Sophie Priceman - How Teenage Girls Are Like Poetry

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5 жыл бұрын

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Sophie Priceman, performing at 2018 Classic Slam in Los Angeles, CA.
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@aanthony0304 5 жыл бұрын

Shoutout to the girl in the audience screaming, “GO IN.” That’s the kind of energy I need in my life.

@babsaugs 5 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@amyaenlow2855 5 жыл бұрын

I FELT TTHHAATTTTT

@alana9078 5 жыл бұрын

we have the same name

@hypernova9372 5 жыл бұрын

Yep

@jeanetterowden216 4 жыл бұрын

@@alana9078 lol

@aubreymanry9030 4 жыл бұрын

I’m 13 And I’ve been *Assaulted* *Miss used* *Beaten* *Broken* But guess what what? *I’m in love* Not with a boy nor a girl *With myself* I survived *Eight Suicide attempts* *Depression* *Sexual Assaults* *Death* *Life* *Having no parents* I am in love with living *I AM ALIVE* So, I will stand To love whom ever I please To vote for whom I want To work where I want *To live* And no one Man, women, child, or animal Is going to stand in my way

@anxiouspotato6910 4 жыл бұрын

You commented this forever ago but I'd just like to say I'm proud of you and I love you

@abigahicantu105 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, for being strong for yourself, for finding beauty in living 💜

@familyfunadventures8619 4 жыл бұрын

I stan you

@maritzamejia9734 4 жыл бұрын

Congratulations.

@sufflooza 4 жыл бұрын

I love you you strong beautiful woman❤❤

@shaylynnmichelle4674 5 жыл бұрын

"Like good poems teenage girls for the first time are just learning to be heard not just read over" LOVE THIS🙌🏻

@estherwolfe461 5 жыл бұрын

Shaylynn Michelle v

@babsaugs 5 жыл бұрын

Exactly 😣😭💕 this poem is on POINT

@jisellelopez516 5 жыл бұрын

Started crying when she said she wanted to be a woman not just because she looked like one.... phew go off sis 🙌🏽

@susanalbarran9907 5 жыл бұрын

same!!! so powerful

@brynngoodwin6765 5 жыл бұрын

same!!

@jaemimi9499 5 жыл бұрын

"That my teenage years end more like a semi-colon and less like a period..." SO GOOD

@carterg333 4 жыл бұрын

This poem was incredible and that part hit me really hard

@wynter_aneiya969 3 жыл бұрын

I dont get that one

@jaemimi9499 3 жыл бұрын

Wynter Wonderland semi-colons (;) are used when the sentence after continues the idea. A period ends the idea to start another one. So the poet is saying that they want their story to continue growing off of what they’ve already lived through instead of seeming like starting over

@wynter_aneiya969 3 жыл бұрын

@@jaemimi9499 dang that's deep thanks

@9thgalaxy778 5 жыл бұрын

I’ve heard a lot of passionate audience responses but I don’t think i’ve ever heard genuine screams of living.

@kmtello93 5 жыл бұрын

I WILL NEVER STOP SCREAMING ABOUT HOW PROUD I AM OF THESE TEEN GIRLS TODAY WHO DONT JUST SIT DOWN BUT STAND UP AND DEMAND TO BE HEARD. When i was 17 if I stood up I would be knocked right back down. Fists and words. I'm 25 now and just beginning to find my own voice. I'm behind you. I adore you. Thank you. This made my soul soar.

@rachelradtke4450 5 жыл бұрын

“so I learned to stare back hard into the male gaze daring it to cross me” 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@sophiepenney9519 5 жыл бұрын

“Teenage girls for the first time are just learning how to be heard Not just read over”

@taryngillespie7906 5 жыл бұрын

hearing this at 12 is everything I could ever need

@halimanoor7529 4 жыл бұрын

Same

@ellaisannoying4168 4 жыл бұрын

Same

@honeyambrosia7225 4 жыл бұрын

same

@helenpetersen447 4 жыл бұрын

You got this guys. Never doubt your worth. -18 💕

@SticktheTwig 4 жыл бұрын

Yes same. This is a beautiful poem

@missteenguapo 5 жыл бұрын

SHE DID THAT SHIT! A beautifully rendered and heartfelt piece. YOU ARE POETRY MY LOVE!

@dasaf.2382 5 жыл бұрын

"That my teenage years end more like a semi-colon and less like a period..." I wish I could write like this girl, every line has power to it. we see you QUEEN

@dasaf.2382 3 жыл бұрын

fancy seeing you here 😏😏

@emotionalpanda9223 5 жыл бұрын

It's 11:00pm and I'm in my room snapping and screaming YES GIRL SPEAK YOUR MIND!!😍😍

@alib.5159 5 жыл бұрын

EMOtional panda92 same😂

@chloe6334 5 жыл бұрын

Haha, your poor neighbors. 😂

@Tara-km2sc 5 жыл бұрын

EMOtional panda92 me tho😂😂

@mackenzietm8136 5 жыл бұрын

EMOtional panda92 it’s 4 am for me

@iicravedeath7658 5 жыл бұрын

12:10am right now

@reaux07 5 жыл бұрын

I feel privileged to even be able to hear such an amazing written work. Thank you for this. You've been heard.

@groweve 5 жыл бұрын

She did what? She did THAT!🙌🏿

@alib.5159 5 жыл бұрын

This poem speaks the words I didn’t know how to

@bookishshenanigans4769 5 жыл бұрын

Am I the only one crying? That was empowering in an overwhelming way.

@courtneydavid3447 4 жыл бұрын

Bookish Shenanigans me omg

@shambhavisharma2592 3 жыл бұрын

I cried on every syllable she spoke. You're not alone in this!!

@sarahstubbs2525 5 жыл бұрын

Why don’t we study poems like this for GCSE

@layanfiras7539 4 жыл бұрын

because we live in a society that thinks teaching teenagers about "la belle dame sans merci" is better than teaching them shit with meaning. shit that could save lives. shit that could be the reason that a woman stands up for herself and demands she is heard. shit that makes the boys in ur class finally realize that no. women are not inferior and they must stop treating them as though they were

@SticktheTwig 4 жыл бұрын

Well at least we found this on our own. I do so wish they thought this at school.

@daisiecardona4603 4 жыл бұрын

@@SticktheTwig at my school they do. We have poetry club and teachers who really help and teach poetry

@makedadavies9900 4 жыл бұрын

I love how she incorporated literature. She really just said "a truck driver commented on my ASSonance" I said 😮😮

@harland.2616 5 жыл бұрын

What was the line everyone freaked out about? I couldn’t really hear it. Not the trump one, (which I LOVED) the one at the beginning

@marika4445 5 жыл бұрын

"13 tought me i was a witch who could pull languages out of boys they didnt know they could speak, as if my similies could swollow them whole and my metaphores could make men out of them''

@ambrosiamiramontes4430 5 жыл бұрын

This was everything I needed and as a teenage girl I am grateful

@bqwadseertg 5 жыл бұрын

I'm 20 and it has taken me until just recently to feel like I deserve to be heard, yet most days I'm still too scared to do it.

@spacedustandplanets7901 5 жыл бұрын

God I love this she’s my age She’s strong and beautiful and I can see her going far in life

@jupiterjanet4507 5 жыл бұрын

“not because i look like one but because i want to” i had goosebumps the entire time

@bellagraulau3252 4 жыл бұрын

“Loving myself because there are so many more important things to resist.” Good lord that hit.

@janelledyett52 5 жыл бұрын

i too am a 17 year old girl and resonated with this poem so much, i felt every word, every syllable, every breath. Great poem

@bayliewilbert5428 5 жыл бұрын

SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK

@issyjones882 5 жыл бұрын

What an absolute goddess, poetic genius.

@theonewhosthere 5 жыл бұрын

i wish i had as much support as that audience exudes

@yumbunny2566 3 жыл бұрын

OMG how the hell did she write this??? You go girl!

@emmakayy4172 5 жыл бұрын

No matter how often I listen it brings tears to my eyes. She’s so eloquent and her lines are so beautiful, and as a girl of the same age I can do deeply relate

@samanthavillella2711 4 жыл бұрын

I was literally here in my room just cheering her on "YOU TELL EM SIS"

@ryleemsallee 5 жыл бұрын

you are a whole entire QUEEN

@annesophie351 5 жыл бұрын

Speechless. That was truly amazing. Wow

@margaux06 4 жыл бұрын

I'm literally dying at how amazing this is. It sends such a good message to young teen girls, such as myself. This girl will continue to empower women in her life & I can't wait to see what she does next.

@purityvillarreal3488 3 жыл бұрын

This is 2021 anyone still watching this masterpiece?

@mrhd4332 5 жыл бұрын

And my truth can't help but boil out of me... 🔥🔥🔥

@pratishthakharbanda194 5 жыл бұрын

I don't even know what to say. Poetry that makes me cry is my favourite kind of poetry. This shook me and moved me and everyone NEEDS to see this

@Mahrukh1997 4 жыл бұрын

This poem is so lit. I love it. This is the kind of confidence every teenage girl should have while using her voice.

@iamapersontoo7619 5 жыл бұрын

She killed it 👏👏👏

@kayleewagner8444 5 жыл бұрын

This girl, no, this WOMAN, gave me chills. Such a strong lady with such a strong voice, she will go places. ❤

@RickNelsonMn 3 жыл бұрын

This still makes me cry

@jaderene 3 жыл бұрын

Wow this poem is very empowering and really speaks to how society treats teenage girls, who have yet to become women!!!!❤️🥰😍

@alexdelaossa7907 4 жыл бұрын

the energy in that room and the support is sooooo amazing, what an great audience

@taintedmind6669 3 жыл бұрын

Fuck yeah! I’m turning 13 next month! This is beautiful!

@rostanb.229 5 жыл бұрын

This audience is like totally into it, wow

@euaggeliagkesiou9141 5 жыл бұрын

Hands up. One of the best I've heard this year. I'm proud

@Alloy_Tessa 4 жыл бұрын

Am 17 am a writer and a poet also an actress am proud of me 💯💯

@fearlessfozzy749 3 жыл бұрын

That’s amazing! Keep that self confidence, don’t let it get away from you. I hope you’re still doing well!

@lilly-iy8cs 4 жыл бұрын

"First thing that goes is your innocence", 13. That is what happened.

@celinecasaux7199 3 жыл бұрын

I lost it at 11

@sydneyhale4579 4 жыл бұрын

im in tears.. thank you for writing this!

@francescorbett2408 5 жыл бұрын

INCREDIBLE. So powerful and perfect. Everything I needed to hear.

@lexipoo8886 4 жыл бұрын

i LOVE the audiences reactions omg

@elise5251 5 жыл бұрын

This made me want to cry. I love this.

@renskevandeweijer7799 2 жыл бұрын

It's been 3 years and I still come back to this video from time to time

@m.gracekeech4960 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful in the most humble way. The power in confidence shakes the stage

@lydsmusiclover568 5 жыл бұрын

You go girl. This poem is awesome!!

@rcols659 3 жыл бұрын

this is some of the best word play I've ever seen

@MrPeekPoetry 5 жыл бұрын

So thoughtful and precise... lovely.

@laneyhawthorn4632 4 жыл бұрын

It still gives me goosebumps, I love this person so much!

@solastacey127 3 жыл бұрын

i’m weeping this is so beautiful

@sallybatboy 4 жыл бұрын

absolute chills. I love her

@sydnieshelton9821 4 жыл бұрын

this gave me chills. beautiful work.

@jackjack6045 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely astounding. I cried.

@prettygirlslovepink 2 жыл бұрын

This genuinely made me tear up. I have chills, wow

@blue8ify 5 жыл бұрын

chills...literal goosebumps, still. well done and wow.

@drilonkennedy-gorne2049 4 жыл бұрын

This is so powerful. So much raw emotion

@gelflingshawty 4 жыл бұрын

Incredible. Her voice awakens things inside of people. I started crying.

@lynnzynna9175 4 жыл бұрын

I love this poem it relates so much to my life it makes me cry

@lovelyflower7989 3 жыл бұрын

Everyone needs to hear this! Beautiful Job.

@emmadolacinski7918 5 жыл бұрын

i don’t even have words to explain how thankful i am for this, you are an amazing woman, a strong, independant and amazing woman

@kaireese2518 5 жыл бұрын

This made chills run through my body godDAMN

@marissabrugnoli6700 5 жыл бұрын

This sent chills down my spine. Amazing.

@yurgirlmaddie1797 5 жыл бұрын

That was amazing. Truly amazing. 🙌🏽

@mariafilo2688 4 жыл бұрын

That’s so good. Oh my goodness. I think this actually might be at least within my top five poems. I love this so much

@faatimahfarhad1523 5 жыл бұрын

WOW thank you for this Button! Lately the poetry had started going a little downhill, so glad you guys have still got it.

@booa8956 3 жыл бұрын

I LOVE THIS SO MUCH I have goosebumps more people need to see this

@ollietramel3746 5 жыл бұрын

the kind of poetry i aspire to write

@meowleymontana 5 жыл бұрын

When someday spoken word poetry will be a part of literature syllabus, this one has to be a part of it 🖤

@sakuragrll 3 жыл бұрын

1:46, gave me goosebumps.

@ASWilson2017 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love it!!! Speak it, girl.

@elainak232 3 жыл бұрын

This is so powerful!!

@mallayagoodin1926 4 жыл бұрын

Love this poem probably one of my favorites right now

@elleoliveira281 5 жыл бұрын

SO POWERFUL!

@angelonfire2546 5 жыл бұрын

The goosebumps I got from this was INSANE!! This is so beautiful I love it

@elinaearl1717 5 жыл бұрын

I cried to this. This is so powerful. I love this. GO IN, SIS!!!!!

@biancamacedo4435 5 жыл бұрын

Sooooo good!

@emmajaber3 3 жыл бұрын

literal shivers

@matthewhappiness2069 Жыл бұрын

Watching this I felt sooo emotional, it made me to remember those adolescents that was taken advantage of, I felt like crying the pain , the neglect ..this is wow kudus to us the spoken word artist I love this .