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"Shrinking Women" is a poem by Lily Myers. Myers recited it at the 2013 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational; the video was subsequently reposted by Button Poetry and HuffPost, where it went viral. The video of this performance had been viewed more than five million times by 2016. [1]
Button Poetry is a Minneapolis-based poetry company and independent publisher of performance poetry. They are known for their viral videos of slam poetry performances, including a performance of "OCD" by Neil Hilborn that the Knight Foundation called "the most-viewed slam performance in history." [1]
In 2016, Johnson co-founded The Root Slam with Terisa Siagatonu, Natasha Huey, Isa Borgeson, Gabriel Cortez, and Jade Cho. In its first year, Root Slam sent an all-women-of-color team to the 2017 National Poetry Slam, and placed fifth in the nation out of 80 teams.
Imani Cezanne has won several Grand Slam Championships, and ranked in the top 10 at several World Poetry slams. [21] 2014 Individual World Poetry Slam ranked 9th [22] [23] [24] 2016 Women of the World Poetry Slam 2016 Co-champions with Emi Mahmoud [8] [25] 2020 Women of the World Poetry Slam Champion [26]
Poetry Slam Champion, Feminine Empowerment Movement Slam, 2017 [5] Fellow, Pink Door, 2016 [17] Best Poet & Best Poem, College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational, 2016 [5] Poetry Slam Champion, Rustbelt, 2016 [9] Finalist, Women of the World Poetry Slam, 2016 [41] [9] Pushing the Art Forward, College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational, 2015 [6]
Sister Outsider is a poetry duo that specializes in slam poetry or spoken word. [1] Dominique Christina and Denice Frohman are both Women of the World Poetry Slam Champions. . Their collaboration has brought them success over the last two years as they have been to over 90 universities, colleges, conferences, and many other spaces across the United S
Barnes was the author of the chapbook me Aunt Jemima and the nailgun (2013), which won an Exploding Pinecone Prize from Button Poetry. [7] Their full-length collection, i be but i ain’t (2016), won a Pamet River Prize from YesYes Books. [8] They were the co-founder of the Poetry Gods podcast and the co-founder of The Conversation Literary ...
She published Peluda through Button Poetry shortly after enrollment. In it, Lozada-Oliva "explores, interrogates and redefines the intersections of Latina identity, feminism, hair removal & what it means to belong." [9] In December 2018, Lozada-Oliva started a podcast called Say More along with her best friend and fellow poet Olivia Gatwood ...