Because I know you hunger for a feminist poetry slam, here’s Anna Binkovitz sharing her inner being:
“When the tree of me falls in orgasm, it does not matter if there is no one else there to hear it, I make a goddamn sound.”
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I'm just glad she's smashing all those stereotypes about feminist poetry. :-)
Posted by: Anna | December 16, 2015 at 08:29
I’m just glad she's smashing all those stereotypes about feminist poetry. :-)
It is, I think, quite revealing, though perhaps not in the ways intended. Ms Binkovitz says that after telling “a room of strangers” about her liberated womanliness and love of giving blowjobs, she was complimented on her attitude to fellatio. Said remark was (of course) a cause of outrage because it wasn’t sufficiently about her, her personal history and self-elaborated dramas. And how dare a man listen to her poetry and not respond with deep and limitless interest in Ms Binkovitz and her fascinating self? Apparently, we must only respond to feminist poetry in ways approved by feminists.
By the way, if rambling and shouty self-absorption is your thing, there’s more to be had.
Posted by: David | December 16, 2015 at 08:49
Said remark was (of course) a cause of outrage because it wasn’t sufficiently about her, her personal history and self-elaborated dramas.
A point admirably proved by imagining what her reaction would have been if the man had expressed a quite different reaction such as:
- vocal disapproval (outrage at his attempts to silence a feminist voice);
- silent but weary resignation (outrage at his overt display of male entitlement);
- polite applause (outrage at triggering trauma by not using feminist jazz hands);
- silent, smiling encouragement (outrage at his creepy and perverse sexual objectification);
- or indeed no discernible reaction whatsoever (outrage at his indifference).
Posted by: Nikw211 | December 16, 2015 at 09:45
Or, 'A Narcissist Overshares'.
Posted by: Joan | December 16, 2015 at 11:37
Looks like she's put on a bit of weight since Babe 2: Pig In The City came out.
Posted by: Steve 2 - A Touch of Stevil | December 16, 2015 at 11:40
Makes me (almost) long for an endless Rod McKuen reading.
Posted by: R.Sherman | December 16, 2015 at 12:18
I'm not surprised that there is no one else there to hear it
Posted by: nbc | December 16, 2015 at 12:35
“When the tree of me falls in orgasm, it does not matter if there is no one else there to hear it, I make a goddamn sound.”
Oh for f*ck's sake...
Posted by: Jen | December 16, 2015 at 12:42
Oh for f*ck’s sake...
You mean it isn’t making you proud to be a woman and, like Ms Binkovitz, a roaring lioness?
Posted by: David | December 16, 2015 at 13:06
"...her liberated womanliness and love of giving blowjobs..."
Must. Not. Comment...
Posted by: PiperPaul | December 16, 2015 at 13:54
Can she at least make a decent sandwich?
Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max | December 16, 2015 at 13:55
#DearFeministsPleaseStopMakingWomenLookStupid
Posted by: Karen M | December 16, 2015 at 14:02
How This Woman Found Self-Love by Masturbating with the Lights On
If I didn't already know better I'd be convinced Everyday Feminism is a parody site.
Posted by: Rafi | December 16, 2015 at 14:09
Ms Binkovitz studied at Macalester College, where tuition costs a mere $60,000 a year, and now boasts a B.A. in... creative writing. So I’m sure that effort and massive debt is bound to pay off handsomely in no time at all. In addition to thrilling crowds and raking in those megabucks with her feminist poetry, Ms Binkovitz is working on a manuscript “focussed on the relationship between hip-hop and Judaism.”
Posted by: David | December 16, 2015 at 14:31
Allusion, metaphor and symbolism. #shitnottaughtinMacalesterCollege'sCreativeWritingprogam
Posted by: R.Sherman | December 16, 2015 at 15:01
Ms Binkovitz is working on a manuscript “focussed on the relationship between hip-hop and Judaism.”
I'll go out on a limb here and go with "bugger all".
Posted by: Farnsworth M Muldoon | December 16, 2015 at 15:36
If I didn’t already know better I’d be convinced Everyday Feminism is a parody site.
Ah, but the ladies at Everyday Feminism take the subject of self-love very seriously.
To the extent that there are “scholarships available.”
Posted by: David | December 16, 2015 at 15:39
Q: Would any male reaction Anna's verses about performing fellatio be acceptable?
A: Yes, but only a trans male. And only then if said transperson were transitioning from female to male, and it made him/her think of auto-fellatio.
Posted by: Greg | December 16, 2015 at 15:46
Ah, but the ladies at Everyday Feminism take the subject of self-love very seriously.
Given this lass, and the one from yesterday, and that even Ron Jeremy has standards, I'll go out on another limb and say that this is probably due to necessity.
As a famous man once said, and I paraphrase a bit for the children, of course, "Never stick your johnson in crazy".
Posted by: Farnsworth M Muldoon | December 16, 2015 at 15:47
Can she at least make a decent sandwich?
Crying with laughter here ...
And yes, the visual evidence would indeed seem to indicate that a positive-inclining response would unlikely to be in error.
Posted by: Nikw211 | December 16, 2015 at 15:55
...focussed on the relationship between hip-hop and Judaism.
Pretty much listening to the Beastie Boys then.
Posted by: Jonathan | December 16, 2015 at 17:05
Ms. Boinkowitz? Did I misread that? I assume it's a nom de plume?
Posted by: Hedgehog | December 16, 2015 at 18:43
GAAAAH I HATE YOU FOR THIS
Posted by: wrymouth | December 16, 2015 at 19:29
No refunds. Credit note only.
Posted by: David | December 16, 2015 at 19:46
I bet her dad is proud.
Posted by: andy | December 16, 2015 at 20:40
Kind of you to offer, but not before breakfast. And not after breakfast either.
Posted by: Gregoryno6 | December 16, 2015 at 20:56
Well, if I WAS mad enough to want to have sex with her, I'd insist on a blowjob. It would be the only 5 minutes peace and quiet I'd enjoy around her.
Posted by: Phil B | December 16, 2015 at 20:59
“When the tree of me falls in orgasm, it does not matter if there is no one else there to hear it, I make a goddamn sound.”
I suspect there never is anyone else there. Quite sad really. The only way to shut her up, I believe, is for some poor bloke, or lass, to volunteer to take one for the side.
Posted by: Greg Allan | December 16, 2015 at 21:29
Ms Binkovitz studied at Macalester College, where tuition costs a mere $60,000 a year, and now boasts a B.A. in... creative writing.
It's just staggering to me that the market has developed that way, to the point where a roomful of creative writing students will contribute say 2-3 million dollars to a college for their BA.
Posted by: dan | December 16, 2015 at 22:00
Didn't she misspell "focused?"
Posted by: Randy | December 17, 2015 at 00:22
I've never cared for people self-centered enough to commit poesey in public.
Posted by: mojo | December 17, 2015 at 14:02
PS: What's with the do-rag? She just get off shift at the Spitfire factory?
Posted by: mojo | December 17, 2015 at 14:03
What's with the do-rag? She just get off shift at the Spitfire factory?
That appears to be one of those hipster occurrences . . . .
Posted by: Hal | December 17, 2015 at 17:38
I got stuck at the blowjob reference.
Posted by: SgtHulkasToe | December 18, 2015 at 08:52
"it does not matter if there is no one else there to hear it, I make a goddamn sound.”
So... that's poetry? Beautiful poetry no less? By someone who wins poetry slams?
Posted by: RickWright67 | December 18, 2015 at 13:51
On a positive note, it could have been longer.
Posted by: Ray | December 18, 2015 at 17:03
It's just staggering to me that the market has developed that way, to the point where a roomful of creative writing students will contribute say 2-3 million dollars to a college for their BA.
I've heard a theory that these dimwits subsidies the STEM courses by paying for facilities and equipment. It's plausible.
Posted by: Tim Newman | December 18, 2015 at 20:45
Wait. Broadcasting one's fondness for performing fellatio will attract male attention?
No way, really?
Well, I'll be damned. These college kids, they know everything!
Posted by: Burnsie | December 24, 2015 at 13:18