has one of the most respected Slam teams in the States! and they do their slam right at AS220, maybe 10 minutes away from RIC.
yeh, ive heard of As220 but ive never been there .....
but i hear they give free workshops and shit so i'll have to check it out!
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