As you can see its been awhile between posts. I am missing blogging but I guess, at the moment I'm in a point since my separation from my husband when I am reflecting on things that do not have much to do with consumption and are too private to share publicly. Having said that, I want to assure those who have emailed their concerns, that I am very well and truly on my way to healing. Thank you. The concerns of people (some I've never met) never ceases to amaze and touch me. I'm very lucky.
Work is as hectic as ever but I am loving my life at the moment. I have been making a conscious effort to reconnect with friends and past pleasures.
Recently, a friend of mine shared this video on Facebook and it touched me deeply so I thought I'd share it here. It touched me deeply because I have already heard my daughter (then 5 years old) ask me if she was "hot".
The early and inappropriate exposure of damaging sexual messages to children continues to be something I am most concerned about.
For those who have not seen this before, this is Katie Makkai - a poetry slammer (ie a poet who performs her original works in front of an audience). What I love about this video is its key message. A message that I hope to pass on to my own daughter:
"'Pretty' is a word unworthy of everything you will be"
I wish you all well.
9 comments:
Wow I loved that! Thanks for sharing!
amazing. have just emailed a link of it to my 17 year old daughter.
I love reading your blog - it is inspiring. That youtube click was
'pretty amazing'... thanks for sharing
That was amazing. I wish I'd seen that when I was a teenager.
Wow, thank you. I love slam poetry too. Do you know "What teachers make" by Taylor Mali. check it out.
I'm glad you guys liked it as well and got something out of it too.
Andrea - thank you for telling me of "What teachers make"! That was very good too.
I hope that Katie Makkai's mother never sees her perform this selection. I also hope that she will realize that the trip to the dermatologist and the orthodontist were her parents responsibilities.(I don't know how misshapen her nose was). I know that her mother wished more for her than just being pretty, but in her adolescent insecurities, all she heard was pretty. I wonder how she would feel going through life pock-marked and buck-toothed. Pretty awful I would guess.
Wow! Just wow on that vid!
Came here via AMB. Kelli linked this post.x
Although i have never heard of "slam poetry" .. and honestly find it a bit creepy... I think the message in this poem is amazing. Thank you for sharing!
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