A casual sexual encounter is no big deal, right? Except that sometimes you carry with you your insecurities, the complexities of your identity, and painful memories from the past – and then it can be a pretty big deal.
Here’s one poet’s moving note to self. We could all use this reminder that you have nothing to be ashamed of, and your body needs your voice.
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Terisa Tinei Siagatonu is a 23-year-old queer Samoan poet, spoken word artist, and arts educator. She is also a community activist and organizer, having worked as an intern and poet-mentor for Youth Speaks, to organizing on a grassroots level with One Love Oceania, a queer Pacific Islander womyn’s organization from the Bay Area, the Samoan Community Development Center of San Francisco, EPIC of Los Angeles, and Engaging Education of UCSC. Currently she is the Project Director of PIER- the Pacific Islander Education and Retention project at UCLA.
Video courtesy of Button Poetry. For more amazing spoken word performances, check them out on YouTube and Facebook.
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