Imogen Arate with Nicole Tracii by Poets and Muses

This week, Nicole (https://www.instagram.com/nicoletraciiwrites/) and I, Imogen Arate (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/), discuss our respective poems, "Three Part Erasure of Cat Calls" and "Hemmed in" and street harassment.

Nicole's recommended workshops and open mics:
https://www.youtube.com/baypoetsunite
https://www.facebook.com/berkeleyslam
https://www.instagram.com/richoakalchemy/
https://www.instagram.com/oaklandslam/

Check out this episode to also hear about virtual poetry events taking place during the week of August 31st.

Photo by NF Imaging (https://www.instagram.com/nf_imaging/).

Links to topics we touched on:
1. Chanel Miller’s decision to make her name known: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/25/stanford-sexual-assault-victim-chanel-miller-interview
2. Bird as a British slang for girls/young women: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/sep/30/bird-infantilising-hold-women-back and https://www.bustle.com/p/8-sexist-british-phrases-that-need-to-be-retired-sooner-rather-than-later-10015106
3. Fight flight freeze, etc: https://rapecrisis.org.uk/get-help/looking-for-tools-to-help-you-cope/feelings/fight-or-flight-response/, https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/evolution-the-self/201507/trauma-and-the-freeze-response-good-bad-or-both and https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/understanding-the-stress-response

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