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She uses slam poetry to confront beauty standards. [2] Aranya's first released piece, “A Brown Girls’s Guide to Gender” became a viral sensation and hit 1 million views within two days of its upload. [3] She integrated spoken word in Bollywood for the first time through her collaboration with Akshay Kumar for the movie ‘Padman’. [4]
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]
"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]
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
In 2015, Johnson competed with The House Slam at the National Poetry Slam in Oakland. House Slam placed first over 71 teams, making them champions in their first year. House Slam was the first Boston poetry slam team to compete at NPS and the first Boston poetry slam team to win nationals.
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]
Gibson is a four-time Denver Grand Slam Champion. [40] They placed fourth in the 2004 National Poetry Slam and third in the 2006 and 2007 Individual World Poetry Slam. [41] Gibson was the first person to win the Women of the World Poetry Slam in 2008. [42] Andrea has also been appointed as Colorado’s Poet Laureate by Governor Jared Polis. [43]
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 ...