Belissa Escolodeo and Rhiannon McGavin performed in the the Youth Speaks: Brave New Voices finals, posted on YouTube in July 2014.
They brilliantly use their wit, creativity and even some dark humor, to shine a bright spotlight on the ugly truths of rape culture.
One of the very powerful points they make:
Men like to use the excuse ‘boys get raped, too’ when they hear women talking about their personal experiences.
First: ‘Boys get raped’ should be its own sentence! If you’re only acknowledging their trauma to silence female survivors,
THEN YOU’RE A SCUMBAG!”
Learn more about Brave New Voices:
What is the history and purpose of Brave New Voices Festival?
Youth Speaks first founded Brave New Voices as the National Youth Poetry Slam in 1998, after the success of the local work in the Bay Area. The first national slam had 4 teams; we now have as many as 50. Brave New Voices is about bringing together young poets from across the globe so that they can create new pathways toward artistic growth, civic engagement, and youth development. BNV takes place in a different city each year. It’s formal name is the Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival
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