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Tag Archives: Chrystos
WE LIVE IN A CULTURE OF RAPE
We Live In A Culture Of Rape By Jorge Antonio Vallejos Over the past few weeks I have noticed a spike in news about rapes around the world, in particular gang rapes. I know rape is not a new thing. … Continue reading
A POEM BY CHRYSTOS FOR THE FORGOTTEN WOMEN OF DECEMBER 6TH
Hundreds of candlelight vigils were held yesterday for the 14 white women that were killed by Marc Lepine in 1989. It was a horrible, sexist, misogynist killing. Thousands of Aboriginal Women, Women of Colour, Queer Women, Disabled Women, Transgender … Continue reading
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Tagged "Not Vanishing" by Chrystos, 14 women killed December 6th 1989, Chrystos, December 6 1989, December 6th Candle Light Vigil, Ecole Polytechnique, feminism, First Wave Feminism, Marc Lepine, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, The Forgotten Women of December 6th, Violence Against Women, Women Won't Forget
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BCP READS @ WE ARE WHO WE ARE
We Are Who We Are was one of the best events I have ever participated in. The ultra diverse group of performers read poems, danced burlesque, sang songs in their languages, and much more. To say We Are Who We … Continue reading
PUTTING YOURSELF OUT THERE: ADVICE FROM CHRYSTOS ON PUBLIC READINGS, AND A POEM BY BCP
Putting Yourself Out There: Advice from Chrystos on Public Readings, and a Poem from BCP By Jorge Antonio Vallejos Photo by Jeannine Pitas I participated in the International Festival of Poetry of Resistance #4 last Sunday. And I’m participating in We … Continue reading
A KICK[in the ass]START FROM A READER: PLANNING FOR YEAR 3
A KICK[in the ass from a reader]START: PLANNING FOR YEAR 3 By Jorge Antonio Vallejos I am in my office: my room. My ass is on the hardwood floor, boxes of books are all around me, stacks of The New Yorker … Continue reading
FORGIVE AND EDUCATE KYLA PAWIS AKA RACIST BRAMPTON GIRL HATES BROWN PEOPLE
White Supremacy has been on my mind this week as I saw a lot of it on Face Book via links to articles and videos. I wrote an article called White Supremacy All Around Me. A video by Kyla Pawis helped … Continue reading
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Tagged bell hooks, Black Coffee Poet, Black Coffee Poet VLOG, Canadian Racism, Chrystos, Colonialism, Forgive and Educate Kyla Pawis, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Jorge Antonio Vallejos, Kyla Pawis, Kyla Pawis aka Racist Brampton Girl Hates Brown People, Lee Maracle, misogyny, Racism in Brampton, Reena Virk, sexism, White Supremacy
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WHEN A POET DIES
When A Poet Dies By Jorge Antonio Vallejos Last week today I found out Adrienne Rich, 82, the well-known American poet, past on (1929-2012). I read the thoughts of mourners posted on Face Book. Sadness prevailed. Adrienne Rich is someone … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged "Not Vanishing" by Chrystos, "When A Poet Dies" by Jorge Antonio Vallejos, Adrienne Rich, Adrienne Rich 1929-2012, Adrienne Rich dies, Adrienne Rich is a transphobe, Black Coffee Poet, Chrystos, Free Books, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Jorge Antonio Vallejos, Transphobia, When A Poet Dies
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HONOURING AND REMEMBERING INDIGENOUS WOMEN: INTERVIEW WITH WANDA WHITEBIRD + REVIEW OF “FIREWEED # 22: NATIVE WOMEN”
FIREWEED #22: Native Women Edited by: Ivy Chaske Connie Fife Jan Champagne Edna King Midnight Sun Reviewed by Susan Blight Traditionally in Ojibwe culture, as in many Indigenous North American cultures, women’s voices were valorized and their contribution to society … Continue reading
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Tagged "Fireweed #22: Native Women", "Fireweed: A Feminist Quarterly", "Government Boarding School, "Interview with the Social Worker" by Chrystos, Bernice B Levchuk, Black Coffee Poet, Black Coffee Poet talks with Wanda Whitebird, Carlisle, Chrystos, Connie Fife, Edna King, Honouring and Remembering Indigenous Women 2012, https://blackcoffeepoet.com/, Ivy Chase, Jan Champagne, Midnight Sun, Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women in Canada, No More Silence February 14th Rally, Pennsylvania" by Bernice B. Levchuk, Stop Violence Against Aboriginal Women, STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, Susan Blight, Wanda Whitebird, Winnona LaDuke
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