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Monthly Archives: May 2013
EXPERIENCING A LACK OF MOTIVATION
Experiencing A Lack Of Motivation By Jorge Antonio Vallejos I’m sitting at a long wooden table at my local library. My laptop is at 32% power. My buddy is sitting next to me doing schoolwork. DJ Tiesto’s Adagio For Strings … Continue reading
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ACCEPTING OPINION EDITORIALS AND LETTERS TO BCP
Monday May 20, 2013 Dear Readers, Do you have something to say about activism, academia, blackcoffeepoet.com, current events, literature, life, or politics? Is there something on your mind that mainstream media is not covering? Have you written something that has … Continue reading
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VLOG: PROBLEMATIC RAPE PREVENTION TIPS
In my last post, Problems With Sexual Assault Prevention Tips, I wrote a 7 point critique of tips sheets floating around the internet like the one to the left. I also broke down a popular tip sheet tip by tip. … Continue reading
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Tagged feminism, rape prevention tips, Sexual Violence, STOP Rape, Violence Against Women
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PROBLEMS WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT PREVENTION TIPS
Problems With Sexual Assault Prevention Tips By Jorge Antonio Vallejos I’ve been seeing a lot of these types of lists (seen on the left and below my 7 point critique) floating around Face Book. Some have good info but many … Continue reading
THE WHITENESS OF REMEMBRANCE: TIM BOSMA, REHTAEH PARSONS, AND JANE CREBA
The Whiteness of Remembrance: Tim Bosma, Rehataeh Parsons, and Jane Creba By Jorge Antonio Vallejos “They’re looking for that white guy who’s disappeared but the 800 Missing and Murdered Aboriginal women in Canada don’t matter,” said my friend Stefoknee while … Continue reading
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Tagged Amanda Berry, Bridget Taky, Chantel Dunne, Cherry Beach murders, Cleveland Plain Dealer Missing White Woman Syndrome, Gina DeJesus, Jane Creba, Michelle Knight, Missing and Murdered Aborinal Women in Canada, Missing White Woman Syndrome, Racism in media, Rehtaeh Parsons, Shane Fair, Stefoknee Wolscht, Stephine Beck, Tim Bosma, violence against Sexworkers, Wayne Ryczak
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MY SISTERS, MY SOUL, MY HEART: A POEM FOR NATIVE WOMEN
This Sunday (Mothers Day) in Toronto, Canada there will be a vigil for Cheyenne Fox (20) and all Aboriginal mothers who have been murdered or gone missing in the land now known as Canada. Did you know that 800 Aboriginal women … Continue reading
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SEXUAL VIOLENCE K[NO]W MORE!!!!
I recently noticed this poster (see left) on Face Book by Ottawa Coalition to End Violence Against Women about the month of May being Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The slogan is Sexual Violence Know More. Catchy and well put. Wikipedia … Continue reading
BCP READS @ POVERTY TO POWER 2013
Poverty to Power Reading By Jorge Antonio Vallejos Photo by Gerardo Correa This past Monday I presented 3 poems about racism in the workplace, violence against Aboriginal women, and the prison industrial complex at the Colour of Poverty 2013 conference: … Continue reading
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Tagged Amani, Colour of Poverty, decolonization literature, Feminist poetry, George Elliott Clarke, Jane Creba, Mayor David Miller, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, poetry, post colonial literature, Poverty and addiction, poverty and violence, Poverty poems, Prison Industrial Complex, Racism in the workplace, Rebellion poems, Rebellion Prose, Resistance Poems, Resistance Prose, Violence Against Women, Violence in the workplace
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A POET’S POINTERS ON PUBLIC READING
A Poet’s Pointers On Public Reading By Jorge Antonio Vallejos In my last post, Preparing For A Poetry Reading, I wrote about my process of preparing for a public reading. That day I was reading at a conference called From … Continue reading
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